36.272 NS Black Brant IX was launched from White Sands Missile Range, NM on July 11, 2012. The primary objective of this mission is to capture a high resolution image of the solar corona. This improved spatial resolution (0.1 arcsecond) image will allow study of the solar coronas Active Region Fine Structure (Strands), Structure of the transition region, unresolved active region corona, and Magnetic topologies in the corona. The Principal Investigator is Dr. Jonathan Cirtain/NASA Marshall Space Fligth Center. For more information about this mission, please visit: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2012/12-064.html