{"id":642956,"date":"2024-04-09T10:35:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T14:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=image-article&p=642956"},"modified":"2024-04-09T10:35:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T14:35:29","slug":"nasa-wallops-launches-3-rockets-during-eclipse-in-virginia","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/nasa-wallops-launches-3-rockets-during-eclipse-in-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Wallops Launches 3 Rockets During Eclipse in Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">1 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">NASA Wallops Launches 3 Rockets During Eclipse in Virginia<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-029-003.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-029-003.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A sounding rocket launches into a light blue sky with a group of spectators watching in the foreground. The rocket is a long, thin, blue and gray cylinder with blue tail fins near the end. It\u2019s launching from just to the right of center up and slightly to the left.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-029-003.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-029-003.jpg?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-029-003.jpg?resize=768,548 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-029-003.jpg?resize=1024,731 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-029-003.jpg?resize=1536,1097 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-029-003.jpg?resize=2048,1463 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-029-003.jpg?resize=400,286 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-029-003.jpg?resize=600,429 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-029-003.jpg?resize=900,643 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-029-003.jpg?resize=1200,857 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-029-003.jpg?resize=2000,1428 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Three Black Brant IX sounding rockets launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia April 8, 2024, during the solar eclipse. The rockets launched for the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) mission to study the disturbances in the electrified region of Earth\u2019s atmosphere known as the ionosphere created when the Moon eclipses the Sun. The rockets launched before, during, and after peak local eclipse time on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.<\/em><br><em><br>Photo Credit: NASA\/Garon Clark<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-2 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-14\">Share<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-icons social-icons-round\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-icon social-icon-x\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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The rockets launched for the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) mission to study the disturbances in the electrified region of Earth\u2019s atmosphere known as the ionosphere created when the Moon eclipses the Sun. 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