Universe  ID: 12528

NICER Lift Time-lapse

Released on December 23, 2015
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.

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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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For More Information

https://www.nasa.gov/nicer

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/nicer/

Credits

Rich Melnick (KBR Wyle Services, LLC): Lead Videographer
Rich Melnick (KBR Wyle Services, LLC): Lead Producer
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission:
Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER)

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