Rocket launch from Virginia will be visible from NC Tuesday evening
FOLLOW THIS HERE IN THE WRAL
LIVE CENTER. ALL RIGHT, RENEE,
THANK YOU. WELL, THERE'S GOING
TO BE A SIGHT TO SEE IN THE
SKIES TONIGHT. METEOROLOGIST
PETER SHERWOOD IS HERE WITH
WHY YOU'LL WANT TO GO OUTSIDE
AND GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE SKY.
VITA.
>> MICHELLE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
TRACKING SEVERE STORMS TO MOVE
IN FOR THIS AFTERNOON. BUT
AFTER THE STORMS CLEAR, MAKE
SURE TO GET OUTSIDE AND TAKE
A LOOK UP FOR THIS EVENING.
YOU COULD POTENTIALLY SEE A
ROCKET LAUNCH. A ROCKET IS SET
TO LAUNCH AT THE TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AND THIS COULD BE SEEN FROM
RIGHT HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA,
NASA AMBASSADOR TONY RICE IS
JOINING US RIGHT NOW TO TALK
ABOUT THE ROCKET LAUNCH.
WELCOME. TELL THE GOOD MORNING.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME. NO
PROBLEM. SO, TONY, EXPLAIN WHAT
IS HAPPENING TONIGHT WITH THIS
ROCKET LAUNCH.
>> SO WE PERIODICALLY HAVE TO
SEND A SUPPLIES. FOOD,
CLOTHING, AND DEFINITELY NEW
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS UP TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR
THOSE ASTRONAUTS TO MAKE USE OF
ONE OF THE PLACES WE LAUNCHED
THAT FROM IS RIGHT UP ON
VIRGINIA'S EASTERN SHORE.
NOT THAT FAR AWAY. AND BECAUSE
OF THAT BEING NOT THAT FAR AWAY
AND THE TRAJECTORY THAT THAT
ROCKETS GOING TO TAKE, YOU
KNOW, AS YOU SEE HERE IN THIS
GRAPHIC KIND OF DOWN TO THE
SOUTHEAST, WE HAVE THE CHANCE
TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT'S
TONIGHT THAN WE NORMALLY CAN'T
SEE THESE OF THEIR LAUNCH
DURING THE DAY IS JUST TOO FAR
AWAY. BUT THE 08:31PM LAUNCH
TIME TONIGHT IS PARTICULARLY
GOOD BECAUSE IT COMES AFTER
SUNSET AND IT COMES DURING THAT
TIME CALLED CIVIL TWILIGHT
TOWARDS THE END. THE CIVIL
TWILIGHT ACTUALLY. AND WHAT'S
HAPPENING IS DOWN HERE ON THE
GROUND. IT TENDS TO BE A LITTLE
BIT DARKER AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S
AFTER SUNSET, BUT UP THERE WITH
THE ROCKET. IS THE SUN STILL
SHINING BRIGHTLY? SO WE'VE GOT
A CHANCE BEING ABLE TO SEE THE
EXHAUST FROM THAT ROCKET AS IT
RISES UP THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE
>> AND YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED
THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE
GOING TO BE GIVING THEY'RE
SENDING FOOD UP THERE. IS THERE
A BEST TIME TO WATCH OR IS
THERE A PARTICULAR LOCATION?
WE SHOULD GO TO.
>> THE CLEAR YOU WERE YOUR
NORTHEASTERN TO HORIZON IS THE
BETTER CHANCE YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE THIS BECAUSE IT'S GOING
TO BE FAIRLY LOW ON THE
HORIZON. STILL PRETTY FAR OUT
THERE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
BUT THIS IMAGE RIGHT HERE SHOWS
YOU THIS IS A PREVIOUS SPACE
X LAUNCH OF WHAT THE SHAPE OF
THAT ROCKET EXHAUST MIGHT TAKE
AS IT RISES UP THROUGH THE
ATMOSPHERE. THE ATMOSPHERE GETS
THINNER AND THINNER AND THAT
EXHAUST STARTS TO EXPAND.
AND THAT'S WHAT GETS CAUGHT BY
THE SUNLIGHT. I DON'T THINK
IT'S GOING TO BE QUITE THAT
BRILLIANT TONIGHT. HOPEFULLY
WILL WILL HAVE A REALLY GOOD
SHOW.
>> AND WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND
MORE INFORMATION?
>> SO IF YOU GO ON TO WRAL DOT
COM IT'S ACTUALLY WENT ON THE
FRONT PAGE, BUT YOU CAN SEARCH
ON ROCKET LAUNCHER. YOU CAN
SEARCH ON AND TAR ISIS. THE
NAME OF THE VEHICLE THAT'S
BEING WATCHED HERE. YOU'LL FIND
ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW
THIS BEST SEE THE LAUNCH NEED
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHY YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE
IT RIGHT AT 8.31. WORK. IT'S
GOING TO BE HIDDEN BELOW THE
HORIZON FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES
HERE IN RALEIGH UNTIL IT RISES
UP HIGH ENOUGH THAT WE'RE GOING
TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT. YOU ALSO
SEE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
THE SCIENCE THAT'S GOING TO BE
ON BOARD THIS MISSION.
>> NASA AMBASSADOR TONY RICE,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME
AND YOUR INSIGHT.