2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return
NICER
X-ray timing instrument studying neutron stars.
Era 5 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- 3 Jun 2017
- Lead / partner
- United States
- Target
- International Space Station
- Category
- X-ray astronomy
- Status
- Operational
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Full Thrust
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Geocentric orbit
Why it happened
NICER flew during 2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return, as part of United States's work toward international space station. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: X-ray timing instrument studying neutron stars.
Results
X-ray timing instrument studying neutron stars.
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Sources & image credits
- Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog