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In the background is a sounding rocket launching from a launch pad with a thick white trail of smoke underneath.\" 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: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 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.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>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 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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