Skywatchers are ready to see a NASA rocket launch over New Jersey Erin Vogt Published: August 25, 2025 Not a UFO its a NASA rocket (Screenshots NASA Wallops via YouTube, Canva, Townsquare Media Illustration)

Sky gazers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania may see a mysterious flash in the sky, between Monday night and early Tuesday.

A NASA sounding rocket mission called Turbulent Oxygen Mixing Experiment Plus, or TOMEX+ , is now targeting Aug. 25, for its first launch attempt, between 10 p.m. and Tuesday 3 a.m.

It is launching from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, with a livestream tentatively available on YouTube .

The southern half of New Jersey is expected to have line of sight access between 10 and 30 seconds after launch.

The northern half of the

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