NuSTAR space telescope construction. Engineers in the final stages of assembling NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). NuSTAR is NASA
NuSTAR space telescope construction. Engineers in the final stages of assembling NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). NuSTAR is NASA's 11th small-explorer mission (SMEX-11) and is a space-based X-ray telescope that will use a Wolter telescope to focus high energy X-rays from astrophysical sources, especially for nuclear (gamma-ray) spectroscopy. It was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation and launched on 13th June 2012. Photographed at the Orbital Sciences Corporation, Dulles, Virginia, USA, on 18th January 2012.
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