On Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, millions in the U.S. will have their eyes to the sky as they witness a total solar eclipse. The moon’s shadow will race across the United States, from Oregon to South Carolina. The path of this shadow, also known as the path of totality, is where obser...
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NASA’sSolar Dynamics Observatory(SDO) saw a partial solar eclipse in space when it caught the moon passing in front of the sun on May 25, 2017. The lunar transit lasted almost an hour with the moon covering about 89 percent of the sun at the peak of its journey across the sun’s fa...
This map of the United States' mid-Atlantic region shows the flight profile of NASA's five ATREX rockets, as well as the projected area where they may be visible after launch on March 14, 2012. The rockets' chemical tracers, meanwhile, should be visible from South Carolina through much of...
This map shows areas of North America where a sounding rocket launch should be visible on Oct. 7, 2015. (Image credit: NASA) Update: The NASA sounding rocket blasted off at 7:07 p.m. EDT (2307) GMT on Wednesday. A NASA rocket launch on Wednesday (Oct. 7) should give skywatchers...
This map shows the projected area in which the chemical tracers released by the ATREX rockets may be visible to the public. The clouds formed by the chemical tracers may be visible from the North Carolina/South Carolina border up to southern Vermont and New Hampshire and west to central West...