NICER: Launching Soon to the Space Station

  • Released Monday, May 22nd, 2017
  • Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:47PM
  • ID: 12606

This video previews the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER). NICER is an Astrophysics Mission of Opportunity within NASA’s Explorer program, which provides frequent flight opportunities for world-class scientific investigations from space utilizing innovative, streamlined and efficient management approaches within the heliophysics and astrophysics science areas. NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate supports the SEXTANT component of the mission, demonstrating pulsar-based spacecraft navigation. NICER is an upcoming International Space Station payload scheduled to launch in June 2017.

Learn more about the mission at nasa.gov/nicer.

This video is a teaser for the NICER mission.

Music: Killer Tracks, Stuva (PKT017); Sound Design Whoosh 4 (KT260); Drone Ambient (KT202)

For More Information

See https://www.nasa.gov/nicer

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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