MANTRA 2000 Photo Gallery
With Photos from Vanscoy, Saskatchewan
Photos from the Payload and Balloon Recovery, August 30/31, 2000
Photos from Wednesday, August 30, 2000 - Departure Day
- The U of Toronto ground-based spectrometer with air conditioner "housing"
- Koruger and Elham with the U of T spectrometer
- U of T spectrometer - side view of box with air conditioner
- U of T spectrometer - interior view 1
- U of T spectrometer - interior view 2
- U of T spectrometer - interior view 3
- Koruger and Elham disassembling the U of T spectrometer
- Heading into the Robin's Nest Cafe in
Vanscoy, our lunchtime home for the past two weeks
- Barth, Dale, James (with his novel "antenna") and Glen at our last lunch at the Robin's Nest
- The full table 1 - Aaron, Dan, Carrie, James, Glen, Andrew, Kim,
Koruger, Elham, Caroline, Debra, Barth, Bob, Dale
- The full table 2 - Aaron, Dan, Carrie, James, Glen, Andrew, Kim,
Koruger, Elham, Caroline, Debra, Barth, Bob, Dale
- Aaron and Bob disassembling the calibration tent
- A final chess match between Andrew and Koruger
- Debra and James among the boxes
- The onsite U of Toronto MANTRA 2000 team - James, Caroline, Kim,
Elham, Andrew, Debra, Koruger (missing Ben)
- Closer view of the U of Toronto MANTRA 2000 team - James, Caroline, Kim,
Elham, Andrew, Debra, Koruger
- The U of Toronto MANTRA 2000 team on the launch truck - Caroline,
Elham, Koruger, Debra, Kim, Andrew, James
- Descending from the launch truck - Caroline,
Elham, Debra, Kim, Andrew, and James
Afternoon Photos from Tuesday, August 29, 2000
Launch Photos from Monday/Tuesday, August 28/29, 2000
- August 28th pre-launch sunset at Vanscoy 2
- August 28th pre-launch sunset at Vanscoy 3
- Final launch preparations of the gondola 1 - Debra, Ben, James, Andrew, Caroline, and Koruger
- Final launch preparations of the gondola 2 -
Barth, Debra, James, Ben, Caroline, and Andrew
- Koruger filming the final launch preparations
- Carrie, Dan, Debra, and Barth at their computers
- John painting the gondola
- Dan, James, Andrew, Steve, Carrie, and Koruger enjoying pre-launch pizza
- Front view of the gondola with
SPS, pointing system, sun sensors, and ozonesonde
- Back view of the gondola with emission radiometers, battery box, and CIP
- Closer view of SPS and pointing system
- Close-up of the fully insulated SPS
- Close-up of the fully insulated pointing system with sun sensors
- Close-up of one of the emission radiometers
- Close-up of the MANTRA 2000 termination mechanism
- Kim and Ben sticking logos on the payload
- Ian and Dan playing chess while waiting for the launch
- Caroline wearing an official MANTRA 2000 baseball cap
- Koruger, Caroline,
Elham, and Karen filming at 180 degrees
- Ian at play in the back area of the hangar
- Kim and Tom with the gondola, ready for launch 1
- Kim and Tom with the gondola, ready for launch 2
- Ben with the gondola
- Preparing to hoist the gondola
- Wheeling out the gondola outdoors
- Weighing the gondola 1
- Weighing the gondola 2
- Koruger catching the action on video
- James, Debra, Karen, and Caroline watching the action
- The gondola suspended from the launch truck
- Filling the ballast hopper
- Side view of the suspended gondola
- Aaron on the launch truck
- Jonathan attaching a suspended ozonesonde to the gondola
- Jonathan and Tom attaching a suspended ozonesonde to the gondola
- More people working on the suspended ozonesonde
- Back in the hangar in the ground control area
- Starting to lay out the balloon on the runway
- Another view of the balloon being laid out on the runway
- The back of the helium tanker
- Working on the termination mechanism
- Debra filling the radiometers on the suspended gondola with liquid nitrogen
- Debra and Andrew (hands only) filling the radiometers with liquid nitrogen
- Andrew filling the radiometers with liquid nitrogen
- Close-up of the liquid nitrogen fill
- Kim, Koruger, and Karen watching the liquid nirogen fill
- Three X's on the pick-up truck
- James and side view of the gondola
- Close-up of the gondola
- Starting the helium fill of the balloon
- Early stage of filling the balloon with a helium fill line
- Another view of the balloon and helium fill line
- The back of the helium tanker
- The balloon expands
- The balloon just before being released vertically
- The upright balloon with the helium valve at the top clearly visible
- Dan, Carrie, and Barth with the upright balloon in the background
- The suspended gondola with ozonesonde, ballast hopper, and antenna visible
- Filling the MANTRA 2000 balloon with helium - dark view
- Filling the MANTRA 2000 balloon with helium - illuminated view
- Filling the MANTRA 2000 balloon with helium - distant view
- 2:45 AM - the release of the balloon
- The initial ascent of the MANTRA 2000 balloon
- The balloon ascends into darkness
- Back at ground control - Dale keeps an eye on the screens
- Back at ground control - Kim, Ben, Caroline, Debra, and Ian
- Back at ground control - Carrie, Dale, Barth, Glen, ?, and Jonathan
- John at command control
- Bob, Caroline, and Kim in the hangar
- 4 AM - Andrew dozing in the corner
- 4 AM - Elham asleep at her computer
- August 29th post-launch sunrise at Vanscoy 1
- August 29th post-launch sunrise at Vanscoy 2
- August 29th post-launch sunrise at Vanscoy 3
- August 29th post-launch sunrise at Vanscoy - Andrew looks back at the hangars, helium tanker, and launch truck
- August 29th post-launch sunrise at Vanscoy - James watches an early morning rainbow
- August 29th post-launch sunrise at Vanscoy - Andrew frolicks in the fields
Photos from Monday, August 28, 2000
Photos from Saturday, August 26, 2000
Photos from Friday, August 25, 2000
Photos from Thursday, August 24, 2000
- Dry run - the gondola with radiometers in place (Werner, Tom, and Dale)
- Dry run - Carrie and Barth with the star camera mounted on the gondola
- Dry run - mounting the pointing system on the gondola indoors
- Dry run - Debra and Dale with the gondola indoors
- Dry run - Werner preparing the gondola indoors
- Dry run - Carrie, Bob, and Josh with the gondola indoors
- Dry run - preparing the gondola indoors (Debra, Josh, Barth, Ben, John, and Werner)
- Dry run - attaching the gondola to the launch truck 1
- Dry run - attaching the gondola to the launch truck 2
- Dry run - hoisting the gondola onto the launch truck
- Dry run - mounting the ballast hopper
- Dry run - mounting the ballast hopper - close-up view
- Dry run - weighing the gondola 1
- Dry run - weighing the gondola 2
- Dry run - the gondola suspended from the launch truck, seen from below
- Dry run - the gondola suspended from the launch truck, side view
- Dry run - the gondola suspended from the launch truck, view of the radiometers and star camera
- Dry run - fixing the gondola to the front of the launch truck
- Dry run - Aaron driving the launch truck with the gondola suspended in front
- Dry run - heading across the fields out to the launch runway
- Dry run - the gondola suspended from the launch truck out on the runway, view of the pointing system and SPS
- Dry run - Debra and Andrew on the launch truck refilling the radiometers with liquid nitrogen
- Dry run - Debra and Andrew on the launch truck refilling the radiometers with LN2 while Ben and Caroline look on
- Dry run - Debra and Andrew on the launch truck refilling the radiometers with liquid nitrogen - close-up view
- Dry run - Koruger with the hangars in the background
- Jonathan in the ozonesonde corner of the hangar
- Dan, Koruger, and Elham at the workbench
- Andrew working on the emission radiometers
- Pointing system photos - back view
- Pointing system photos - close-up back view
- Pointing system photos - SPS side
- Pointing system photos - back view sun tracker side
- Pointing system photos - close-up back view of sun sensor side
- Pointing system photos - front view
- Pointing system photos - close-up front view
- Pointing system photos - front view of sun tracker side
- Pointing system photos - close-up front view of sun tracker side
- Pointing system photos - top view
- Pointing system photos - close-up top view
- Pointing system photos - top front view
Photos from Tuesday, August 22, 2000
Photos from Monday, August 21, 2000
- A slow start with a flat tire (James, Dan, Koruger, Josh, and Elham)
- Ben, Derek, and Dale wheeling the gondola outdoors for full-up checks, RFI tests, and balancing
- Ben and Derek wheeling the gondola outdoors
- Hooking up the gondola to the launch truck
- Driving the gondola out to runway (Derek and Ben)
- Kim, Dale, and Ben watching the gondola full-up tests
- Koruger seen from above
- Gondola and launch truck seen from the roof
- Debra and Andrew filling the emission radiometers with liquid nitrogen
- Filling the emission radiometers with liquid nitrogen
- Filling the emission radiometers with liquid nitrogen - view from above
- Dale, Ben, Debra, Werner, and Derek checking out the gondola
- Gondola full-up tests 1 (Dale, Werner, and Derek)
- Gondola full-up tests 2 (Ben and Dale)
- Gondola full-up tests 3 (Werner and Ben)
- Gondola full-up tests 5 (Werner, Dale, Derek, and Ben)
- Gondola full-up tests 4
- Gondola full-up tests 6
- Gondola full-up tests 7
- Gondola full-up tests 8 (Werner)
- Derek and John laying out the parachute
- Gondola view 1
- Gondola view 2
- Gondola view 3
- Gondola view 4
- Gondola view 5
- Gondola view 6
- The Ryder truck that Dan and Josh drove from Toronto to Vanscoy
- Andrew at the computer
- The Josh $5 bill
Photos from Saturday, August 19, 2000
Photos from Friday, August 18, 2000
- Aaron working on the gondola
- Close-up of Aaron
- Andrew and Josh posing
- Ben and the pointing system
- Koruger, Dan, and James examining the new digital video camera
- The Caroline dollar
- Dale working out flight trajectories
- Dale serving shish kebabs at the SIL BBQ lunch
- Ben and James getting salad and potatoes
- Josh enjoying the SIL BBQ lunch
- Caroline, James, and Glen enjoying the SIL BBQ lunch
- Close-up of Koruger, Kim, and Elham
- Koruger, Jonathan, Elham, and Kim
- Josh the machinist
- Josh with the star camera
- Steve pondering, with the star camera baffle opposite
- Aaron and Bob setting up the calibration tent, with Kim, Koruger, Debra, and Steve in the background
- Aaron and Bob concentrating on the calibration tent
- Bob and the calibration tent
- Koruger inside the calibration tent
- Derek wiring payload components
Photos from Thursday, August 17, 2000
- Panoramic front view from the hangar roof - entrance to base with James in foreground
- Panoramic rear view from the hangar roof - UofT spectrometer, MSC Brewer, and fields
- Andrew on the roof of the hangar...
- Steve setting up the AOTF spectrometer outdoors
- Mechanical integration of the gondola with Bob, Dale, Ben, and Werner in foreground
- Large size view of gondola with Werner, John, Kevin, Dale, Derek, and Aaron
- Gondola hanging with Aaron, Dale, Derek, Ben, Werner, and Glen
- Aaron, Dan, and the liquid nitrogen dewar
- Dan concentrating on a computer
- Close-up of Glen in the hangar
- Close-up of John at the workbench
- Close-up of Kevin in the flight control area
- Koruger and Elham taking the UofT spectrometer up to its new home on the roof
- Koruger, Elham, Caroline, Debra, and a bit of James, hard at work
- Kim, Elham, and Koruger looking at the first spectra recorded with the UofT spectrometer
- Koruger testing out a walkie talkie
Photos from Wednesday, August 16, 2000
- Group photo #1 on the roof with the Brewer (Aaron, Dale, Bob, Elham, Jonathan, Ben, Kim, James, Caroline)
- Group photo #2 on the roof with the Brewer (Aaron, Dale, Bob, Elham, Jonathan, Ben, Kim, James, Caroline)
- View of the hangar with Bob and Kim
- View of the control area with Ben, Debra, and Caroline
- View of the computer area with Debra, Koruger, and Elham
- Ben and Debra concentrating
- Close-up of Caroline with drill and SPS
- Close-up of Elham setting up the ground-based spectrometer
- Close-up of Jonathan with the UV ozonesonde
- Close-up of Kim in motion
- Extreme close-up of Koruger with crabapples!
Maintained by: Kimberly Strong
Last updated: 12 December 2008
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