Three NASA research rockets could paint the sky with colorful vapor trails tonight

NASA is set to launch three small rockets into the upper atmosphere late Monday, and some people on the East Coast may be able to see colorful vapor trails that will be released shortly after liftoff. The suborbital research rockets, known as sounding rockets , will launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. Weather permitting, residents of several mid-Atlantic states, including parts of New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina, may be able to catch the rockets’ visible vapor trails.