{"id":10527,"date":"2024-03-25T18:05:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T22:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasa-to-launch-sounding-rockets-into-moons-shadow-during-solar-eclipse\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T18:05:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T22:05:28","slug":"nasa-to-launch-sounding-rockets-into-moons-shadow-during-solar-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasa-to-launch-sounding-rockets-into-moons-shadow-during-solar-eclipse\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA to Launch Sounding Rockets into Moon\u2019s Shadow During Solar Eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA to Launch Sounding Rockets into Moon\u2019s Shadow During Solar Eclipse<\/h2>\n

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NASA to Launch Sounding Rockets into Moon\u2019s Shadow During Solar Eclipse<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NASA will launch three sounding rockets during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, to study how Earth\u2019s upper atmosphere is affected when sunlight momentarily dims over a portion of the planet.<\/p>\n

The Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) sounding rockets will launch from NASA\u2019s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia to study the disturbances in the ionosphere<\/a> created when the Moon eclipses the Sun. The sounding rockets had been previously launched<\/a> and successfully recovered from White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico, during the October 2023 annular solar eclipse<\/a>. They have been refurbished with new instrumentation and will be relaunched in April 2024. The mission is led by Aroh Barjatya, a professor of engineering physics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida, where he directs the Space and Atmospheric Instrumentation Lab.<\/p>\n

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This photo shows the three APEP sounding rockets and the support team after successful assembly. The team lead, Aroh Barjatya, is at the top center, standing next to the guardrails on the second floor.<\/div>\n
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The sounding rockets will launch at three different times: 45 minutes before, during, and 45 minutes after the peak local eclipse. These intervals are important to collect data on how the Sun\u2019s sudden disappearance affects the ionosphere, creating disturbances that have the potential to interfere with our communications.<\/p>\n

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