A ‘FURST’ of its Kind: Sounding Rocket Mission to Study Sun as a Star
Editor's Note: NASA and partners scrubbed the very first launch effort of the FURST Sounding Rocket Mission on Aug. 11 due to concerns with the cooling systems. This story will be upgraded as quickly as the next launch effort is identified.
By Jessica Barnett
From Earth, one may be lured to see the Sun as a special celestial item like no other, as it's the star our home world orbits and the one our world counts on a lot of for heat and light. If you took an action back and compared the Sun to the other stars NASA has studied over the years, how would it compare? Would it still be so special?
The Full-sun Ultraviolet Rocket SpecTrograph (FURST) intends to respond to those concerns when it introduces aboard a Black Brant IX sounding rocket Aug. 11 at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
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