NASA Fired Rockets Into the Night Sky – Here’s Why

Above Alaska’s skies, science met spectacle. In a mission led by researchers including Mark Conde of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, NASA launched rockets directly into auroras to study the storms behind the light. The dual-tracer experiment released vapor trails into auroral displays — like adding dye to flowing water — to track and understand how solar particles interact with Earth’s upper atmosphere.

This isn’t just a light show. It’s part of a broader effort to improve space weather forecasting, helping protect essential systems like GPS and communications from the effects of geomagnetic storms. By turning the night sky into a laboratory, scientists are unlocking powerful data that could reshape how we monitor the solar system around us.

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