NICER: Launching Soon to the Space Station
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- Visualizations by:
- Walt Feimer
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- Produced by:
- Clare Skelly
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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.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animator
- Walt Feimer (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Producer
- Clare Skelly (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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