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Another Delay for Wallops Sounding Rocket

NASA Wallops Flight Facility

The Sounding Rocket expected to fire off into the skies from the Wallops Flight Facility is still on the launch pad.

It has been scheduled to take off early Sunday morning but it was once again postponed.

It has now been put off until June 11th.

NASA says clear skies are required for the experiment aboard the rocket.

The Salisbury Daily Times reports that the payload of 670 pounds contains canisters that will send blue-green and red vapor up over a 100 miles into the air.

The aim is to track the motion of particles in space.

The earlier flights were scrubbed because of winds and clouds.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.