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NASA is ready to launch its Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array

Dulles, Usa - Orbital Sciences Corporation replies to SpaceX

NuSTAR is a Small Explorer mission led by Caltech and managed by JPL for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array will be the first space telescope to create focused images of cosmic X-rays. The telescope has more than 10 times the resolution of its predecessors, and more than 100 times the sensitivity. "We will see the hottest, densest and most...

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Rome, Italy, 05/31/2012 12:07
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