Five Rockets To Light Up The Sky At Wallops

Five NASA rockets will light up the night sky over the North Atlantic region as part of an experiment to study the upper jet stream, 60 to 65 miles above earth's surface. The rockets will launch and release a glowing smoke-like chemical tracer into the upper atmosphere. Cameras set up in New Jersey and North Carolina will measure where the tracer is carried. The high-altitude rockets will launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. They must launch on a clear night between March 14 and April 3.