Photos: NASA Rockets Launch on Fourth of July

By Space.com Staff
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Dual Rocket Launches Mark Fourth

NASA/Wallops/Jamie Adkins

Two suborbital rockets were successfully launched 15 seconds apart on July 4, 2013 from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility as part of a study of electrical currents in the ionosphere. This image was released July 5, 2013.

Dual Rocket Launch From Wallops

NASA/Wallops/Chris Perry/Brad Mason

Two suborbital rockets were successfully launched 15 seconds apart on July 4, 2013 from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility as part of a study of electrical currents in the ionosphere. This image was released July 5, 2013.

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