Rocket Launched Into Northern Lights to Illuminate GPS Effects
Monday, February 20, 2012 - 11:30
in Astronomy & Space
A NASA-funded collaborative research team led by Steven Powell, Cornell senior engineer in electrical and computer engineering, launched a sounding rocket from Alaska's Poker Flat Research Range on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 8:41 p.m. Alaska Standard Time (Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 at 12:41 a.m. EST) to collect data straight from the heart of an aurora.