NICER Lift Time-lapse

  • Released Wednesday, December 23, 2015
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The Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) box-shaped X-ray Timing Instrument (XTI) is lifted and integrated at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

The time-lapse shows the XTI, with attached flight electronics and the payload's pointing system, being lifted and joined to the flight Adapter Plate, NICER's connection to the International Space Station-provided hardware for installation on station.

This time-lapse video of NICER's X-ray Timing Instrument (XTI) being lifted and integrated was taken on Dec. 23, 2015, in a clean-tent at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

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This page was originally published on Wednesday, December 23, 2015.
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