NASA will launch three sounding rockets during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, to study how Earth’s upper atmosphere is affected when sunlight momentarily dims over a portion of the planet. The Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) sounding rockets will launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia to study the disturbances […]
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2024 Solar Eclipse, Eclipses, Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics, Heliophysics Division, Heliophysics Research Program, Ionosphere, Science & Research, Science Mission Directorate, Skywatching
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March 25, 2024
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