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The Colorado High-resolution Echelle Stellar Spectrograph, or CHESS, rocket program at LASP is led by principal investigator, Kevin France, and is supported through NASA’s Sounding Rocket Program at Wallops. NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Center (NSROC).Sounding rocket launches are planned annually throughout the SDO mission’s five-year duration to ensure the accuracy of EVE-collected data by measuring any instrument degradation between the different rocket flights.ġst underflight calibration rocket flight, NASA 36.258
EUV data help scientists understand the Sun’s influence on Earth and near-Earth space environment. Built and controlled by LASP, the EVE instrument measures solar extreme ultraviolet (EUV) irradiance, or the energy from the Sun that heats most of Earth’s thermosphere. The SDO/EVE rocket program at LASP receives support from the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) mission in order to calibrate the SDO EUV Variability Experiment (EVE). For this mission, SISTINE aims to study how the outer envelope of stars is dispersed back into the interstellar medium by observing the science target NGC 6828, a planetary nebula. SISTINE is designed to enable studies of the ultraviolet radiation environment around low-mass stars and the effects of that UV on potential exoplanet atmospheres. The science team is conducting post flight analysis to determine the experiment’s performance.
The experiment flew to an altitude of 161 miles before descending by parachute. EDT, Sunday, Aug.11, from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Update: The Suborbital Imaging Spectrograph for Transition region Irradiance from Nearby Exoplanet experiment, or SISTINE, was launched at 2:07 a.m. NASA’s Heliophysics Division manages the sounding rocket program. The SISTINE program is supported through NASA’s Sounding Rocket Program at the Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Location: White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), NASA’s sounding rocket facility in New Mexico. Head to to see our full launch schedule.Suborbital Imaging Spectrograph for Transition region Irradiance from Nearby Exoplanet host stars (SISTINE) – (NASA 36.346) Follow their instructions to view the information for your launch! If you are planning on boating or flying on launch attempt days, it's important to check this information. Space Launch Delta 45 posts hazard and airspace restrictions for each launch here on the Space Coast. Learn More About Artemis Hazard and Airspace Restriction Information Check out the following link to learn more about Artemis, and plan your trip to witness history once again on Florida's Space Coast. There's so much to this exciting mission, and we can't wait to be a part of it. Artemis-1, the first mission of the program, is tentatively scheduled to launch in May or June 2022. NASA's Artemis Program endeavors to take us back to the moon, construct Gateway - a lunar orbiting space station, and build the first habitable environment on the moon's surface. The next era of space exploration is launching from the Space Coast. While you can see launches from almost anywhere on the Space Coast, check out this Google Map for some local favorites & NASA suggested spots for the best rocket launch views. There are more rocket launches now than ever before! The next time you're visiting the Space Coast, you need to see, hear, and feel one of the most dramatic events on earth. Companies like SpaceX, Boeing, United Launch Alliance, and Blue Origin call the Space Coast home and are launching rockets on a monthly basis.
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