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NASA is set to launch a mission called APEP to study how a solar eclipse affects the upper atmosphere..
During an eclipse, the sudden drop in sunlight causes changes in the ionosphere, creating waves that ripple through this atmospheric layer..
The APEP mission will involve launching three rockets equipped with scientific instruments to measure changes in electric and magnetic fields, density, and temperature..
The mission, known as Atmospheric Perturbations around the Eclipse Path or APEP, is led by Aroh Barjatya, will study how the sudden drop in sunlight affects our upper atmosphere, the space agency has said...
The APEP rockets launched in New Mexico will be recovered and then relaunched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, on April 8, 2024, when a total solar eclipse will cross the US from Texas to Maine...
