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Sounding Rocket Launch Set for 9 P.M.

NASA Wallops Flight Facility

There’s been another delay for the Sounding Rocket launch from Wallops Flight Facility.

It’s now scheduled for liftoff in the 9 o'clock hour this evening.

This will be the fifth attempt with the scrubbing of the mission on Sunday morning.

The takeoff should be visible in the mid-Atlantic region from New York to North Carolina.

The rocket will disperse red and blue-green clouds that to heights of over a 100 miles above the earth to track the motion of particles in space.        

Live cameras from Wallops will begin broadcasts on the on the Wallops Upstream site at 8:30 a.m.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs 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.