Happy Birthday NuSTAR!
June 13th, 2026
Poster of NuSTAR in front of a stylized black hole, created for NuSTAR's 10th anniversary. Image credit: NASA/JPL

Fourteen years ago today, NuSTAR was launched from a Pegasus rocket into low-Earth orbit and began its mission of observing the high-energy X-ray sky. This year, the NuSTAR team is running a Special Session at the 248th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, held in Pasadena next week, celebrating 14 years of NuSTAR science and looking at what the future holds for high-energy X-ray astronomy.