Story highlights NASA is launching a sounding rocket Wednesday evening

The launch will produce blue, green and red vapor clouds

(CNN) Keep your eyes peeled. A spectacular rocket launch is set to take place before your eyes.

Residents in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States may want to step outside Wednesday to see the launch.

The Black Brant IX suborbital rocket, also known as a sounding rocket, is scheduled to take off from the space agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Chincoteague, Virginia, between 7:07 p.m. ET and 7:12 p.m. ET Wednesday evening.

The launch window runs until 9:00 p.m. ET just in case it needs to be delayed.

People from Long Island, New York, down to Morehead City, North Carolina, should be able to see the launch Wednesday evening.

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