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Penn State X-ray Astronomy Sounding Rocket Flights
 
 
 
Flight # Launch Date and Time (UT) Location Target Student Results
36.030UH 11/14/87 14:10 Woomera, Australia SN1987A none Successful flight, but no detection
36.032UH 2/28/88 12:10 Woomera, Australia SN1987A none Successful flight, but no detection
36.034UH 3/17/90 4:30 White Sands Missile Range Puppis A Greg Berthiaume Successful - first X-ray imaging spectroscopy
36.092UH 5/22/95 6:30 White Sands Missile Range Draco  Jeff Mendenhall ACS error, successful flight
36.106UH 10/25/95 13:13 Woomera, Australia Gal. Bulge Jeff Mendenhall Successful
36.093UH 5/2/97 7:30 White Sands Missile Range North Polar Spur Laura Cawley Successful
36.176UH 8/15/98 5:30 White Sands Missile Range Sco X-1 Ann Hornschemeier Successful
 

To learn more about NASA's sounding rocket program, visit the Wallops Flight Facility sounding rocket web page.   To learn more about opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to participate in Penn State's sounding rocket program, visit Penn State's Sounding Rocket web page.

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Last update:  December 3, 1998