For those along the East Coast, weather permitting, you may catch a glimpse of Electrons flight. Weather continues to be 90 favorable for launch. In the event tonight's launch is delayed, backup launch days run through May 16.Įditor's note: If you spot the vapor clouds from tonight's NASA rocket launch and snap a stunning photo, let us know! You can submit photos and descriptions to Samantha Mathewson Follow us on Twitter and on Facebook. NASA and Northrop Grumman are teaming up to launch a cargo capsule to the International Space Station today (Aug. cc./cache.aspxd5063513359986190&wF4M6ETzE-db-nvA7SfzYg1omPyjzNXeU Tonights launch window for Rocket Labs first Electron launch from Wallops opens at 6 p.m. NASA TV is available to download for free, or can be streamed by visiting /live. Given the human eye does not see violet colors very well in darkness, the closer the launch is to sunset, the harder it will be to see. NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center, Wallops Island. With weather conditions looking good, Rocket Labs first Electron launch from the Wallops Island Flight Facility is a go for today, and the launch window is set for 6-8 p.m. However, the late hour of tonight's launch may make it difficult for viewers to see the colorful clouds with the unaided eye. CNN Night owls on the mid-Atlantic coast were treated to a show in the sky overnight as a NASA rocket launched from the Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. "Because the motion of the neutral portion of the clouds is not constrained by the magnetic field lines, they spread out more quickly and become too thin to see with the naked eye much sooner than the ionized component." In the mid-Atlantic region latitudes, the field lines are inclined by about 45 degrees to the horizontal, so the violet clouds stretch out in a slanted orientation and look more like short trails than a cloud," NASA officials said in the statement. "The ionized portion of the cloud becomes tied to the magnetic field lines and diffuses parallel to the field lines but not perpendicular to it.
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