Riding on a Sounding Rocket
On March 23, 2011, two on-board cameras followed a sounding rocket on its journey from Earth to space and back again. The rocket was launched to measure solar energy output and calibrate the EVE instrument on the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Sounding rocket video. No narration or music, natural sound only.
For complete transcript, click here.
Alternate still image from video
Original aft-facing on-board camera footage.
Original forward-facing on-board camera footage.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animator
- Scott Wiessinger (USRA)
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Video editor
- Scott Wiessinger (USRA)
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Producer
- Scott Wiessinger (USRA)
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Scientist
- Tom Woods (University of Colorado)
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, July 5, 2011.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:53 PM EDT.
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Tapes
This visualization originally appeared on the following tapes:-
Sounding Rocket
(ID: 2011072)
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 4:00AM
Produced by - Robert Crippen (NASA)