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NASA Pilots Flew to Iceland to Study Solar Corona During August Eclipse

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During the total solar eclipse on August 12, NASA scientists targeted a long-standing solar mystery: why the Sun's corona is significantly hotter than its visible surface. To capture the necessary data, researchers needed to be precisely positioned along the eclipse path over Europe. Pilots from NASA's Johnson Space Center flew the high-altitude WB-57F research aircraft from Ellington Field in Houston all the way to Iceland. The mission was designed to take advantage of the rare window of totality to observe the corona under ideal conditions.

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