NASA Launches Rocket Into Aurora, Further Proves Science Is Awesome

Mashable: A NASA-funded team launched a rocket straight into an Alaskan aurora on March 3, for science.

The mission, known as the Ground-to-Rocket Electrodynamics-Electrons Correlative Experiment, was designed to study how auroras form. The team camped out at Poker Flat Research Range in Poker Flat, Alaska, until aurora conditions were right for take-off.

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