Over/under on UFO reports this morning?

As former meteorologists and self-proclaimed space nerds, my husband and I had been following the updates for NASA's ATREX experiment for a few weeks. Initially scheduled for earlier this month, the launch had been postponed several times due to uncooperative weather (amongst other things). Last night before bed, we saw that the launch had reached another window, from 2-5am this morning.

Jon had to wake up super early for a work thing today, and when his alarm went off at 4:30 the countdown was at T-8 minutes and holding. It picked back up shortly after, and juuuust before the end of the launch window, at 4:58 am, the first rocket launched.

So why am I telling you this? There are pictures, kids!















In case you're wondering, the purpose of these rockets (there were five, launched off the east coast) was to release chemical tracers to study the winds in the high-altitude jet stream (higher than the one you fly in).

Apparently my getting up early was worth it - emails have been coming for permission to use my pictures! Check them out online: Spaceweather.com (they accidentally called me Alice!); Mashable, Space.com, Fluidr Explore #160, Canadian Awareness