NASA will deliver a patch kit for NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, on the agency’s Northrop Grumman 21st commercial resupply mission. Astronauts will conduct a spacewalk to complete the repair. Located near the space station’s starboard solar array, NICER was damaged in May 2023. The mission […]
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Astrophysics, Goddard Space Flight Center, International Space Station (ISS), ISS Research, Johnson Space Center, Neutron Stars, NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), Pulsars, The Universe
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July 30, 2024
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