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Pilots chased a solar eclipse on Monday. This happened while
of people in North America gazed into the
to glimpse a rare
event - a total eclipse of the sun. The sun, moon and Earth aligned to block the
of the sun. NASA sent high-
WB-57 planes with special
and instruments to gather information from the solar event. Pilots flew 15,240 meters high to get a view of the
– the sun's outer surface. NASA also fired
into Earth's upper atmosphere, known as the
, to try to find out about some of the sun's
.
