NASA targets sounding rocket's night launch for TOMEX+ Earth study

NASA targets sounding rocket's night launch for TOMEX+ Earth study
by Chris Benson
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 26, 2025

NASA has set Tuesday for its next launch attempt of its TOMEX+ sounding rocket mission to take a peak at the Earth's atmosphere.

U.S. citizens in the mid-Atlantic region may catch a weather-permitted glimpse Tuesday night of NASA's launch of its mission to launch a TOMEX+ sounding rocket in its second attempt, according to NASA.

The live-streamed launch is targeted in a window anywhere from 10:30 p.m. EDT to 3:30 a.m.

On Wednesday, NASA announced its TOMEX+ plan that looks to study the turbulence where Earth's atmosphere ends and outer space begins.

Tuesday's launch attempt comes after repeated other launch attempts.

Sounding rockets are those that can be aimed to reach the Earth's mesopause, an area of the atmosphere that's too high for weather balloons and too low for traditional satellites to reach.

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