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  • Jan 27, 2012 - NuSTAR Spacecraft Arrives in California
    NuSTAR Arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California
    NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mission arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California this morning after a cross-country trip by truck from the Orbital Sciences Corporation's manufacturing plant in Dulles, Va. The mission is scheduled to launch from Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean on March 14.   ...More...
  • Jan 25, 2012 - NASA's NuSTAR Ships to Vandenberg for March 14 Launch
    NuSTAR ships to Vandenberg
    NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, shipped to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Tuesday, to be mated to its Pegasus launch vehicle. The observatory will detect X-rays from objects ranging from our sun to giant black holes billions of light-years away. It is scheduled to launch March 14 from an aircraft operating out of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.   ...More...
  • Jan 5, 2012 - The New Year in Space: NASA’s Missions and Events in 2012
    NuSTAR in the January issue of Wired
    Along with the regular suite of expected launches, NASA will be undertaking a number of exciting new missions, likely making some incredible discoveries. ... Here, Wired takes a look at some of the most important missions and milestones happening in space in 2012.   ...More...  

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