During the eclipse, three rockets will launch as part of the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) mission from the NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
This isn't APEP's first rodeo.The mission's first launchoccurred the 2023 annular eclipse — a dress rehearsal of sorts before the upcoming total solar eclipse. During that test, the rockets recorded interesting data: a dramatic drop in the ionosphere's charged particle density that could cause...
Scientists at NASA will be sending rockets into the path of Monday's total eclipse in an effort to help unravel the mysteries of the solar system. NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen joined CBS News to discuss some of the scientific aspects of the eclipse.
If you are planning on getting in the car and driving the day of the eclipse, here are a few things to keep in mind. Allow plenty of time to get to where you’re going, and if you happen to be in the car when totality hits, don’t just stop your car—there’s anincrease...
摘要: The first total solar eclipse in the continental U.S. in nearly 40 years takes place on Aug. 21, 2017. Beyond providing a brilliant sight in the daytime sky, total solar eclipses provide a rare chance for scientists to collect data only available during eclipses....
NASA will also share two other livestreams: One broadcast that will show a “clean” telescope feed of the eclipse that, weather permitting, will offer views of the eclipse from 12 locations in the path of totality and another that will show the launch of three sounding rockets for a...
Finally, NASA will launch three sounding rockets into the moon’s shadow during the eclipse to study changes in the ionosphere. If you’d like to watch those launches from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, you can see that onYouTubeas well. ...
NASA has launched a new computer game to help kids learn about solar eclipses ahead of April 8 when the moon's shadow will sweep across North America.
NASA's Kepler Mission Rockets to Space in Search of Other Earths NASA's Kepler mission successfully launched into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II at 10:49 p.m. EST, Friday. Kepler is designed to find the first Earth-size planets...
NASA created these boosters from the Shuttle design. But on the SLS, they're bigger. These 17-story rockets carry 25 percent more fuel than the Shuttle's, and provide 75 percent of the SLS's thrust, or force pushing down against Earth, during the first couple of minutes the SLS speeds...