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    TOMEX+ Launch Update – Aug. 17

    The TOMEX+ sounding rocket mission is now targeting no earlier than Tuesday, Aug. 19, for the first launch attempt due to expected cloud cover in the area and down range camera sites. The mission needs clear skies in order to launch.

    NASA’s TOMEX+ Rocket to Track Turbulence at Edge of Space

    The Turbulent Oxygen Mixing Experiment Plus, or TOMEX+, is a NASA sounding rocket mission that will investigate one of Earth’s most turbulent atmospheric regions — the mesopause. Led by principal investigator Jim Clemmons, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of New Hampshire, TOMEX+ will open its launch window from NASA’s Wallops Flight […]

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    Seven Scientific Balloons to Fly From New Mexico for NASA Campaign

    A scientific balloon, capable of expanding to 11 million cubic feet at altitude, stands partially inflated against a clear blue sky. Ground crew in safety vests monitor the deployment while the translucent envelope is secured with tethers. Support vehicles including a semi-truck are positioned nearby, with orange safety cones marking the perimeter of the launch field

    A NASA Scientific Balloon Program annual campaign is taking flight at the agency’s balloon launch facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Seven balloon flights carrying scientific experiments and technology demonstrations are scheduled to launch starting in mid-August. To follow the missions in the 2025 Fort Sumner campaign, visit NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility website for real-time updates […]

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    NASA Wallops Flight Facility Rocket to Carry University Student Experiments

    "A group of people gathered in front of a sounding rocket in an assembly facility. The silver and red rocket stands vertically between support structures in a bright indoor space with white walls and yellow ceiling cables. University student team members wearing blue lab coats are positioned in group photo formation in front of the rocket."

    A sounding rocket carrying experiments developed by eight student teams is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Tuesday, Aug. 12, for the RockSat-X mission. The Terrier-Improved Malemute rocket is expected to reach an altitude of about 100 miles (162 kilometers) before descending by parachute into the Atlantic Ocean to be recovered. […]

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    NASA Wallops to Support Launch Operations

    Aerial view of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility's launch range structures along the coastline of Wallops Island, Virginia. Ocean, bay and marsh lands surround the range.

    A suborbital rocket is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during a window extending from July 9-19, 2025. No real-time launch status updates will be available. The launch will not be livestreamed.

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    NASA’s RockOn Student Mission to Launch June 26–29 From Virginia

    A series of circles show areas in the United States from where a sounding rocket launch may be viewed at different times during flight.

    A sounding rocket carrying dozens of student and faculty experiments will launch from Wallops Island, Virginia, as part of NASA’s RockOn and RockSat-C student flight programs. The annual student mission, “RockOn,” is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on a Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket. The launch window for the mission is 5:30–9:30 a.m. […]

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    NASA Wallops to Support Sounding Rocket Launch

    Aerial view of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility's launch range structures along the coastline of Wallops Island, Virginia. Ocean, bay and marsh lands surround the range.

    A suborbital sounding rocket is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during a window extending from 1 June – 14 June, 2025. No real-time launch status updates will be available. The launch will not be livestreamed, and updates will not be provided during the countdown. The rocket launch may be visible from […]

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    NASA Safely Ends Second Super Pressure Balloon Test Flight 

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    The second test flight of NASA’s 2025 New Zealand Super Pressure Balloon Campaign was safely terminated at 1:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 13 (U.S. Eastern Time) over Argentina. The mission remained in flight for 9 days, 6 hours, and 36 minutes.   Balloon operators from NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) in Palestine, Texas, sent flight termination commands […]

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