NASA to Launch Three Rockets in Alaska to Study Auroral Substorms’ Impact

https://ift.tt/4fERwug NASA is conducting a rocket experiment from Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska. Three rockets will launch within a three-hour window to study how auroral substorms influence the Earth's upper atmosphere. Scientists will observe whether auroras drive vertical convection or if acoustic-buoyancy waves spread their energy over a wider region. Vapour tracers released at v...