Look Up! NASA Rocket Launch May Be Visible Over Norristown Wednesday

By KARA SEYMOUR and JUSTIN HEINZE

Residents of Montgomery County and Pennsylvania may get a glimpse of a spectacular event Wednesday evening — a NASA rocket launch.

According to NASA, between 7 and 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7, residents in the mid-Atlantic region may see NASA”s next suborbital launch. The rocket is launching from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

“Approximately six minutes after launch, the sounding rocket will deploy four sub-payloads containing mixtures of barium and strontium will be released, creating a cloud that is blue-green and red in color,” NASA said on its website.

That means, residents from as far away as 235 miles north of the launch site to 232 miles south and 165 miles west — and everyone in between — could get a glimpse of the “colorful” evening launch, NASA said.

NASA says Wednesday’s launch of the suborbital flight will test a modified Black Brant sounding rocket motor and launch vehicle and spacecraft systems as well as sub-payload ejection technologies.

Sound complicated? Just enjoy the view.

According to Weather.com, the elements should not interfere. It’s expected to be partly cloudy with no chance of rain in the region on Wednesday evening.

(PHOTO: NASA)