Stargazer Stephen Blue captured this amazing view of glowing red clouds over Chesapeake Bay, as seen from Deltaville, Va., on Jan. 29, 2013. The eerie clouds were created in space by a NASA sounding rocket launched from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
Sky watcher Mike Otto sent in this photo of glowing red clouds seen from outside Baltimore, MD, on Jan. 29, 2013. The clouds were created in space by a NASA sounding rocket launched from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
Sky watcher Mike Otto sent in this photo of glowing red clouds seen from outside Baltimore, MD, on Jan. 29, 2013. The clouds were created in space by a NASA sounding rocket launched from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket roars toward space on a mission to create glowing red clouds above Earth on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket launched from NASA's seaside Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
NASA photographer Jamie Adkins captures the glowing red clouds created during a sounding rocket launch from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., on Jan. 29, 2013.
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket launches toward space on a mission to create glowing red clouds above Earth on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
Skywatcher Chris Bakley of Sea Bright, N.J., captured this photo of the red glowing clouds created by NASA during a sounding rocket launch from the Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., on Jan. 29, 2013.
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket streaks toward space on a mission to create glowing red clouds above Earth on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
Stargazer Stephen Blue captured this amazing view of glowing red clouds over Chesapeake Bay, as seen from Deltaville, Va., on Jan. 29, 2013. The eerie clouds were created in space by a NASA sounding rocket launched from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket launches toward space on a mission to create glowing red clouds above Earth on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket streaks toward space to create glowing red clouds above Earth on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
NASA scientists work on a sounding rocket slated to launch on Jan. 29, 2013, to create potentially dazzlingly bright red streaks in the night sky over the U.S. East Coast. The mission will launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket launches toward space on a mission to create glowing red clouds above Earth on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket launches toward space on a mission to create glowing red clouds above Earth on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
A small NASA rocket launches into suborbital space from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., in this video still from the Jan. 29, 2013 liftoff. The rocket released red lithium vapor in space to light up the night sky in a technology test.
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket stands poised to launch from its rail at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket was designed to deploy a bright red lithium vapor as a test for future missions.
This image shows a look inside the Wallops Flight Facility Launch Control for a sounding rocket launch on Jan. 29, 2013, from Wallops Island, Va.
Smoke wisps around the launch rail at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia after the successful launch of a sounding rocket that lit up the night sky with red lithium vapor in a technology test on Jan. 29, 2013.
This NASA map shows the visibility range for the planned Jan. 29 launch of a sounding rocket designed to release glowing red vapor trails in the night sky as part of an atmospheric experiment.
