{"id":649669,"date":"2024-04-18T11:52:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T15:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=image-article&p=649669"},"modified":"2024-04-18T12:06:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T16:06:03","slug":"two-nasa-sounding-rockets-launch-from-alaska-during-solar-flare","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/two-nasa-sounding-rockets-launch-from-alaska-during-solar-flare\/","title":{"rendered":"Two NASA Sounding Rockets Launch from Alaska During Solar Flare"},"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\">Two NASA Sounding Rockets Launch from Alaska During Solar Flare<\/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 \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?w=1365\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A sounding rocket just seconds after launch with a bright white plume of smoke trailing underneath against a muted snowy landscape.\" 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-2024-021-484.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=200,300 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=768,1152 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=683,1024 683w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=1024,1536 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=1365,2048 1365w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=267,400 267w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=400,600 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=600,900 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=800,1200 800w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wff-2024-021-484.jpg?resize=1333,2000 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Two Black Brant IX sounding rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, April 17, 2024, during an M-class solar flare for NASA’s sounding rocket solar flare campaign. The first rocket launched at 2:13 p.m. local Alaska time for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/sounding-rockets\/nasa-funded-rocket-to-view-sun-with-x-ray-vision\/?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=NASAWallops&utm_campaign=NASASocial&linkId=387743167\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/sounding-rockets\/nasa-funded-rocket-to-view-sun-with-x-ray-vision\/?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=NASAWallops&utm_campaign=NASASocial&linkId=387743167\">Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager (FOXSI)<\/a> mission that used X-ray vision to observe the Sun during the solar flare event by focusing directly on high-energy X-rays. The second rocket launched at 2:14 p.m. for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/solar-system\/nasas-hi-c-launches-to-study-suns-corona\/?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=NASAWallops&utm_campaign=NASASocial&linkId=387743164\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/solar-system\/nasas-hi-c-launches-to-study-suns-corona\/?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=NASAWallops&utm_campaign=NASASocial&linkId=387743164\">High Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C<\/a>, mission designed to observe a large, active region in the Sun\u2019s corona. 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