by NASA will bring three small rockets into the upper atmosphere late Monday, and some people on the east coast may see colorful steam paths that are released shortly after the elevator.
The Suborbital Research Rockets, known as Sounding Rockets, will start by the Wallops Flight Facility of NASA on Wallops Island, Virginia. The weather permits, residents of several middle Atlantic states, including parts of New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina, can possibly catch the visible steam paths of the Rockets.
The start window opens at 10 p.m. and extends until 3 a.m.
The three rockets are part of the Tomex+ Mission, which is short for turbulent oxygen mixing experiment plus. The flights are designed in such a way that it examines a certain part of the earth’s atmosphere, which is known as a mesopause and is between 53 miles and 65 miles in height.
A start visibility card that indicates visibility zones when and where the Tomex+ Rockets are visible in seconds after the start: green (0-10 seconds), blue (10-30 seconds) and purple (30-40+ seconds). (NASA)
Mesopause is the coldest layer of the atmosphere of the planet with temperatures, which, according to NASA, can decrease to almost 148 degrees Fahrenheit.
Scientists endeavored to learn more about this dynamic part of the atmosphere, since it is known that it is a “mixed area, on the weather pattern from the lower atmosphere, transferred energy up to space and attach turbulence that can increase air resistance to satellites”.
However, its location is too high to reach and too low weather balloons to examine with satellites. Smalling rockets, on the other hand, can be started at certain heights to record data and observations.
The first two Tomex+ Rockets will start at about a minute and publish ways from steam that are known as steam tracer. A third rocket, which is equipped with a laser, then sends out light impulses that help the researchers to pursue the turns and phrases of the steam tracers so that they can pursue movements in the upper atmosphere when the energy moves through them.
Steam tracers typically contain barium, lithium and an aluminum connection – similar to the materials that are used for producing colorful fireworks. The small amounts of gas are not considered harmful to people or another life on site, said the agency.
Earlier attempts to start the Tomex+ Rockets were deported because of the hurricane Erin, which increased the Atlantic ocean last week and created in the designated rocket recovery area of NASA Hohe.
This article was originally published on nbcnews.com
