WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (WAVY) — Some Hampton Roads residents might be able to catch a glimpse of a rocket launch early Thursday morning.
According to the Wallops Flight Facility, a sounding rocket carrying student experiments is set to launch from Wallops Island as part of NASA’s RockOn and RockSat-C student flight programs. The launch is weather dependent, but is expected to start around 5:30 a.m.
A release states that the student experiments will be on a Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket…