Trent J. Perrotto
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0321
trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-039
NASA TO HOLD MEDIA BRIEFING ABOUT UPCOMING NUSTAR MISSION LAUNCH
WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing at 12 p.m. EDT on
Tuesday, March 13, to discuss the upcoming launch of the Nuclear
Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). The mission will use advanced
optics and detectors, allowing astronomers to observe the high-energy
X-ray sky with much greater sensitivity and clarity than any mission
flown to-date. The televised briefing will take place in the agency's
television studio at NASA Headquarters, located at 300 E St. S.W. in
Washington.
NuSTAR will advance our understanding of how structure in the universe
forms and evolves. It will observe some of the hottest, densest and
most energetic objects in the universe, including black holes, their
high-speed particle jets, ultra-dense neutron stars, supernova
remnants, and our sun.
NuSTAR is targeted for launch no earlier than 11:30 a.m. EDT on March
22. The launch window extends to 3:30 p.m. The spacecraft will
liftoff on an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL launch vehicle, released
from an aircraft originating from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall
Islands.
Briefing Participants are:
-- Paul Hertz, astrophysics division director at NASA Headquarters in
Washington
-- Fiona Harrison, NuSTAR principal investigator at the California
Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif.
-- Daniel Stern, NuSTAR project scientist at the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif.
-- Yunjin Kim, NuSTAR project manager at JPL
Reporters may ask questions from participating NASA locations or by
telephone. Media planning to attend the briefing or reserve a phone
line must contact trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov by 9 a.m. on Monday,
March 12.
For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information,
visit:
For more information about NuSTAR, visit:
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