NASA to Launch a Black Hole Hunter
![In a clean room at Vandenberg Air Force Base's processing facility in California, a technician conducts a solar array illumination test on NASA's NuSTAR spacecraft, February 2, 2012. (NASA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/4ed1b77a-5763-49b8-9f47-9ce551c3de88_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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In a clean room at Vandenberg Air Force Base's processing facility in California, a technician conducts a solar array illumination test on NASA's NuSTAR spacecraft, February 2, 2012. (NASA)
![NuSTAR has a complex set of mirrors, or optics, that will help it see high-energy X-ray light in greater detail than ever before. These images show different views of one of two optic units onboard NuSTAR. (NASA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/0b10ba34-5a2f-463a-ada7-f562097f8bf1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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NuSTAR has a complex set of mirrors, or optics, that will help it see high-energy X-ray light in greater detail than ever before. These images show different views of one of two optic units onboard NuSTAR. (NASA)