There is a NuStar in the sky

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.-- An Orbital Sciences Corporation owned L-1011 "Stargazer” takes-off with a Pegasus rocket carrying the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array satellite here Tuesday, June 5, 2012. The NuSTAR satellite will image high-energy X-rays, giving scientists a new perspective on black holes, supernovae and galactic nuclei. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

There is a NuStar in the sky

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.-- An Orbital Sciences Corporation owned L-1011 "Stargazer” takes-off with a Pegasus rocket carrying the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array satellite here Tuesday, June 5, 2012. The NuSTAR satellite will image high-energy X-rays, giving scientists a new perspective on black holes, supernovae and galactic nuclei. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)

There is a NuStar in the sky

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.-- An Orbital Sciences Corporation owned L-1011 "Stargazer? takes-off with a Pegasus rocket carrying the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array satellite here Tuesday, June 5, 2012. The NuSTAR satellite will image high-energy X-rays, giving scientists a new perspective on black holes, supernovae and galactic nuclei. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

Orbital Science's L-1011 arrives at Vandenberg

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Orbital Science's L-1011 aircraft arrives on the flight line here Tuesday, March 6, 2012. The aircraft will carry a Pegasus rocket that will launch NASA's NuStar satellite into orbit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)

Diablo Canyon sends boric acid to Japan from Vandenberg

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A C-17 cargo aircraft from McCord Air Force Base, Wash., sits on the flightline as a “K” loader prepares to load 34,000 pounds of boric acid from the Diablo Canyon Power Plant for transport to Japan on Thursday March 17, 2011. The boric acid is being sent to aid in the cooling of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Complex. Boric acid is used in nuclear power plants to control the fission rate of uranium. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Jerry E. Clemens, Jr.)

Vandenberg launches ground-based interceptor

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Team Vandenberg launched a ground-based interceptor from Launch Facility 23 on North Base here at 12:03 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. The launch was Vandenberg's last for 2010; the next launch is a Delta IV Heavy, scheduled for January 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Lael Huss)