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2008 Major Milestones
Jan: Delivery & mechanical fit-check of upper structure Mar 12: Delivery of recovered CREAM-III detector systems. Mar-May: Refurbishment of detector systems. Apr 14-18: Assembly of the upper structure. May 5-9: Integration of TCD. May 12-16: Integration of Chercam. Jun. 3: Integration of the SCD. Jun. 3: Mechanical integration of the CD. May-Jun: Integration and long term burn-in. Jul 7: Shipping instrument to CSBF. Jul 9-31: Integrate instrument with CDM & balloon-craft buildup at CSBF. Aug. 1-5: Hang-test and long term burn-in at CSBF. Aug. 20: Mission Readiness Review . Aug. 18: GSE sea containers ship to the ICE from CSBF. Aug. 28: Instrument sea container ship to the ICE from CSBF. Sep. 8: Instrument sea container arrive at Christchurch, NZ. Oct. 23: Mission Operations Review. Nov. 7 (NZT) : First 5 launch crews arrive at McMurdo Nov. 9-30 (NZT): Integrate instrument with CDM & balloon-craft building at Willie Field Dec. 1 (NZT): Hang-test at Willie Field, CREAM-IV Flight ready Dec. 3 (NZT): WFF Flight Readiness Review (FRR)