FAIRBANKS, Alaska – This week, NASA aims to fire off rockets into the night sky over Alaska in an attempt to better understand polar auroras – more commonly known as the Northern Lights.

"We are literally mapping the entire celestial sky in 102 infrared colors for the first time in humanity's history." ...

NASA plans to fly two rockets through active auroras and study the unique ribbons of light that dance across the Alaskan night sky. NASA plans to fly two rockets through active auroras to help ...

Two NASA rocket missions are taking to the Alaskan skies in hopes of discovering why some auroras flicker, others pulsate, and still others are riddled with holes. Understanding these peculiar ...

In what appears to be a jab at NASA, Rocket Lab this week unveiled its own ... 30 titanium-sealed tubes—could hold clues about the history of the solar system, including what Earth was like ...

Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch an Intuitive Machines lunar lander, which will carry NASA science-technology demonstrations and other commercial payloads to Mons Mouton, a lunar ...

NASA plans to fly two rockets through active auroras to help study the unique ribbons of light that dance across the Alaskan night sky. The rockets are expected to lift off from the Poker Flat ...

would easily surpass last year's annual record of 93 orbital rocket liftoffs. Will the 2025 launch total set another new record? Stay tuned. Crews at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and neighboring ...