Astronauts To Patch Up NASA’s NICER Telescope
Astronauts To Patch Up NASA’s NICER Telescope
NASA is planning to repair NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, during a spacewalk later this year. It will be the fourth science observatory in orbit serviced by astronauts. In May 2023, scientists discovered that NICER had devel...
Should rename it the NICEST telescope afterwards.
... phew... got that out of my system. 😅
Hope they can get it done. From the description it sounds easy enough, if on a "spacewalk it, ezpz" level, of course.
Probably wouldn't even bother if it weren't already the nicer one.
Believe it or not, changing the name of a satellite...er, telescope costs money.
Sounds like the parts for the repair will launch on the Cygnus for NG-21, which will fly on a Falcon instead of Antares since the new Antares 300 isn’t ready yet.
Nice