NASA launches Defense rocket from Va. facility

Published September 12, 2012 4:00am ET



WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (AP) — NASA has launched a suborbital rocket for the Department of Defense from its Wallops Island Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

NASA says the Terrier-Lynx rocket was launched Tuesday evening.

The space agency plans to launch a second Terrier-Lynx rocket on Saturday night. The rocket could be visible to residents in the Mid-Atlantic.