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by Amy Hartley, GI Information Officer, Thu Feb 7, 2013 Conditions at Poker Flat Research Range weren’t indicative of a possible launch on the evening of Feb. 6, 2013. The skies were cloudy and the aurora wasn’t out, but then, a camera stationed downrange at Kaktovik, Alaska showed some promising ... Read more

by Amy Hartley, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks 01 Feb 2013 Staff and scientists at Poker Flat Research Range are busy preparing for the opening of the 2013 launch window that will allow one NASA sounding rocket to take MILENA 2013 flight and arc through an active aurora display ... Read more

by Claire De Saravia, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 31 Jan 2013 Swirls of green and red appear in an aurora over Whitehorse, Yukon on the night of Sep. 3, 2012. NASA's VISIONS sounding rocket will study what makes the aurora, and how it affects Earth’s atmosphere. Image ... Read more

Posted: Sunday, January 13, 2013 12:36 am by Ned Rozell Following up on a NASA promise to recover spent rocket parts scattered for decades across northern Alaska, workers for Poker Flat Research Range recovered more than 7,000 pounds of debris from 17 different sites in 2012. Peter Elstner, who also ... Read more

Posted: Sunday, December 23, 2012 8:18 pm | Updated: 8:23 pm, Wed Dec 26, 2012. Sam Friedman / sfriedman@newsminer.com FAIRBANKS - Three types of unmanned drones shared the smoky airspace with two manned planes over a controlled burn this fall in Florida. Ro Bailey, a special project coordinator with the ... Read more

by Ned Rozell/nrozell@gi.alaska.edu 907-474-7468 2/20/12 On Saturday, Feb. 18 at 8:41 p.m. Alaska time, scientists launched a NASA sounding rocket from Poker Flat Research Range into a brilliant aurora display. The rocket mission, designed to gather information on space weather conditions that affect satellite communications, was a success. "It was ... Read more

Newswise — ITHACA, N.Y. – As the brilliant colors of the aurora borealis, or northern lights, delight skygazers, Cornell University researchers are discovering how their physics affects satellite signals here on Earth. A NASA-funded collaborative research team led by Steven Powell, Cornell senior engineer in electrical and computer engineering, launched ... Read more

by The Associated Press Feb 20, 2012 ITHACA, N.Y. - The rocket arcing up into the northern lights above Alaska was on its way to measure the effects of the celestial phenomenon's effects on global positioning systems. It was a mission launched Saturday by a NASA funded group of 60 ... Read more