![]() ![]() ![]() The rockets get their name from the nautical term “to sound,” meaning to take measurements. The facility launches about 25 sounding rockets a year, according to NASA. The launch was planned for earlier this week but was postponed because of weather conditions. “The second source is within the solar system and is generated by the solar wind charge exchange.” ![]() The launch from NASAs Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia had been slated to launch on Dec. “The first source is located outside our solar system and is generated by remnants of multiple supernovae explosions forming what is now called the Local Hot Bubble region of our galaxy,” Galeazzi said in the release. Rocket Lab now aims to launch 1st Electron booster from US soil on Dec. Scientists think these X-rays come from two sources, said Massimiliano Galeazzi, the principal investigator for the mission from the University of Miami, Florida. They have lower energy than the X-rays used in the medical field. Soft X-rays aren’t harmful to people, but they can disturb radio communications and GPS systems, NASA said. Scientists hope the rocket will offer more insight into the source of soft X-rays, which “hurtle towards Earth from elsewhere in our galaxy,” the release said. The launch was set to visible in coastal regions from North Carolina to southern New York, weather permitting. The sounding rocket launched at midnight, according to a tweet from the Wallops facility. (WRIC) One small step for space exploration, one giant leap for Virginia After several pushbacks, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility is. Night owls on the mid-Atlantic coast were treated to a show in the sky overnight as a NASA rocket launched from the Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. Updated: / 05:57 PM EST ACCOMACK COUNTY, Va. ![]()
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