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NASA Hosts Media Telecon About Black Hole Studies
02.25.13 - NASA will host a news teleconference at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST), Wednesday, Feb. 27, to announce black hole observations from its newest X-ray telescope, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton X-ray telescope.
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Good Progress With NuSTAR Science Goals
02.21.13 - Since launch in June 2012, the NuSTAR science team is making good progress toward achieving its primary science goals.
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NASA's NuSTAR Catches Black Holes in Galaxy Web
01.07.13 - NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, set its X-ray eyes on a spiral galaxy and caught the brilliant glow of two black holes lurking inside.
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Pointing the Telescope and Probing the X-ray Sky
11.20.12 - The first three months of science, or "Phase E," operations have been a busy time for NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR.
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NASA's NuSTAR Spots Flare From Milky Way's Black Hole
10.23.12 - NASA's newest set of X-ray eyes in the sky, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), has caught its first look at the giant black hole parked at the center of our galaxy.
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NuSTAR Celebrates First 100 Days
09.20.12 - Tomorrow, Sept. 21, 2012, will mark 100 days since NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, launched into space from the L-1011 "Stargazer" aircraft.
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NuSTAR Mission Status Report
07.27.12 - NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) passed its Post-Launch Assessment Review at JPL this week, clearing the way for the mission to enter into its science operations phase in the next month.
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Space Telescope Opens Its X-Ray Eyes
06.28.12 - 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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NuSTAR Mission Status Report
06.27.12 - After deploying its mast, the NuSTAR observatory began a series of checkout procedures.
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NuSTAR Observatory Unfurls its Unique Mast
06.21.12 - NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has successfully deployed its lengthy mast, giving it the ability to see the highest energy X-rays in our universe.
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NASA's NuSTAR Mission Lifts Off
06.13.12 - NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) launched this morning over the central Pacific, beginning its mission to study black holes and other exotic objects.
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NuSTAR to Drop From Plane and Rocket Into Space
06.11.12 - NASA's NuSTAR mission is scheduled to launch from Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean on June 13 at 11:30 a.m. EDT.
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NuSTAR Arrives at Island Launch Site
06.07.12 - NASA's NuSTAR mission is now at Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, awaiting its June 13 airborne launch.
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NASA to Host News Teleconference About NuSTAR Launch
06.06.12 - NASA will host a news teleconference at noon PDT (3 p.m. EDT) June 11 to discuss the upcoming launch of its Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) observatory, scheduled for no earlier than 8:30 a.m. PDT (11:30 a.m. EDT) June 13.
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NuSTAR to Open X-ray Eyes on Universe
06.05.12 - The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array is to focus its instruments on the high-energy universe.
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NuSTAR Strapped to its Plane
06.04.12 - NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is strapped to the bottom of the plane that will carry it to launch on June 13.
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NASA Preparing to Launch its Newest X-Ray Eyes
05.30.12 - 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.
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NASA to Hold News Conference About NuSTAR Launch
05.24.12 - NASA will hold a news conference on Wednesday, May 30 at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) to discuss the upcoming launch of the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), a mission to hunt for black holes.
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NASA's NuSTAR Gearing up for Launch
05.22.12 - Engineers are installing the "nose cone" around NASA's NuSTAR, a black hole hunter. The mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than June 13.
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Launch of NASA's NuSTAR Mission Postponed
03.16.12 - The planned launch of NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission has been postponed after a March 15 launch status meeting.