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WUPPE Sounds Sounds made by the WUPPE Instrument These sounds were made by WUPPE as part of normal operation of the instrument. They were recorded during testing at the Kennedy Space Center. Primary door opening (25.06s) Primary door closing (31.91s) Backup door opening (73.58s) Backup door closing Latch locking (1.43s) Latch unlocking (1.72s) Mirror Setup (21.48s) Testlamp "whine." (12.22s) Mirror mechanism initialization (19.69s) Aperture-Filter mechanism checkout (33.66s) Guys working on door (62.02s) Thank-you Sounds These audio clips were recorded by the WUPPE scientists and operations team and presented to the crew in the form of talking greeting cards. They are each about ten seconds long. (That is about 80K bytes per sound.) Thanks Oz Thanks Borneo Thanks John Thanks Tammy Thanks Wendy Thanks Sam Thanks Ron WUPPE Fun Sounds What more can we say? These sounds were heard from time-to-time during testing and during the mission. The "Moo" is considered to be a good sound in Wisconsin. Moo Glass breaking Button pushing