NASA launches rocket from Va site
Wednesday - 1/11/2012, 10:00am ET
ATLANTIC, Va. - NASA says it has successfully launched a suborbital sounding rocket from the Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore.
The federal space agency says the launch of the NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute rocket occurred Wednesday morning.
The vehicle is under development to support NASA science missions.
NASA says the next rocket launch from the Virginia facility is scheduled for no earlier than March 15.
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