May 2, 2009

Rocket's Red Glare Could Surprise East Coast



(Space.com) - Should a rocket blast off on schedule early Tuesday evening from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia, a potentially spectacular sight might be visible across a wide swath of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, weather permitting.
It would be only the third attempt at launching an orbital rocket from this coastal Virginia range — located just south of Assateague Island — in the last 13 and a half years. Continued


Photo: NASA Wallops Flight Facility

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