* Astronomy

NASA-Funded Rocket Has Six Minutes to Study Solar Heating

On Sept. 30, 2014, a sounding rocket will fly up into the sky past Earth's atmosphere that obscures certain wavelengths of light from the sun -- for a 15-minute journey to study what heats up the sun's atmosphere. This is the fourth flight for the Very high Angular Resolution Ultraviolet Telescope, or VAULT, will launch from the White Sands Missile Range near Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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