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NASA Launches Two Sounding Rockets For Tech Research

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Feb 16, 2023
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A small sounding rocket launching into the air with a bright white smoke plug trailing underneath. The rocket body is dark colored with yellow fins on the bottom. The sky is a pale blue color.
NASA launched two suborbital sounding rockets about 30 minutes apart Thursday, Feb. 16, to test a new capability for supporting science research in the mesosphere, an area of the atmosphere between 31 and 53 miles altitude.
NASA/Danielle Johnson

NASA launched two suborbital sounding rockets about 30 minutes apart Thursday, Feb. 16, to test a new capability for supporting science research in the mesosphere, an area of the atmosphere between 31 and 53 miles altitude.

The two, nine-foot, Improved-Orion sounding rockets lifted off at 7 a.m. and 7:28 a.m. respectively.

Photo Credit: NASA/Danielle Johnson