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 ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A sounding rocket launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2023, ... [+] carrying NASA’s Goddard ...

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 ...

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 ...