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NASA Wallops Rocket Launch Lights up the Mid-Atlantic Coast
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July 4 fireworks came early when a NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket was successfully launched at 4:25 a.m., Thursday, June 29, from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. During the 8-minute flight, 10 canisters about the size of a soft drink can were ejected in space, 6 to 12 miles away from the 670-pound main payload. The canisters deployed blue-green and red vapor that formed artificial clouds visible from New York to North Carolina.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineNASA Wallops Rocket Launch Lights up the Mid-Atlantic Coast. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000026.
