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A sounding rocket towers over a launch site on Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean ahead of the Feb. 12 Space Measurement of a Rocket-released Turbulence (SMART) mission, which the Naval Research Laboratory managed. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s White Sands Detachment launched the rocket — its first ever with four stages — which soared into low Earth orbit and deployed an experiment to test plasma conversion in space. (Image from video courtesy of U.S. Naval Research Laboratory/Released)
| Date Taken: | 02.12.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 08.03.2026 13:04 |
| Photo ID: | 9843489 |
| VIRIN: | 260212-N-N2246-1001 |
| Resolution: | 1920x1080 |
| Size: | 352.44 KB |
| Location: | US |
| Web Views: | 26 |
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