Sounding rocket will take 1,500 images of sun in five minutes

On May 5, 2017, scientists will launch a sounding rocket 200 miles up into the atmosphere, where in just five minutes, it will take 1,500 images of the sun. The NASA-funded RAISE mission is designed to scrutinize split-second changes occurring near the sun's active regions—areas of intense, complex magnetic activity that can give rise to solar flares, which eject energy and solar material out into space.