NASA to Light Up the Skies of the Northeast

For the last few days, NASA's Wallops Flight Facility has been attempting to launch 5 rockets into the high atmosphere to study high altitude jet streams.  This mission, called ATREX has been delayed due to weather.  Tonight seems like it might happen.  If you're in the DC/Baltimore/Cape May area you should have a good show.

Updates can be seen on NASA.gov or by following NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Twitter or Facebook.

UPDATE: You know, its really cool how these guys launch a rocket - it's pretty much the same way that they fly an airplane, only their pre-flight checklist takes hours.  But the logic is still the same.  There's still the walk around, still the before engine start checks.  Still the run-up checklists (though that takes place before they light the rocket) and they're still "flying" the rocket by making sure its doing what they intend to do.  I had the opportunity to observe a rehearsal of this launch and it was incredible how similar it all was in spirit.