The team from Sumitomo Heavy Industries topping off the liquid helium in the XRS insert. They are carefully feeding the transfer tube through a slit in the clean-room curtain to the fill tube inside. Then they will pressurize the large tank of liquid helium, forcing it through the tube and into the XRS insert.

Connecting the Helium Lines Preparing for Launch Continuing the Helium Topoff

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