WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., March 24, 2012 - NASA has rescheduled the launch of five suborbital sounding rockets from the Wallops Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upper level jet stream to no earlier than Monday morning March 26.
Unacceptable weather is expected for a launch attempt on March 25. A decision on a March 26 launch attempt will be made in the evening on March 24.
The Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment (ATREX) will gather
information needed to better understand the process responsible for the
high-altitude jet stream located 60 to 65 miles above the surface of the
Earth.
As part the mission, the five rockets will release a chemical tracer
that will form milky, white clouds that allow scientists and the public
to "see" the winds in space. These clouds may be visible for up to 20
minutes by residents from South Carolina to southern New Hampshire and Vermont.
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