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Here’s a little bit more about one of the science experiments Nasa is conducting during today’s eclipse. The space agency will be firing three “sounding” rockets from its Wallops flight facility in Virginia, at intervals from 45 minutes before, to 45 minutes after the peak local eclipse.
The purpose is to collect data on how the sun’s sudden disappearance affects the ionosphere and creates disturbances with a potential to interfere with communications on Earth.
They’re the same three rockets recovered and refurbished from a similar experiment Nasa conducted during last October’s annular…