How NASA will use sounding rockets to study the eclipse
The only way to study the upper atmosphere between 50 kilometers and 300 kilometers in situ is through rockets.
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The only way to study the upper atmosphere between 50 kilometers and 300 kilometers in situ is through rockets.
Solar events like this can stir up particles in the Earth's ionosphere and disrupt radio frequency communications.
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The small rocket is scheduled to take off from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia on Monday, April 24, weather permitting.
The launch is currently scheduled for Friday, Feb. 10 and the two Improved-Orion suborbital sounding rockets will be sent beyond the stratosphere between 8-10 a.m. EST.