NASA Launches RockSat-X

NASA launched a Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital sounding rocket from its Wallops Flight Facility this morning.

The rocket, carrying experiments from four universities, launched at 7:58 a.m. after the event was delayed because officials were waiting for boats in the water near the facility to move, according to the NASA webcast.

The experiments were developed by undergraduates through a program with the Colorado Space Grant Consortium called RockSat-X. The students attend the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of Northern Colorado, the University of Wyoming and the University of Puerto Rico.

To learn more about the sounding rocket program, visit the NASA site.

from Cindy Clayton @ the Virginian-Pilot