June 6, 2012

J D Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j d harrington@nasa gov

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

Robert Sanders University of California, Berkeley 510-643-6998 rlsanders@berkeley edu

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-106

NASA TO HOST NEWS TELECONFERENCE ABOUT NUSTAR LAUNCH

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news teleconference 3 p m EDT June 11 to discuss the upcoming launch of its Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) spacecraft which is scheduled for no earlier than 11:30 a m EDT June 13

The observatory, a black-hole hunter with sharp X-ray eyes, will be launched from Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean NuSTAR is attached to an Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus XL rocket which is mounted on the bottom of an L-1011 Stargazer aircraft The airplane will take off from Kwajalein Atoll and release the rocket, which will ignite its engines in the air The Stargazer departed Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California June 5 and will land at Kwajalein June 6

Panelists include: -- Omar Baez, NASA launch director, Kennedy Space Center, Fla -- Fiona Harrison, NuSTAR principal investigator, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif -- William Craig, NuSTAR instrument manager, University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley) -- Grace Baird, NuSTAR bus chief engineer, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Dulles, Va

The news teleconference will take place at the Space Sciences Laboratory at UC Berkeley Local reporters wanting to attend must send an email to Robert Sanders at rlsanders@berkeley edu by 2 p m EDT June 11

For dial-in information, reporters must email their name, media affiliation and telephone number to J D Harrington at j d harrington@nasa gov by 2 p m EDT June 11

Graphics presented during the teleconference will be online shortly before the start of the teleconference at:

http://1 usa gov/nustar

Live audio of the teleconference will be available at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

On June 13, launch coverage and commentary will be broadcast online beginning 90 minutes before launch at:

http://www nasa gov/nustar

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