Lander Fabrication: Deck Arrives at CMU

Today, the machined aluminum lander deck plate arrived at Carnegie Mellon's

Planetary Robotics High Bay. The frustrum and rover adapter cones also arrived
today. The team will begin assembling the the lander structure. Check back for
frequent updates.

The lander deck being hoisted off the truck with the
gantry crane.



The lander deck is set down in the lander assembly area.



Astrobotic engineer Jason Calaiaro inspects the bolt
patterns on the deck.



The frustrum and rover adapter are set down in
the lander assembly area.

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