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NuSTAR in Space
NASA's newest X-ray telescope will have a lengthy structure that unfolds in space, allowing it to see high-energy objects like feeding black holes. Credit: NASA/JPL
Pegasus XL Launch Vehicle
NASA's NuSTAR mission will launch into a low-Earth, near-equator orbit on a Pegasus XL rocket from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Credit: JPL
Pegasus Drop
A Pegasus rocket being launched from a plane.
Pegasus Takeoff
The Pegasus rocket carrying the NuSTAR satellite will be launched from a plane.
Mast Extension
Mast extending from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). NuSTAR's mast is a scaled down version of that successfully deployed by SRTM, also built by ATK-Goleta.
Credit: NASA/JPL.
Mast Extension
Mast extending from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). NuSTAR's mast is a scaled down version of that successfully deployed by SRTM, also built by ATK-Goleta.
Credit: NASA/JPL.
Mast Animation
Animation of Mast extending from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). NuSTAR's mast is a scaled down version of that successfully deployed by SRTM.
Credit: NASA/JPL.
