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ICI-5 to be launched from Svalbard Dec 2019. The rocket is part of the Grand Challenge Initiative, a
Solar flares give rise to more than just the northern lights: on the Earth’s day side, sunlight tears electrons loose from the atmosphere. Complete clouds of electrons are formed and drift across the Arctic. These electron clouds are invisible to our eyes, but they appear on radar screens and in super-sensitive cameras made to capture the northern lights. When night falls in Norway, electron cloud
Ever wonder what scientists do when they're waiting for a rocket to be launched? Here's our Principal Investigator Jøran Moen confirming a "hypothesis" that you can feel the lamp vibrate if you run your finger over it 😂
08/12/2019
The ICI-5 mission launched on a NASA sounding rocket from a Norwegian launch site at 2:43 a.m. EST on Nov. 26.
ICI-5, or Investigation of Cusp Irregularities-5, reached 157 miles in altitude before returning back to Earth. The mission hopes to further investigate Earth's polar cusps.
Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/35ykKF9.
Photo: NASA/Allison Stancil-Ervin
04/12/2019
ICI-5 Sounding Rocket Launch 🚀😍
26/11/2019
The ICI-5 was launched this morning at 07:43:04 UT into a beautiful red arc.
ICI-5 (ICI Rocket Program) launched from Ny-Ålesund today.
Photo: Martin Langteigen, Eiscat Svalbard Radar
25/11/2019
Rocket is on the rail, and countdown has begun 🚀
Time-lapse of the auroras we saw last night in Ny Ålesund😍 T-1 day until the launch window begins! 🚀
23/11/2019
Principal Investigator (PI) Jøran Moen presenting the science of the ICI-5 Sounding Rocket at the Pre-flight meeting. T-1 day until the launch campaign begins!
22/11/2019
Rocket is on the rail, wearing a styrofoam coat to keep it warm ☺️
21/11/2019
ICI-5 team having dinner together before departing for Ny Ålesund for the launch campaign
📸: David and Joran
18/11/2019
Launch window for ICI-5 opens in one week, on November 25. 🚀🤩
📸: Trond Abrahamsen/ Andøya Space Center.
What is it like to go to Ny-Ålesund, the closest town to the north pole, to launch a rocket? Watch this NASA mini documentary to find out.
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