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Clemson University scientists launched a rocket that leaves a chemical trail (their words, below), 60 miles above Earth’s surface.

clipped from clemsonews.clemson.edu The chemical trail from the horizontal rocket. The chemical trail (again)

Launched from a site near Fairbanks, Alaska, the rocket will help scientists study the aurorae, which “can cause changes in satellite orbits and interference with radio communications,” said Clemson physics professor Miguel Larsen.