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Astronauts Set for Spacewalk To Seal NICER Telescope’s Light Leak


NASA is set to repair the NICER telescope on the ISS via a spacewalk to address a light leak affecting observations. Positioned near the station’s solar panels, NICER studies cosmic phenomena and serves as a testbed for pulsar-based navigation. NASA is planning to repair NICER (Neutron star Inter

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