NASA's NuSTAR ships to Vandenberg for March 14 launch The NuSTAR
mission is unique because it will be the first to focus X-rays
in the high-energy range, creating the most detailed images ever
taken in this slice of the electromagnetic spectrum. January 27,
2012 NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)
shipped to Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on January 24
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. NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope
Array (NuSTAR) mission is seen here being lowered into its
shipping container at Orbital Sciences Corporation in Dulles,
Virginia. The spacecraft is headed to Vandenberg Air Force Base
in Central California where it will be mated to its rocket. It
is scheduled to launch from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall
Islands March 14. Credi