Sounding Rocket Launch

Solar Eclipse Sounding Rocket Launches

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia

NASA will launch three sounding rockets for the Atmospheric Perturbations around the Eclipse Path (APEP) mission from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility during the April 8 total solar eclipse. The mission will study how the sudden drop in sunlight affects our upper atmosphere during the eclipse.

Updates

LL2 • April 8, 2024, 6:30 p.m.

Official Webcast by NASA Wallops has started


hitura-nobad • Feb. 28, 2024, 10:25 a.m.

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