NASA plans to fly two rockets through active auroras to help study the unique ribbons of light that dance across the Alaskan night sky.The rockets are expected to lift off from the Poker Flat Research ...

Three NASA sounding rockets are set to launch from Poker Flat Research Range as early as Tuesday to learn more about three types of aurora — black, flickering and fast-pulsating. The launch ...

NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...

Two NASA rocket missions are taking to the Alaskan ... To find out, his team will launch one rocket into each type of aurora, measuring the energy, quantity, and relative arrival times of the ...

Type of craft: Lander and rover. Who's doing it? NASA and Intuitive Machines, a space exploration company in Houston. Launch: Late February. Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

With the new missions, NASA scientists want to know exactly why these ... to Rocket investigation of Auroral Fast Features), will send two rockets. Each one will fly into a different type of aurora: ...

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NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...