NASA to attempt launch of TOMEX+ rocket tonight

Wallops Island, Va. (WSET) — If you’re out later tonight and you look to the north or northeast, you may see a bright light.

It won’t be a bird or a plane, but if all goes according to plan, it’ll be a rocket!

The Turbulent Oxygen Mixing Experiment Plus, or TOMEX+, is a NASA sounding rocket mission that will investigate one of Earth’s most turbulent atmospheric regions — the mesopause. (You can read more about this mission here.)

They have been attempting to launch the rocket for a while now, but some delays have altered those plans…

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