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Will 7th Try Be Lucky For NASA's East Coast Rocket This Weekend? Will 7th Try Be Lucky For NASA's East Coast Rocket This Weekend?
Will 7th Try Be Lucky For NASA's East Coast Rocket This Weekend? Countdown, engines on.  NASA is hopeful that its seventh scheduled rocket liftoff in eight days will be its luckiest. Look to the Southeast for a swiftly-moving object with a green-violet vapor trail starting at 8:10 p.m. on Saturday, May 15. NASA announces its latest rocket launch planned for Saturday, May 15 at 8:10 p.m.Twitter @NASA Wallops After canceling six liftoffs, NASA’s rocket launch has been rescheduled at Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia and should be visible in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York weather-permitting.  Strong winds and a mechanical launcher is…

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NASA's East Coast Rocket Launch Will Be Visible In NY NASA's East Coast Rocket Launch Will Be Visible In NY
NASA's East Coast Rocket Launch Will Be Visible In NY UPDATE: Due to a mechanical concern during flight preparations, NASA's East Coast rocket launch has been postponed, for a sixth time, until Saturday, May 15. Need something uplifting? Look to the sky for a swiftly moving object with a green-violet vapor trail.  LAUNCH SCRUBBED ❗ Tonight's launch of the KiNET-X sounding rocket has been scrubbed due to cloudy skies in Bermuda and Wallops. The next launch opportunity will be no earlier than May 12, at 8:06 p.m. EDT. Backup days run through May 16. — NASA Wallops (@NASA_Wallops) May 12, 2021 After canceling five liftoffs, NASA’s rocket la…

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by Jon Craig