Aerobee rockets were the first sounding rockets that the U.S. launched to research Earth's upper atmosphere. The small, suborbital rockets measured things like temperature, pressure, radiation and ...

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 ...

The space agency has confirmed that NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will provide a livestream, with commentary, of the three sounding rocket launches. The livestream will begin at 2: ...

In the early morning hours of January 25, a team of Norwegian and American scientists launched a Black Brant XII four-stage sounding rocket from Norway’s Andoya Rocket Range, a launch site off ...

While many are excited about the upcoming total solar eclipse, NASA has another reason for excitement. https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/nasa-to-launch-3-sounding ...

Boom Supersonic plans to break the sound barrier during a test flight this morning (Jan. 28). This would mark the first time ...

The missions are part of NASA’s Sounding Rockets program, which launches small rockets containing scientific instruments into space. These rockets usually spend a brief period of time in space (5 to ...

LEXI was originally built as STORM, a technology demonstration that launched on a sounding rocket in 2012. It has been refurbished as a cost-effective innovation as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar ...