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First LISA Pathfinder Flight Unit Ready For Delivery On 8 February

LISA Pathfinder Flight Model DSS including removable alignment cube.
by Staff Writers
 Paris, France (ESA) Feb 02, 2007
 The first flight units for the LISA Pathfinder program are imminently nearing completion. All three Digital Sun Sensor's (DSS) have now completed manufacture and are currently undergoing final testing at supplier Galileo Avionica. A significant target has been achieved with the first flight unit having successfully completed all environmental testing. Its final testing is due to complete on 2 February with the unit scheduled to be ready for delivery on 8 February.

Testing of the second and third flight units is also well underway with all units ready for delivery to Astrium UK by 2 March.

Delivery of these units in around one month signals a major milestone for the LISA Pathfinder program and one of many flight unit deliveries due in the coming months.

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Space Inspires Fashion
 Paris, France (ESA) Jan 31, 2007
 How can space inspire fashion? Has it inspired fashion throughout history? These were questions put to participants of a fashion workshop in Stockholm, timed to coincide with Christer Fuglesang's trip to the ISS. As part of the 'Space Base Stockholm' (Rymdbas Stockholm) event, 7 - 12 December, a number of workshops were held. One of these was entitled 'Fashion and Design', a hands-on workshop culminating in a real photo shoot.





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