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SAGE III Instrument is installed on the Nadir Viewing Platform!

By March 9, 2017March 31st, 2017Uncategorized

On Wednesday, March 8 around 6:30 p.m. EST the SAGE III Instrument Payload was successfully installed on the Nadir Viewing Platform at ELC-4 on the outside of the space station. The mission operations team confirmed that electricity was flowing and the survival heaters were on with good temperature readings. The next step is activation which will take up to two weeks and begin Friday, March 10!

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Check out the recording of NASA EDGE live show highlighting the installation and this photo feature on nasa.gov! You can also view the recordings from the space station live feed here.