back to article NICER science not so nice as ISS telescope pauses operations

NASA's NICER X-ray telescope is pausing operations just weeks after the US space agency boasted that a January repair and reconfiguration had improved its daytime measurements. The agency pressed pause on its ops on June 17 when performance degradation in the motor began affecting science observations. NASA said, "Engineers …

  1. Yet Another Anonymous coward Silver badge

    Engineers devised a repair kit

    It was Space Duct Tape wasn't it ?

    1. lglethal Silver badge
      Trollface

      Re: Engineers devised a repair kit

      And now the motor isnt moving like it's supposed to. So now we need Space WD40, right?

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