Why do we use sounding rockets to send telescopes above the atmosphere? What can we learn about the distribution of matter in our universe from infrared observations? Join us at our next Astronomy on Tap to hear insights from Caltech postdoctoral researcher Richard Feder. Timestamps below:

00:00 Presentation
00:45 Presentation of sounding rockets
31:06 Questions and answers for the presentation of the sounding rockets
31:24 /"What do you mean when you talk about spectrum in this context?/"
32:58 /"How long does each rocket flight last? How far does it go?/"
34:27 /"Have sounding rockets been commercialized?/"
36:27 /"Why use rockets instead of space telescopes?/"
37:53 Images of CIBER launch on June 6, 2021

Poster image credit: T. Arai/University of Tokyo
Video editing: Xander Hall

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