Astronomical expectations of aircraft

The 2017 eclipse as photographed by the Chasing the Eclipse I project. Credit: SwRI/NASA/Daniel B. Seaton

NASA's science in the shadows: five fascinating experiments for the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024

Using the high-altitude research plane WB-57, in one of the projects they will photograph the eclipse from a height of 15 km from the ground. The team hopes that taking the pictures above most of the atmosphere of the country will allow to see new details of