Universe  ID: 12530

NICER Mission B-roll Footage

Released on March 10, 2017
The Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) mission was built and tested at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

In addition to NASA Goddard scientists and engineers, the mission team includes the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and commercial partners, who provided spaceflight hardware.

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The NICER payload, ready for flight, on a dolly in a clean-tent at the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The payload, delivered two weeks ahead of schedule, undergoes monthly functional tests while it awaits launch on the 11th SpaceX commercial resupply mission (CRS-11) to the International Space Station.

Credit: NASA Goddard/Keith Gendreau

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The b-roll package includes video footage taken throughout the NICER mission, including lab work, payload engineering and testing.
 

Related

What is a Neutron Star?
NICER Range of Motion Time-lapse
NICER Electromagnetic Testing Time-lapse Videos
NICER Lift Time-lapse

For More Information

https://www.nasa.gov/nicer

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

Credits

Rich Melnick (KBR Wyle Services, LLC): Lead Videographer
Clare Skelly (NASA/GSFC): Lead Producer
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission:
Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER)

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DLESE >> Technology
SVS >> Astrophysics
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