More of the AWESOME sounding rocket mission on March 25, 2025. The experiment was supposed to have all three rockets launch within about a three-hour window. “NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility ...

It’s part of an experiment called “AWESOME,” which seeks to observe how auroras affect Earth’s upper atmosphere.

They’re only one of 60 schools nationwide selected to create an experiment ... started off with stomp rockets when we first ...

Three NASA-funded rockets are set to launch from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, in an experiment that seeks to reveal how auroral substorms affect the behavior and composition of ...

with the rockets emitting a glowing, multi-colored vapor trail for more than 10 minutes at a time — and that’s not even including the aurora. He said it’s no coincidence that the experiment ...