UPDATED: Launch from Wallops

PPE UPDATE:     Saturday's launch was postponed until Sunday.

 (WBOC)

ATLANTIC, Va.- A mission to explore energy transport in space using a NASA suborbital sounding rocket launching May 8, 2021, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia may provide a brief light show for residents of the eastern United States and Bermuda.

The mission is scheduled for no earlier than 8:02 p.m. EDT with a 40-minute launch window, Saturday, May 8. Backup launch days run through May 16. The launch may be visible, weather permitting, in much of the eastern United States from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River.

This map shows when the rocket may be visible after launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. Two vapor clouds will form north of Bermuda about 9 minutes and 30 seconds after launch as part of the mission and may also be visible from eastern United States and Bermuda.

Credits: NASA/Christian Billie

PPE Note: The above chart indicates how soon the launch may be visible, not for how long it will be visible. View additional information about the launch: (link is updated for Saturday launch)

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