Sounding rocket

NASA sounding rocket to probe dark regions of space

The sounding rocket will be equipped with special ultraviolet optics, says NASA.

Oct 28, 2017, 16:23 PM IST

After several delays, NASA creating artificial clouds in space with rocket successfully launched

According to the US space agency, the sounding rocket was launched at 4:25 am EDT on Thursday, June 29 from the NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Jun 29, 2017, 20:05 PM IST

NASA creating artificial clouds in space with rocket launch today

The launch of the NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket for the vapor release mission is on schedule for Thursday, June 29, with the liftoff time has been refined to 4:25 – 4:48 a.m. EDT, says the US space agency.

Jun 29, 2017, 09:38 AM IST

Team that built world's lightest satellite 'KalamSat' felicitated

The satellite's structure is fully 3D printed with reinforced carbon fibre polymer.

Jun 24, 2017, 16:37 PM IST

NASA's tenth attempt at launching sounding rocket to create interstellar clouds postponed

These clouds, or vapor tracers, that will allow scientists on the ground or by aircraft to visually track particle motions in space, may be visible along the mid-Atlantic coastline from New York to North Carolina.

Jun 24, 2017, 12:08 PM IST

Tenth attempt: NASA nighttime rocket launch to create artificial clouds in space set for Saturday

As per NASA, the multi-canister ampoule ejection system being tested on this mission will allow scientists to gather information over a much larger area than previously able during a sounding rocket mission to study the ionosphere or aurora.

Jun 23, 2017, 22:57 PM IST

NASA nighttime rocket launch to create artificial clouds scrapped again; next attempt on Saturday

The launch of a Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket that will create artificial, colourful clouds in space has now been rescheduled for Saturday, June 24, with a launch window between 9:07 and 9:22 p.m. EDT.

Jun 21, 2017, 10:52 AM IST

After scrapping several times, NASA rocket launch to create artificial clouds in space set for tonight

As per the US space agency, the launch of the NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket scheduled for Monday, June 19, has been postponed to June 20, Tuesday, because the weather is not expected to be conducive for launch. 

Jun 20, 2017, 11:39 AM IST

NASA postpones launch of sounding rocket until June 11

The Sunday launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility was scrubbed due to clouds impacting the ability to test the new ampoule ejection system designed to support studies of the ionosphere and aurora.

Jun 05, 2017, 18:42 PM IST

NASA scrubs sounding rocket launch attempt, to try again on Sunday

The US space agency NASA on Saturday scrubbed the launch of a sounding rocket which will release blue-green and red artificial clouds.

Jun 03, 2017, 20:13 PM IST

Sounding rocket that will capture 1500 images of the Sun launching today, announces NASA!

RAISE images are used to create a data product called a spectrogram, which separates light from the Sun into all its different wavelength components.

May 05, 2017, 15:49 PM IST