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Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules 149
Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K [ X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 OR [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission File Number 1-16417 NUSTAR ENERGY L.P. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 74-2956831 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 2330 North Loop 1604 West 78248 San Antonio, Texas (Zip Code) (Address of principal executive offices) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (210) 918-2000 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Common units representing partnership interests listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Securities registered pursuant to 12(g) of the Act: None. Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes [X] No [ ] Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes [ ] No [X] Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. -
Craters in Shadow
Section 3: Craters in Shadow Kepler Copernicus Eratosthenes Seen it Clavius Seen it Section 3: Craters in Shadow Visibility: A pair of binoculars is the minimum requirement to see these features. When: Look for them when the terminator’s close by, typically a day before last quarter. Not all craters are best seen when the Sun is high in the lunar sky - in fact most aren’t! If craters aren’t par- ticularly bright or dark, they tend to disappear into the background when the Moon’s phase is close to full. These craters are best seen when the ‘terminator’ is nearby, or when the Sun is low in the lunar sky as seen from the crater. This causes oblique lighting to fall on the crater and create exaggerated shadows. Ultimately, this makes the crater look more dramatic and easier to see. We’ll use this effect for the next section on lunar mountains, but before we do, there are a couple of craters that we’d like to bring to your attention. Actually, the Moon is covered with a whole host of wonderful craters that look amazing when the lighting is oblique. During the summer and into the early autumn, it’s the later phases of the Moon are best positioned in the sky - the phases following full Moon. Unfortunately, this means viewing in the early hours but don’t worry as we’ve kept things simple. We just want to give you a taste of what a shadowed crater looks like for this marathon, so the going here is really pretty easy! First, locate the two craters Kepler and Copernicus which were marathon targets pointed out in Section 2. -
In-Flight PSF Calibration of the Nustar Hard X-Ray Optics
In-flight PSF calibration of the NuSTAR hard X-ray optics Hongjun Ana, Kristin K. Madsenb, Niels J. Westergaardc, Steven E. Boggsd, Finn E. Christensenc, William W. Craigd,e, Charles J. Haileyf, Fiona A. Harrisonb, Daniel K. Sterng, William W. Zhangh aDepartment of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2T8, Canada; bCahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA; cDTU Space, National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej 327, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark; dSpace Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; eLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA; fColumbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University, New York NY 10027, USA; gJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA; hGoddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA ABSTRACT We present results of the point spread function (PSF) calibration of the hard X-ray optics of the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). Immediately post-launch, NuSTAR has observed bright point sources such as Cyg X-1, Vela X-1, and Her X-1 for the PSF calibration. We use the point source observations taken at several off-axis angles together with a ray-trace model to characterize the in-orbit angular response, and find that the ray-trace model alone does not fit the observed event distributions and applying empirical corrections to the ray-trace model improves the fit significantly. We describe the corrections applied to the ray-trace model and show that the uncertainties in the enclosed energy fraction (EEF) of the new PSF model is ∼<3% for extraction ′′ apertures of R ∼> 60 with no significant energy dependence. -
Building Nustar's Mirrors
20 | ASK MAGAZINE | STORY Title BY BUILDING NUSTAR’S MIRRORS Intro Many NASA projects involve designing and building one-of-a-kind spacecraft and instruments. Created for particular, unique missions, they are custom-made, more like works of technological art than manufactured objects. Occasionally, a mission calls for two identical satellites (STEREO, the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, for instance). Sometimes multiple parts of an instrument are nearly identical: the eighteen hexagonal beryllium mirror segments that will form the James Webb Space Telescope’s mirror are one example. But none of this is mass production or anything close to it. nn GuisrCh/ASA N:tide CrothoP N:tide GuisrCh/ASA nn Niko Stergiou, a contractor at Goddard Space Flight Center, helped manufacture the 9,000 mirror segments that make up the optics unit in the NuSTAR mission. ASK MAGAZINE | 21 BY WILLIAM W. ZHANG The mirror segments my group has built for NuSTAR, the the interior surface and a bakeout, dries into a smooth and clean Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, are not mass produced surface, very much like glazed ceramic tiles. Finally we had to either, but we make them on a scale that may be unique at NASA: map the temperatures inside each oven to ensure they would we created more than 20,000 mirror segments over a period of two provide a uniform heating environment so the glass sheets years. In other words, we’re talking about some middle ground could slump in a controlled and gradual way. Any “wrinkles” between one-of-a-kind custom work and industrial production. -
Page 1 of 5 Second Stand Alone Missions of Opportunity
Second Stand Alone Missions Of Opportunity Notice (SALMON-2) Program Element Appendix (PEA) Q Heliophysics Explorers Mission of Opportunity Program Library Step-2 Change Log The current version of this document may be found in the Program Library, at https://explorers.larc.nasa.gov/HPSMEX/MO/programlibrary.html, by selecting the “View Step-2 Change Log” link. Updates to the Program Library are represented in reverse-chronological order. Latest revisions are indicated via highlighting. May 4, 2018: CFR-2014-title2-vol1-sec200-466.pdf posted to NASA and Federal Documents item “2 CFR 200.466, “Scholarships and Student Aid Costs” (NOTE: Step-2 addition.)” April 11, 2018: 2017_LSP_Advisory_Services_Overview_for_2016_Heliophysics_Explorer.pdf reposted as an update to Program Specific Documents item “29. 2017 LSP Advisory Services Overview (NOTE: Step-2 addition.)”. Typo corrected on title slide. March 9, 2018: tailored-Class-D-guidance-for-AOs-updated-redact.pdf (dated 12 February 2018) posted as an update to Program Specific Documents item “34. Guidance on the Application of NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Class-D Tailoring/Streamlining Decision Memorandum (signed 07 December 2017) to Currently Active Explorers Program AO Competitions (NOTE: Step-2 addition.)” March 5, 2018: Explorers-Program-Plan-Signed-2014.09.09_Redacted.pdf posted to Program Specific Documents item “32. Explorers Program Plan (NOTE: Step-2 addition.)” March 5, 2018: tailored-Class-D-guidance-for-AOs-redact.pdf (dated 12 February 2018) posted as Program Specific Documents item “31. Guidance on the Application of NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Class-D Tailoring/Streamlining Decision Memorandum (signed [7] December 2017) to Currently Active Explorers Program AO Competitions (NOTE: Step-2 addition.)” March 5, 2018: SMD-Class-D-Policy-redact.pdf (dated 17 December 2017) posted as Program Specific Documents item “30. -
LISA, the Gravitational Wave Observatory
The ESA Science Programme Cosmic Vision 2015 – 25 Christian Erd Planetary Exploration Studies, Advanced Studies & Technology Preparations Division 04-10-2010 1 ESAESA spacespace sciencescience timelinetimeline JWSTJWST BepiColomboBepiColombo GaiaGaia LISALISA PathfinderPathfinder Proba-2Proba-2 PlanckPlanck HerschelHerschel CoRoTCoRoT HinodeHinode AkariAkari VenusVenus ExpressExpress SuzakuSuzaku RosettaRosetta DoubleDouble StarStar MarsMars ExpressExpress INTEGRALINTEGRAL ClusterCluster XMM-NewtonXMM-Newton CassiniCassini-H-Huygensuygens SOHOSOHO ImplementationImplementation HubbleHubble OperationalOperational 19901990 19941994 19981998 20022002 20062006 20102010 20142014 20182018 20222022 XMM-Newton • X-ray observatory, launched in Dec 1999 • Fully operational (lost 3 out of 44 X-ray CCD early in mission) • No significant loss of performances expected before 2018 • Ranked #1 at last extension review in 2008 (with HST & SOHO) • 320 refereed articles per year, with 38% in the top 10% most cited • Observing time over- subscribed by factor ~8 • 2,400 registered users • Largest X-ray catalogue (263,000 sources) • Best sensitivity in 0.2-12 keV range • Long uninterrupted obs. • Follow-up of SZ clusters 04-10-2010 3 INTEGRAL • γ-ray observatory, launched in Oct 2002 • Imager + Spectrograph (E/ΔE = 500) + X- ray monitor + Optical camera • Coded mask telescope → 12' resolution • 72 hours elliptical orbit → low background • P/L ~ nominal (lost 4 out 19 SPI detectors) • No serious degradation before 2016 • ~ 90 refereed articles per year • Obs -
Astrophysics
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Astrophysics Astronomy and Astrophysics Paul Hertz Advisory Committee Director, Astrophysics Division Washington, DC Science Mission Directorate January 26, 2017 @PHertzNASA www.nasa.gov Why Astrophysics? Astrophysics is humankind’s scientific endeavor to understand the universe and our place in it. 1. How did our universe 2. How did galaxies, stars, 3. Are We Alone? begin and evolve? and planets come to be? These national strategic drivers are enduring 1972 1982 1991 2001 2010 2 Astrophysics Driving Documents 2016 update includes: • Response to Midterm Assessment • Planning for 2020 Decadal Survey http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/documents 3 Astrophysics - Big Picture • The FY16 appropriation/FY17 continuing resolution and FY17 President’s budget request provide funding for NASA astrophysics to continue its planned programs, missions, projects, research, and technology. – The total funding (Astrophysics including Webb) remains at ~$1.35B. – Fully funds Webb for an October 2018 launch, WFIRST formulation (new start), Explorers mission development, increased funding for R&A, new suborbital capabilities. – No negative impact from FY17 continuing resolution (through April 28, 2017). – Awaiting FY18 budget guidance from new Administration. • The operating missions continue to generate important and compelling science results, and new missions are under development for the future. – Senior Review in Spring 2016 recommended continued operation of all missions. – SOFIA is adding new instruments: HAWC+ instrument being commissioned; HIRMES instrument in development; next gen instrument call in 2017. – NASA missions under development making progress toward launches: ISS-NICER (2017), ISS-CREAM (2017), TESS (2018), Webb (2018), IXPE (2020), WFIRST (mid-2020s). – Partnerships with ESA and JAXA on their future missions create additional science opportunities: Euclid (ESA), X-ray Astronomy Recovery Mission (JAXA), Athena (ESA), L3/LISA (ESA). -
Epo in a Multinational Context
→EPO IN A MULTINATIONAL CONTEXT Heidelberg, June 2013 ESA FACTS AND FIGURES • Over 40 years of experience • 20 Member States • Six establishments in Europe, about 2200 staff • 4 billion Euro budget (2013) • Over 70 satellites designed, tested and operated in flight • 17 scientific satellites in operation • Six types of launcher developed • Celebrated the 200th launch of Ariane in February 2011 2 ACTIVITIES ESA is one of the few space agencies in the world to combine responsibility in nearly all areas of space activity. • Space science • Navigation • Human spaceflight • Telecommunications • Exploration • Technology • Earth observation • Operations • Launchers 3 →SCIENCE & ROBOTIC EXPLORATION TODAY’S SCIENCE MISSIONS (1) • XMM-Newton (1999– ) X-ray telescope • Cluster (2000– ) four spacecraft studying the solar wind • Integral (2002– ) observing objects in gamma and X-rays • Hubble (1990– ) orbiting observatory for ultraviolet, visible and infrared astronomy (with NASA) • SOHO (1995– ) studying our Sun and its environment (with NASA) 5 TODAY’S SCIENCE MISSIONS (2) • Mars Express (2003– ) studying Mars, its moons and atmosphere from orbit • Rosetta (2004– ) the first long-term mission to study and land on a comet • Venus Express (2005– ) studying Venus and its atmosphere from orbit • Herschel (2009– ) far-infrared and submillimetre wavelength observatory • Planck (2009– ) studying relic radiation from the Big Bang 6 UPCOMING MISSIONS (1) • Gaia (2013) mapping a thousand million stars in our galaxy • LISA Pathfinder (2015) testing technologies -
LISA and ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Programme
LISA and ESA’s Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Programme J. Clavel Head, Astrophysics Mission Division, Science Directorate of ESA 7th International LISA Symposium, Barcelona, 16-June-2008 Missions in preparation HeHerschel-rschel- Planck Planck BBeepipi-C-Cololombomboo 2008 CoroCorott 2008 20132013 (CNES-ESA)(CNES-ESA) Lisa-Pathfinder 20062006 Lisa-Pathfinder 20102010 Chandrayan GaiaGaia Chandrayan SolarSolar (ISRO-ESA) 20112011 (ISRO-ESA) JWSJWSTT OrbiterOrbiter 20082008 (NASA-ESA-CSA)(NASA-ESA-CSA)(ESA-NASA)(ESA-NASA) MicroscopeMicroscope 20132013 20152015 (CNES-ESA)(CNES-ESA) 20102010 20052005 20062006 20072007 20082008 20092009 20102010 20112011 20122012 20132013 20142014 20152015 20162016 20172017 7th International LISA Symposium, Barcelona, 16-June-2008 ESA’sESA’s newnew longlong termterm planplan forfor spacespace sciencescience 7th International LISA Symposium, Barcelona, 16-June-2008 Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 process • Call for Science Themes in Spring 2004 • Responses analysed by ESA’s advisory structure in July 2004 • Workshop with community in Paris in September 2004 (400 participants) • Spring 2005: the Cosmic Vision Plan was presented to the community • Plan should cover one decade, with 3 Calls for Missions planned 7th International LISA Symposium, Barcelona, 16-June-2008 Four “Grand Themes” identified 1. What are the conditions for life and planetary formation? 2. How does the Solar System work? 3. What are the fundamental laws of the Universe? 4. How did the Universe originate and what is it made of? 7th International LISA Symposium, Barcelona, 16-June-2008 Cosmic Vision process • First “Call for Missions” issued in 1st Q 2007 • 50 proposals received by June 2007 deadline • Selection process by advisory structure on behalf of scientific community during summer 2007 • Final recommendation from SSAC in October 2007 7th International LISA Symposium, Barcelona, 16-June-2008 The ESA program is chosen by the Scientific Community…. -
Nustar Observatory Guide
NuSTAR Guest Observer Program NuSTAR Observatory Guide Version 3.2 (June 2016) NuSTAR Science Operations Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, MD nustar.caltech.edu heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/nustar/index.html i Revision History Revision Date Editor Comments D1,2,3 2014-08-01 NuSTAR SOC Initial draft 1.0 2014-08-15 NuSTAR GOF Release for AO-1 Addition of more information about CZT 2.0 2014-10-30 NuSTAR SOC detectors in section 3. 3.0 2015-09-24 NuSTAR SOC Update to section 4 for release of AO-2 Update for NuSTARDAS v1.6.0 release 3.1 2016-05-10 NuSTAR SOC (nusplitsc, Section 5) 3.2 2016-06-15 NuSTAR SOC Adjustment to section 9 ii Table of Contents Revision History ......................................................................................................................................................... ii 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 NuSTAR Program Organization ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 2. The NuSTAR observatory .................................................................................................................................... 2 2.1 NuSTAR Performance ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ -
The Explorer Program
The Explorer Program Presentation to the Astrophysics Subcommittee Wilton Sanders Explorer Program Scientist Astrophysics Division NASA Science Mission Directorate November 19, 2013 1 Astrophysics Explorer Program • The Astrophysics and the Heliophysics Explorer Programs are separate. • Current Astrophysics Explorer Missions: - Operating (and will be included in the 2014 Senior Review) • Swift (MIDEX), launched 2004 November 20 • Suzaku (MO – partnered with JAXA), launched 2005 July 10 • NuSTAR (SMEX), launched 2012 June 13 - In Development • ASTRO-H (MO – partnered with JAXA), scheduled for launch in 2015 - In Formulation • NICER (MO), targeted for transportation to ISS in 2016 • TESS (EX), targeted for launch in 2017 • Future AOs - SMEX and MO in late summer/early fall 2014 for launch ~ 2020 - EX and MO NET 2016 for launch ~ 2022 2 2014 Astrophysics Explorer AO • Community Announcement released on 2013 November 12 that NASA will solicit proposals for SMEX missions and Missions of Opportunity. • Draft AO targeted for spring 2014, with Explorer Workshop ~ 2 weeks later. • Final AO targeted for late summer/early fall 2014, with Pre-Proposal Conference ~ 3 weeks after final AO release. Proposals due 90 days after AO release. • PI cost cap $125M (FY2015$) for SMEX, not including cost of ELV or transportation to the ISS. • MOs allowed in all three categories: Partner MO, New Missions using Existing Spacecraft, or Small Complete Mission, including those requiring flight on the ISS. • PI cost cap $35M for sub-orbital class MOs, which include ultra-long duration balloons, suborbital reusable launch vehicles, and CubeSats. Other MOs (not suborbital-class) have a $65M PI cost cap. • Two-step process. -
List of Missions Using SPICE (PDF)
1/7/20 Data Restorations Selected Past Users Current/Pending Users Examples of Possible Future Users Apollo 15, 16 [L] Magellan [L] Cassini Orbiter NASA Discovery Program Mariner 2 [L] Clementine (NRL) Mars Odyssey NASA New Frontiers Program Mariner 9 [L] Mars 96 (RSA) Mars Exploration Rover Lunar IceCube (Moorehead State) Mariner 10 [L] Mars Pathfinder Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter LunaH-Map (Arizona State) Viking Orbiters [L] NEAR Mars Science Laboratory Luna-Glob (RSA) Viking Landers [L] Deep Space 1 Juno Aditya-L1 (ISRO) Pioneer 10/11/12 [L] Galileo MAVEN Examples of Users not Requesting NAIF Help Haley armada [L] Genesis SMAP (Earth Science) GOLD (LASP, UCF) (Earth Science) [L] Phobos 2 [L] (RSA) Deep Impact OSIRIS REx Hera (ESA) Ulysses [L] Huygens Probe (ESA) [L] InSight ExoMars RSP (ESA, RSA) Voyagers [L] Stardust/NExT Mars 2020 Emmirates Mars Mission (UAE via LASP) Lunar Orbiter [L] Mars Global Surveyor Europa Clipper Hayabusa-2 (JAXA) Helios 1,2 [L] Phoenix NISAR (NASA and ISRO) Proba-3 (ESA) EPOXI Psyche Parker Solar Probe GRAIL Lucy EUMETSAT GEO satellites [L] DAWN Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter MOM (ISRO) Messenger Mars Express (ESA) Chandrayan-2 (ISRO) Phobos Sample Return (RSA) ExoMars 2016 (ESA, RSA) Solar Orbiter (ESA) Venus Express (ESA) Akatsuki (JAXA) STEREO [L] Rosetta (ESA) Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KARI) Spitzer Space Telescope [L] [L] = limited use Chandrayaan-1 (ISRO) New Horizons Kepler [L] [S] = special services Hayabusa (JAXA) JUICE (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope [S][L] Kaguya (JAXA) Bepicolombo (ESA, JAXA) James Webb Space Telescope [S][L] LADEE Altius (Belgian earth science satellite) ISO [S] (ESA) Armadillo (CubeSat, by UT at Austin) Last updated: 1/7/20 Smart-1 (ESA) Deep Space Network Spectrum-RG (RSA) NAIF has or had project-supplied funding to support mission operations, consultation for flight team members, and SPICE data archive preparation.