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NASA-funded sounding rocket to catch aurora in the act
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NASA-funded sounding rocket to catch aurora in the act

NASA / GSFC · 2017-12-08 · photograph (digital archive)

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The NASA-funded Ground-to-Rocket Electron-Electrodynamics Correlative Experiment, or GREECE, wants to understand aurora. Specifically, it will study classic auroral curls that swirl through the sky like cream in a cup of coffee. The GREECE instruments travel on a sounding rocket that launches for a ten-minute ride right through the heart of the aurora reaching its zenith over the native village of Venetie, Alaska.

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