NASA's NuSTAR mission lifts off to seek out black holes

NASA has launched an X-ray space telescope to study black holes and other hard-to-see objects in our galaxy in more detail.

The U.S. space agency launched Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) over the central Pacific ocean on Wednesday.

Following the launch, the mission control center received a signal from the spacecraft as it reached orbit 350 miles (563kms) above earth... read more and view video of the launch.