From ht@head-cfa.harvard.edu Thu Apr 17 12:31:09 1997 Received: from space.mit.edu by wiwaxia AA18997; Thu, 17 Apr 97 12:31:07 EDT Received: from head-cfa (head-cfa.harvard.edu) by space.mit.edu AA20496; Thu, 17 Apr 97 12:31:05 EDT Received: from cfa274 by head-cfa (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA20800; Thu, 17 Apr 1997 12:30:31 -0400 Message-Id: <199704171630.MAA20800@head-cfa> To: plucinsk@head-cfa.harvard.edu, jww@head-cfa.harvard.edu, brm@head-cfa.harvard.edu, nss, kjg@head-cfa.harvard.edu, pgf, mdittmar@head-cfa.harvard.edu, wmclaugh@head-cfa.harvard.edu, buehler, mpreciado@head-cfa.harvard.edu, jhk, ht@head-cfa.harvard.edu, cjf@head-cfa.harvard.edu, rjb@head-cfa.harvard.edu, das@head-cfa.harvard.edu, callen@head-cfa.harvard.edu, dd, hermanm, jiahong@head-cfa.harvard.edu, jdrake@head-cfa.harvard.edu, juda@head-cfa.harvard.edu, dph Cc: lvs@head-cfa.harvard.edu Subject: XRCF Update Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 12:30:31 -0400 From: Harvey Tananbaum Status: R As of 9:30 AM CDT (2 hrs ago), the IC was at hard vacuum, the cryoshields had been flooded and ACIS was cooling down. The TCQMs were not quite ready to allow the HRMA cover to be removed. When the cover is removed there will be some boresighting and alignment activity first. It is expected that ACIS will be cold enough to start x-ray testing with the DCM in late afternoon or early evening.