The NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is launching a sounding rocket carrying experiments from eight different student teams this Tuesday, Aug. 12 for the RockSat-X mission.
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Moments after the launch window opened at 5:30 am Thursday morning, the Terrier-improved Orion sounding rocket blasted off from the NASA facility. It is carrying several experiments from mostly college students. It is part of a program called RockSat-C.
The launch window opens on April 8, 2024, at 2:40 p.m. EDT, coinciding with the day's solar eclipse.
Salisbury University (SU) students are set to embark on an exciting journey into space exploration with the signing of a groundbreaking Space Act Agreement with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
A rocket launch is set to take place at the Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia Tuesday evening, according to NASA.