First NASA ISINGLASS rocket launch, by NASA, 2017-02-22
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First NASA ISINGLASS rocket launch

NASA

2017-02-22

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https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jlwl9457.jpg and https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/sounding-rocket-launches-to-study-auroras
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A Black Brant IX sounding rocket launches from the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska at 5:14 a.m. EST, Feb. 22, 2017. This is the first of two launches planned in NASA's In Situ and Groundbased Low Altitude StudieS (ISINGLASS) mission to study the structures of auroras.