The space agency has been carrying out tests to make sure the repair work is safe for the ISS astronauts.
NASA is preparing to send astronauts on a spacewalk to repair a telescope mounted on the exterior of the International Space Station . The repair involves installing patches to eliminate unwanted sunlight leaking into the instrument. NICER , an X-ray telescope the size of a washing machine, launched to orbit in 2017 to study regular pulses from neutron stars, light echoes from flaring black holes, and other sources of X-rays in the cosmos.
It was installed robotically, and we operate it from the ground,” Keith Gendreau, NICER’s principal investigator at Goddard, said in a statement. “The possibility of a repair has been an exciting challenge.” The team behind the mission will launch patches to the ISS on board Northrop Grumman’s 21st commercial resupply services mission later this year. The patches will be installed by the astronauts to repair the light leak.
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