Scientists will take off from Tucson to chase eclipse
The research flight will study the sun's corona from inside the moon's shadow on April 8.
The research flight will study the sun's corona from inside the moon's shadow on April 8.
During Monday's solar eclipse, an airborne science mission will take off from Tucson to fly along in the moon's shadow and catch a rare glimpse of the sun's outer atmosphere.
“No man had ever seen the sun eclipsed for such a long time, no flight crew had ever carried out such a difficult encounter so faultlessly, no plane had ever provided such a fine observatory ..."
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