The Black Brant IX sounding rocket carrying the SUMI experiment was successfully launched at 12:49:59 MDT ( 2:49:59 p.m. EDT). Preliminary results show that good data was received.
Sounding Rocket Mission to Observe Magnetic Fields on the Sun
On July 5, NASA will launch a mission called the Solar Ultraviolet Magnetograph Investigation or SUMI, to study the intricate, constantly changing magnetic fields on the sun in a hard-to-observe area of the sun's low atmosphere called the chromosphere. Read more