They're Back!
They're back! My friends from Goddard are back here this week! We had lots of catching up to do. I had to let them know that my Japanese hosts have been taking good care of me. My friend from Goddard, Juli, said everything back home was good, but noisy. The cicadas are out for their once every 17 year bug-fest. I'm not sure whether I'm glad I missed it or not!
So the big job this week is to install the filters. These filters help protect me from the warm environment of the satellite and from space (Yes – I'm colder than space!). So they block infrared radiation. They also block ultraviolet light that comes from the earth once I'm up in orbit. This way, I'll see only x-rays. Today, they inspected the filters and the special tools they use to install them. Everything checked out.
