**AMS-02 Weekly Activity Report, March 17, 2006**

Upcoming Events:

-   AMS-02 Technical Electronics Meeting (TEM) -- March 28-30 -- Taiwan

-   AMS-02 General Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM) @ CERN -- April
    24-28, 2006 -- Geneva

-   AMS-02 Phase II Safety Data Package Change Request submission --
    March 31, 2006 -- JSC

-   AMS-02 Phase II Safety Review -- Date TBD (Schedule under review) --
    JSC

    Upcoming Tests:

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-   Interface Plate Static Test -- Date TBD -- Location TBD

-   Lower Joint Static Test -- Date TBD -- Location TBD

-   STA Sine Sweep Test -- August 2006 -- INFN, Terni, Italy

-   STA Acoustic Test -- October 2006 -- ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands

-   Full Assembly Modal & Static Tests -- January 2007 -- IABG, Munich,
    Germany

Vacuum Case

-   The STA Vacuum Case was received from STADCO on March 3. The Vacuum
    Case, Inner cylinder, Lifting Fixture and other miscellaneous
    deliverables were off loaded at JSC Bldg 10.

-   The weld engineer and non-destructive evaluation (NDE) engineer
    visited to NDE Associates (near Ellington Field) to begin the
    qualification process of the new Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing
    Equipment for the closeout weld on the Vacuum Case.

GSE & STE

-   Team Corporation was contacted in regards to the spherical coupling
    that will be used for the sine sweep test. After several discussions
    about requirements, Team found a unit in their inventory, which has
    to be assembled, that will work with our test setup. This will save
    the project both cost and schedule. A CAD model was created in order
    to update layouts and designs.

-   The shaker riser for the sine sweep test is in the process of
    redesign due to the change of the spherical coupling. The design for
    the welds was reviewed with the weld engineer.

-   Work continued on the rotation of the Vacuum Case/Vacuum Case Test
    Fixture (VC/VCTF) assembly at INFN. CAD models are being developed
    and slings/chain hoist are being selected based on preliminary
    design calculations.

-   Welders in building 10 were qualified for the 4130/4140 weld that is
    being used on the Transition Frames. No issues came out of the
    qualification and test samples are in work.

-   The super-fluid helium (SFHe) Tank Mass Simulator is being
    re-designed to conform to the updated CAD models received from Space
    Cryomagnetics Limited (SCL). This modification is expected to be a
    minor change. The design and drawings are in review.

-   Work Instruction NT-CWI-001, Task Performance Sheet (TPS)
    documentation was reviewed and comments generated at the request of
    the NASA AMS-02 Project Manager. Additionally,
    ESCG-4000-06-SEAS-PR-0001 Project Plans, ESCG-5000-05-AM-PR-0007
    Manufacturing, ESCG-5000-05-AM-WI-0008 Manufacturing Services, and
    EA-WI-023 Project Management of GFE Flight Projects were also
    reviewed. Review of the additional documentation was required to
    determine if there are requirements for using the TPS as a starting
    point for any of the current process.

STA Sine Sweep Test/Cold Mass Replica

-   A telecon was held with INFN to discuss issues related to the sine
    sweep test. Schedule and facility modifications were discussed and
    actions that resulted from these discussions are being worked. No
    items were identified that are currently behind schedule or have
    design issues.