Aroh Barjatya, inspects the subpayloads that eject from the rocket mid-flight. The subpayloads carry the plasma density, neutral density, and magnetic field sensors. PHOTO: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility/Berit Bland On April 8, 2024, during the solar eclipse that traversed the United States, Canada, and Mexico, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) conducted a unique mission called Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) by launching three Black Brant IX sounding
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NASA will be launching three sounding rockets at the moon's shadow during Monday's solar eclipse to study how the phenomenon affects the Earth's atmosphere.
During the eclipse, three rockets will launch as part of the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) mission from the NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.