Launch Tonight Of A Black Brant XII at Wallops Island

The countdown has started for the launch tonight of a Black Brant XII sounding rocket carrying the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRiment or CIBER.

The launch is scheduled for 11 p.m. with a window that runs until 11:59 p.m. The rocket may be visible to residents in the mid-Atlantic region.

With CIBER, scientists will study when the first stars and galaxies formed in the universe and how brightly they burned their nuclear fuel.

The NASA Visitor Center at Wallops will open at 9:30 p.m. for public viewing of the launch.
The mission will be available live on Ustream beginning at 10 p.m. on launch day at:
http://www.ustream.com/channel/nasa-wallops

NASA TV coverage begins at 10:50 p.m.