NASA Rocket Takes First Multi-Point Look Inside Radio-Disrupting Clouds

NASA · September 2, 2026 · article

High above Earth, thin veils of metallic haze drift through the edge of space. Known as sporadic E layers, these high-altitude “clouds” form from the vaporized dust of burnt-up meteors, earning their name from the unpredictable way they emerge and then dissipate. Now, new results from a NASA sounding rocket — a suborbital research rocket […]— NASA

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