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Scientists will take off from Tucson to chase eclipse
- Henry Brean/Arizona Daily Star
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The research flight will study the sun's corona from inside the moon's shadow on April 8.
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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 ..."
