Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2012
By Makubex


NuSTAR is set to launch on June 13, a four-hour window that begins at 11:30 a.m. EDT from Kwajalein Atoll in the Central Pacific Ocean. NuSTAR is a Black Hole hunter with X-Ray eyes. A large number of galaxies are hiding black holes that we can't detect, and NASA's NuSTAR will use X-ray vision to find them. Watch the video below about NuSTAR objective,



NuSTAR is attached to an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket, which is mounted on the bottom of an L-1011 Stargazer aircraft. The airplane will take off from the atoll and release the rocket, which will ignite its engines in the air.


Image Credit: Orbital Sciences Corporation.

On June 13, launch coverage and commentary will be broadcasted 90 minutes before the launch at http://www.nasa.gov/nustar

Source: NASA

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