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KSC-2012-1667
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Orbital Sciences processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, preparations to launch NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, are nearly complete. The spacecraft has been mated with its Pegasus XL rocket and enclosed in the Pegasus payload fairing. The fairing will protect the spacecraft from the heat and aerodynamic pressure generated during the rocket’s ascent to orbit.
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Credit lineKSC-2012-1667. NASA/KSC, 2012-03-08. Public domain. ID: KSC-2012-1667.