Why NASA Just Fired A Rocket At The Northern Lights In Alaska
A sounding rocket launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2023, … [+] carrying NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s DISSIPATION mission. The rocket launched into aurora and successfully captured data to understand how auroras heat the atmosphere and cause high-altitude winds. NASA/Lee Wingfield NASA has revealed that it fired a suborbital …