Screenshot of the rocket launch capture by Dan Whittaker of Carolina Weather Group on May 16, 2021. [courtesy Youtube/Dan Whitaker/Carolina Weather Group]
After a bout of the winds and clouds scrubbed NASA’s launch of a suborbital sounding rocket from Wallops’ Flight Center on the Eastern Shore over the past week, the launch finally took place Sunday evening.
And a number of lucky folks looking to the skies over the Outer Banks were able to spot it.
The Carolina Weather Group’s Dan Whittaker captured incredible video of the Black Brant XII sounding rocket carrying the KiNET-X payload from Wallops Island.
NASA Wallops Island Rocket Launch Scheduled for Tonight After It Was Postponed Again
On 5/12/21 at 11:27 AM EDT
NASA has once again postponed a rocket launch from its Wallops facility in Virginia due to weather conditions.
NASA s Wallops Flight Facility tweeted on Wednesday that the launch of its Black Brant XII sounding rocket, due to take place on Tuesday had been scrubbed because of cloudy skies in Bermuda and Wallops.
The next opportunity to attempt a launch would be no earlier than 8:06 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, with backup windows running through May 16.
LAUNCH SCRUBBED ❗ Tonight s launch of the KiNET-X sounding rocket has been scrubbed due to cloudy skies in Bermuda and Wallops. The next launch opportunity will be no earlier than May 12, at 8:06 p.m. EDT. Backup days run through May 16. NASA Wallops (@NASA Wallops) May 12, 2021
NASA Wallops May 8 Rocket Launch Visible in Eastern United States
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WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A mission to explore energy transport in space using a NASA suborbital sounding rocket launching May 8, 2021, from NASA s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia may provide a brief light show for residents of the eastern United States and Bermuda.
The mission is scheduled for no earlier than 8:02 p.m. EDT with a 40-minute launch window, Saturday, May 8. Backup launch days run through May 16. The launch may be visible, weather permitting, in much of the eastern United States from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River.
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