NASA is not ‘shooting three rockets at three moons’

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NASA is not ‘shooting three rockets at three moons’
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The Earth has only one natural satellite — the moon. But social media users claim the Earth has three moons, and NASA is

NASA is launching three sounding rockets at a maximum altitude of 260 miles April 8. It is not shooting the rockets"at three moons." shooting three rockets at them April 8, the day of the total solar eclipse.

"NASA is shooting up three rockets on the eclipse. Guess what they’re calling it? Serpent’s deity," he said."Shooting three rockets at three moons."This post was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about ourApril 8 into the"moon’s shadow" to"study how Earth’s upper atmosphere is affected when sunlight momentarily dims over a portion of the planet.

The rockets will study changes in the ionosphere caused by the eclipse. The ionosphere is an electrified region 55 to 310 miles above Earth’s surface that"reflects and refracts radio signals." The mission aims to collect data on potential disturbances that may interfere with communications. According to NASA, the sounding rockets of the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path, or APEP, mission are expected to reach a maximum altitude of 260 miles, or 420 kilometers. That distance pales compared with the average distance to the moon, which isThis is not the first time NASA will conduct such a mission. The sounding rockets were also launched during theThe name APEP was chosen for the same-named serpent deity from ancient Egyptian mythology.

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