NASA Will Launch 2 Rockets to Test a Mars Parachute and Track 'Nanoflares'
Thursday, September 6, 2018 - 11:00
in Astronomy & Space
NASA will launch two brief rocket missions on Friday (Sept. 7): One will test a parachute that could one day be used to help land the next rover on Mars; the other will measure tiny explosions on the sun called nanoflares.