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KSC-2012-3250
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket, approaches Orbital’s L-1011 carrier aircraft awaiting its arrival at the “hot pad,” located on the ramp adjacent to the runway on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket will be attached beneath the L-1011 aircraft. The duo will be flown from Vandenberg to the U.S.
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Credit lineKSC-2012-3250. NASA/KSC, 2012-06-02. Public domain. ID: KSC-2012-3250.