March 16, 2012

George H Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 george h diller@nasa gov

Trent J Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent j perrotto@nasa gov

Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif 818-354-4673 whitney clavin@jpl nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-045

LAUNCH OF NASA'S NUSTAR MISSION POSTPONED

WASHINGTON -- The planned launch of NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission has been postponed after a March 15 launch status meeting The launch will be rescheduled to allow additional time to confirm the flight software used by the launch vehicle's flight computer will issue commands to the rocket as intended

The spacecraft will lift off on an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket, which will be released from an aircraft taking off from the Reagan Test Site on the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands The time required to complete the software review has moved NuSTAR beyond the March time frame currently available on the range at Kwajalein In the interim, NASA will coordinate with the launch site to determine the earliest possible launch opportunity This is expected to be within the next two months

NuSTAR 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 before The mission will advance our understanding of how structures in the universe form and evolve 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

For more information about NuSTAR, visit:

http://www nasa gov/nustar

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