NICER experiment mounted on the International Space Station (ISS). View of the Neutron Star Interior Composition ExploreR (NICER) payload, attached to

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NICER experiment mounted on the International Space Station (ISS). View of the Neutron Star Interior Composition ExploreR (NICER) payload, attached to ExPRESS (Expedite the Processing of Experiments to Space Station) Logistics Carrier-2 (ELC-2) on the S3 Truss. This photograph was obtained with the ground-controlled External High Definition Camera 1 (EHDC1). NICER's primary mission is to study neutron stars. Photographed on 22 October 2018.

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