diff --git a/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh b/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh
index 84ccbf5b81d9ea976ef8aa075b229733f047ad66..df334ea6d7d1df75db9318debb6cad566e052262 100755
--- a/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh
+++ b/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh
@@ -593,7 +593,8 @@ export PYZMQVER=15.2.0
 export GDALVER=2.1.0
 export SODIUMVER=1.0.10
 
-export ASTROPYVER=1.0.10
+export ASTROPYHELPERSVER=2.0.1
+export ASTROPYVER=2.0.2
 export BLISTVER=1.3.6
 export BITARRAYVER=0.8.1
 export UPDATESVER=0.1.7.0
@@ -3486,7 +3487,8 @@ mk_geos() {
 
 mk_astropy() { 
   resume_tracker && return 0
-  _setup_build_install astropy src/optional/astropy-${ASTROPYVER}.tar.gz astropy-${ASTROPYVER} --offline
+  _setup_build_install astropy-helpers src/optional/astropy-helpers-${ASTROPYHELPERSVER}.tar.gz astropy-helpers-${ASTROPYHELPERSVER}
+  _setup_build_install astropy src/optional/astropy-${ASTROPYVER}.tar.gz astropy-${ASTROPYVER} 
 }
 
 mk_bitarray() { 
diff --git a/ShellB3/src/optional/astropy-1.0.10.tar.gz b/ShellB3/src/optional/astropy-1.0.10.tar.gz
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diff --git a/ShellB3/src/optional/astropy-2.0.2.tar.gz b/ShellB3/src/optional/astropy-2.0.2.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
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