UPDATE:
Posted by RCC on 2012-03-16 at 16:43:02 EDT
The ATREX mission has been rescheduled to no earlier than the night of Sunday, March 18. The March 17 count was canceld because of expected poor weather. A decision on whether to count March 18 will be made Saturday evening, March 17 after a weather briefing.

"NASA is scheduled to launch five suborbital sounding rockets in just over five minutes March 15 as part of a study of the upper level jet stream. The Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment (ATREX) will gather information needed to better understand the process responsible for the high-altitude jet stream located 60 to 65 miles above the surface of the Earth. As part of the mission, the five rockets will release a chemical tracer (trimethyl aluminum) that will form milky, white clouds that allow scientists and the public to “see” the winds in space. These clouds may be visible for up to 20 minutes by residents from South Carolina to southern New Hampshire and Vermont."



More Info: atrex-nightlight

Live Stream: Launch Webcast (The launch window is midnight to 1:30 a.m. The webcast will begin at 10 p.m.)

Hopefully it isn't cloudy tonight