NASA preparing to launch its newest X-ray eyes
Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 16:34
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is being prepared for the final journey to its launch pad on Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean. The mission will study everything from massive black holes to our own sun. It is scheduled to launch no earlier than June 13.