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Photo Feature: Five Rockets Are On The Pad In Alaska

January 20, 2015 – Five rockets are on the pad and waiting to go from the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska.

Five rockets are on the pad and waiting to go from the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska. Image Credit: NASA / Jamie Adkins
Five rockets are on the pad and waiting to go from the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska. Image Credit: NASA / Jamie Adkins

The weather and/or science conditions have not been conducive for launch to support the Mesosphere-Lower Thermosphere Turbulence Experiment (MTeX), Mesospheric Inversion-layer Stratified Turbulence (MIST) mission and the Auroral Spatial Structures Probe (ASSP). The launch window runs through January 27. (Source: Wallops Flight Facility)

A test rocket is launched to check out the tracking systems at Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska. Image Credit: NASA / Jamie Adkins
A test rocket is launched to check out the tracking systems at Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska. Image Credit: NASA / Jamie Adkins

 

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