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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Solar Eclipse Sounding Rocket Launches
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NASA will launch three sounding rockets for the Atmospheric Perturbations around the Eclipse Path (APEP) mission from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility during the April 8 total solar eclipse. The mission will study how the sudden drop in sunlight affects our upper atmosphere during the eclipse.
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