The shipping container ready to travel by truck from Narita airport to Sumitomo Heavy Industries. The large white container provided cushioning and kept the insert dry and cool (with 400 pounds of dry ice). Insert lead engineer Becky Derro is making a final check.

Packing the insert Flight Dewar and detectors XRS Arriving at SHI

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