{"id":643532,"date":"2024-04-10T12:44:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T16:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=image-article&p=643532"},"modified":"2024-04-18T13:26:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:26:47","slug":"sometimes-getting-the-perfect-picture-really-is-rocket-science","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/sometimes-getting-the-perfect-picture-really-is-rocket-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes Getting the Perfect Picture Really Is Rocket Science"},"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\">Sometimes Getting the Perfect Picture Really Is Rocket Science<\/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\/20240408-wallopsapepmission-cpirner-1x1-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240408-wallopsapepmission-cpirner-1x1-1.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Cindy Fuentes Rosal, wearing a light-blue jacket with the words "Rocket Scientist" in white on the back, faces away from the camera with her hand in the air. In the background is a sounding rocket launching from a launch pad with a thick white trail of smoke underneath.\" 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\/20240408-wallopsapepmission-cpirner-1x1-1.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240408-wallopsapepmission-cpirner-1x1-1.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240408-wallopsapepmission-cpirner-1x1-1.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240408-wallopsapepmission-cpirner-1x1-1.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240408-wallopsapepmission-cpirner-1x1-1.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240408-wallopsapepmission-cpirner-1x1-1.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240408-wallopsapepmission-cpirner-1x1-1.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240408-wallopsapepmission-cpirner-1x1-1.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240408-wallopsapepmission-cpirner-1x1-1.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240408-wallopsapepmission-cpirner-1x1-1.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240408-wallopsapepmission-cpirner-1x1-1.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240408-wallopsapepmission-cpirner-1x1-1.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240408-wallopsapepmission-cpirner-1x1-1.jpg?resize=900,900 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240408-wallopsapepmission-cpirner-1x1-1.jpg?resize=1200,1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240408-wallopsapepmission-cpirner-1x1-1.jpg?resize=2000,2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>NASA Engineer Cindy Fuentes Rosal waves goodbye to a Black Brant IX sounding rocket launching from NASA\u2019s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. The rocket was part of a series of three launches for the <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/solar-system\/skywatching\/nasa-to-launch-sounding-rockets-into-moons-shadow-during-solar-eclipse\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP)<\/a> 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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