What are sounding rockets?Why do we fly them? Who uses them?

Unique features of Sounding Rockets

Where at NASA are sounding rockets built and managed?

Benefits of Sounding Rockets to NASA: Science, Technology, and Education

NASA Science Disciplines that Utilize Sounding Rockets: Astrophysics, Planetary Physics, Solar Physics, Mission to Planet Earth, Microgravity, Special Projects, Magnetospheric, Ionospheric, Thermospheric, and Mesospheric Physics.