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Artist's concept of NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, celebrating 100 days in orbit

NuSTAR Celebrates First 100 Days

Tomorrow, Sept. 21, 2012, will mark 100 days since NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, launched into space from the L-1011 ...

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Artist's Concept of NuSTAR

NuSTAR Mission Status Report

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) passed its Post-Launch Assessment Review at JPL this week, clearing the way for the mission to ...

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NuSTAR's first view of High-Energy X-ray Universe

Space Telescope Opens Its X-Ray Eyes

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has snapped its first test images of the sizzling high-energy X-ray universe.

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Artist's concept showing NASA's NuSTAR mission orbiting Earth

NuSTAR Mission Status Report

After deploying its mast, the NuSTAR observatory began a series of checkout procedures.

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Artist's Concept of NuSTAR

NuSTAR Observatory Unfurls its Unique Mast

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has successfully deployed its lengthy mast, giving it the ability to see the highest energy ...

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NuSTAR Hitches a Ride on the 'Stargazer'

Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket with the NuSTAR spacecraft

This photo shows the Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket with the NuSTAR spacecraft after attachment to the L-1011 carrier aircraft known as "Stargazer." The Pegasus will launch NuSTAR ...

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Bringing Black Holes Into Focus

The image on the left, taken by the European Space Agency's INTEGRAL satellite, shows high-energy X-rays from galaxies beyond our own. The image on the right shows a simulated view of what NuSTAR will see at comparable wavelengths.

This image comparison demonstrates NuSTAR's improved ability to focus high-energy X-ray light into sharp images. The image on the left, taken by the European Space Agency's INTEGRAL satellite, shows ...

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NuSTAR's Russian Doll-like Mirrors

NuSTAR's Russian doll-like mirrors

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has a complex set of mirrors, or optics, that will help it see high-energy X-ray light in greater detail than ever before. These images show ...

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