NuSTAR Launch Coverage
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NuSTAR Launch Blog
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) began its two-year mission at noon EDT on June 13, 2012 aboard a Pegasus XL rocket launched from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. This advanced telescope is designed to allow astronomers to study the universe in high-energy X-rays.
Note: Times provided in blog posts are given in Eastern time; timestamps are provided in your local time.
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) began its two-year mission at noon EDT on June 13, 2012 aboard a Pegasus XL rocket launched from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. This advanced telescope is designed to allow astronomers to study the universe in high-energy X-rays. Note: Times provided in blog posts are given in Eastern time; timestamps are provided in your local time.