NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NuSTAR Spacecraft Arrives

In the airlock of processing facility 1555 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA's NuSTAR spacecraft rests on a handling dolly in a environmental enclosure, awaiting further processing. The spacecraft arrived at Vandenberg after a cross-country trip which began at Orbital Sciences' manufacturing plant in Dulles, Va.

Image credit: NASA/Randy Beaudoin, VAFB
Jan. 28, 2012