The neon Dewar before the insert was installed. The Dewar was produced by Sumitomo Heavy Industries and will contain a few hundred kilograms of frozen neon at 17 Kelvin.

XRS Insert Being Unpacked Flight Dewar and detectors XRS Insert Installation 1

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