Researchers observe bright Arctic clouds formed by exhaust from final Space Shuttle launch
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - 12:30
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org)—Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientist Dr. Michael Stevens is leading an international consortium of scientists in tracking the rapid transport of the exhaust plume from the final launch of the space shuttle in July 2011. The team has found that the plume moved quickly to the Arctic, forming unusually bright polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs) there a day after launch.