Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array is a focusing high-energy X-ray observatory that studies black holes, supernova remnants, neutron stars, and energetic active galaxies. A deployable mast separates its grazing-incidence optics from the focal-plane detectors to provide focused imaging in the hard X-ray band.
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Identity
- Aliases
- NuSTAR
- Name
- Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array
- Slug
- nuclear-spectroscopic-telescope-array
- Status
- active
Details
- Astronauts
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- Description
- NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array is a focusing high-energy X-ray observatory that studies black holes, supernova remnants, neutron stars, and energetic active galaxies. A deployable mast separates its grazing-incidence optics from the focal-plane detectors to provide focused imaging in the hard X-ray band.
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- NuSTAR remains an active community observatory. Its results include precise measurements of black-hole spin, mapping radioactive material in supernova remnants, discoveries involving ultraluminous X-ray sources, and contributions to the first image of a black hole.
- Program
- Small Explorer Program
- Start Date
- 2012-06-13
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/NuSTAR/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 14:43:22 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 14:43:22 UTC
Other
- Affiliations
- Space Stations
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- Vehicles