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NASA launches rockets into auroras, creating breathtaking lights in Alaskan skies (photos)
The sounding rockets released vapor tracers and pressure sensors at different altitudes across central and northern Alaska ...
NASA Just Shot Rockets At The Northern Lights. This Is What Happened
Sounding rockets launched from the Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks, Alaska, lit up the night sky for miles ...
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NASA wants to launch rockets into northern lights to study 'black auroras'
The rockets are expected to lift off from the Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, as part of two missions led by space physicists ... mission — called Black and Diffuse Aurora ...
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SpaceX sets rocket re-use record Friday with a nine-day turnaround
The previous record was 14 days. The rocket launched at 2:49 a.m. EDT Friday form Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission was for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.