WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (AP) — A rocket set to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will carry experiments by students at four universities.
A launch that was scheduled for Thursday at Wallops Island was postponed until Friday morning due to the presence of boats in the Atlantic Ocean.
NASA says the four university experiments are being flown as part of a project designed to provide students experience in designing, fabricating, testing and conducting experiments for space flight. The rocket will soar to an altitude of 98 miles. After a 15-minute flight, the payload will splash down about 66 miles off the Virginia coast and will be recovered for re-use and experiment analysis.
The experiments are by students from Baylor University, the University of Colorado, the University of Puerto Rico and Virginia Tech.
