{"id":141126,"date":"2025-03-28T00:59:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T17:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=141126"},"modified":"2025-03-28T00:59:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T17:59:55","slug":"alaska-rocket-launches-into-northern-lights-puts-on-awesome-show-for-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=141126","title":{"rendered":"Alaska rocket launches into Northern Lights puts on awesome show for science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">FILE VIDEO: A video recorded in North Pole, Alaska, shows a vivid display of the northern lights as it dances above a home on Nov. 23, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>FAIRBANKS, Alaska \u2013 <\/strong>Any aurora chasers in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/alaska\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alaska<\/a> likely did a double take this week when they witnessed some human-made additions to the dazzling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/7-fun-facts-about-the-northern-lights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northern Lights<\/a> overhead when teams launched two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/nasa-flying-rockets-auroras-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA-sounding rockets<\/a> straight into the glowing sky above.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute is in the midst of a busy launch campaign at the Poker Flats Research Range north of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/alaska\/fairbanks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fairbanks<\/a>. The campaign includes three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/nasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a> sounding rockets aimed at improving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/space-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">space weather<\/a> research and prediction as part of an experiment called Auroral Waves Excited by Substorm Onset Magnetic Events, or AWESOME.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/288\/162\/uaflaunch.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/576\/324\/uaflaunch.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/720\/405\/uaflaunch.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1440\/810\/uaflaunch.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/uaflaunch.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1336\/752\/uaflaunch.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/uaflaunch.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The second sounding rocket launch on March 25, 2025 from the Poker Flats Research Range in Alaska.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">The second sounding rocket launch on March 25, 2025 from the Poker Flats Research Range in Alaska.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Bryan Whitten\/UAF)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Two of those rockets were launched Tuesday. The plan was to launch all three within a three-hour window, but NASA said one of the rockets malfunctioned and needed repair.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The rockets deployed tracer payloads that were then tracked on the ground by about a dozen UAF researchers and students at ground stations across the interior and northern Alaska.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Here is what they saw:<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The pink, blue and white tracers released by the second rocket were deployed during an aurora substorm. According to UAF, this is a period of &#8220;intense brightening caused by the sudden release of energy stored in the elongated tail of Earth\u2019s magnetosphere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/aurora-northern-lights-stronger-spring-autumn-equinox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>WHY NORTHERN LIGHTS DISPLAYS ARE STRONGER AROUND SPRING, AUTUMN EQUINOXES<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">UAF said the tracers were widely visible across central and northern Alaska.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Because we had the two-stage rockets deploying over central Alaska and the four-stage rocket deploying off the north coast of Alaska, we essentially were conducting two independent tracer experiments at the same time,&#8221; UAF space physics professor Mark Conde <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gi.alaska.edu\/news\/two-nasa-rockets-launch-poker-flat-third-rocket-expected?fbclid=IwY2xjawJSTqVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSZJB82-81gdSSzynOJTWqXuyYvbxyITsTZW3L2irVYr6CIbQ5kou93VPQ_aem_dOekglVgjWdVHr4CdpSBJw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in an update<\/a>. &#8220;And because the camera locations we needed were completely different for each of those rockets, we needed many camera sites to be clear at the same time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/288\/162\/pokerflatresearchrange_uafbryanwhitten.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/576\/324\/pokerflatresearchrange_uafbryanwhitten.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/720\/405\/pokerflatresearchrange_uafbryanwhitten.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1440\/810\/pokerflatresearchrange_uafbryanwhitten.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/pokerflatresearchrange_uafbryanwhitten.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1336\/752\/pokerflatresearchrange_uafbryanwhitten.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/pokerflatresearchrange_uafbryanwhitten.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Tracers seen overhead from the Poker Flats Research Station in Alaska on March 25, 2025.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Tracers seen overhead \u00a0from the Poker Flats Research Station in Alaska on March 25, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Bryan Whitten\/UAF)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">UAF researchers said what they learn from the AWESOME study could help improve space weather forecasting.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Tuesday&#8217;s double launch happened during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/geomagnetic-storm-northern-lights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geomagnetic Storm Watch<\/a> issued by NOAA&#8217;s Space Weather Prediction Center because of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/sun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">solar<\/a> feature known as a coronal hole high-speed stream sending charged particles toward Earth, and creating powerful Northern Lights seen farther south than normal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The third NASA sounding rocket for the AWESOME experiment could launch sometime before the range&#8217;s launch window closes on April 6.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div 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