Flipboard Science DeskWhy NASA is launching rockets into the solar eclipse path.
CNN reports the U.S. space agency "will launch sounding rockets and WB-57 high-altitude planes to conduct research on aspects of the sun and Earth that‘s only possible during an eclipse. The efforts are part of a long history of attempts to gather invaluable data and observations when the moon temporarily blocks the sun’s light."
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