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NuSTAR's Carrier Plane Touches Down

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The Pegasus rocket carrying NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) can be seen at the belly of its carrier plane, the "Stargazer," as it lands on Kwajalein Atoll. The plane lifted the rocket and its precious cargo to its airborne launch site above the Pacific Ocean on June 13, 2012.