NASA has pulled off a high-flying aurora investigation, launching three rockets into the glowing northern lights over Alaska. One mission targeted mysterious dark patches called black auroras, while ...

States like Florida, Texas and California are no strangers to routine rocket launches − but New Mexico? Spacecraft also sometimes get off the ground from the state. Space news coverage may be ...

One of three rockets for the TOMEX+ mission sits on a launcher at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. U.S. citizens in the mid-Atlantic region may catch a weather-permitted glimpse Tuesday night of ...

NASA launched two rockets from Alaska this week to learn more about the electrical "circuitry" within auroras.

NASA launched a sounding rocket from Alaska in the predawn hours of February 9, 2026, as part of a campaign to investigate one of the most puzzling features of the northern lights: the black aurora.

NASA launched a sounding rocket, the SNIFS, to study the sun's chromosphere. The rocket reached an altitude of 215 miles and gathered data for approximately eight minutes. Preliminary reports indicate ...

NASA launched two sounding rocket missions from Alaska to measure auroral electrical currents and study geomagnetic storm impacts on Earth’s upper atmosphere and space-based systems.

REDSoX (the Rocket Experiment Demonstration of a Soft X-ray Polarimeter) is a NASA-funded sounding rocket payload designed to measure polarization of X-rays in the 200-400 eV band. This telescope ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Project Far Side was a series of six ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is the Viking 12, the last of a ...

Aug. 26 (UPI) --NASA has set Tuesday for its next launch attempt of its TOMEX+ sounding rocket mission to take a peak at the Earth's atmosphere. U.S. citizens in the mid-Atlantic region may catch a ...