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First SLS Flight Engine Test

Published on Mar 10, 2016 by NASA Stennis [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcMaUeefGqJLtVJxmc81GIQ , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcMaUeefGqJLtVJxmc81GIQ/videos ]

NASA engineers at Stennis Space Center tested RS-25 engine No. 2059 on the A-1 Test Stand this week. This was the first flight engine for NASA’s new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), to be tested at Stennis. RS-25 engine No. 2059 arrived at the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center on Nov. 4, 2015.

Engine Test Marks Major Milestone on NASA’s Journey to Mars
March 10, 2016
http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/engine-test-marks-major-milestone-on-nasa-s-journey-to-mars

NASA tests rocket engine, a big step in sending humans into deep space
Space agency fires up rocket engine that will take astronauts to Mars, asteroid
Mar 11, 2016
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3043548/space-technology/nasa-tests-rocket-engine-a-big-step-in-sending-humans-into-deep-space.html [with comments]

NASA Successfully Fires Rocket Engine Designed for Deep Space Missions
Mar 11, 2016
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/nasa-successfully-fires-rocket-engine-designed-deep-space/story?id=37574808 [with embedded videos, and comments]

Watch one of the engine's for the world's biggest rocket pass 'major milestone' - and next time it fires up it could be taking man to deep space


Nasa successfully tested the first deep space RS-25 rocket engine for 500 seconds
Next time rocket engine No. 2059 fires for that length, it will take humans on first deep-space mission in 45 years
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3488582/Watch-one-engine-s-world-s-biggest-rocket-pass-major-milestone-time-fires-taking-man-Mars.html [with embedded videos, and comments]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njb9Z2jX2fA [with comments]


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March 8 Solar Eclipse Totality

Published on Mar 9, 2016 by NASA.gov Video [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aP7p621ATY_yAa8jMqUVA / http://www.youtube.com/user/NASAgovVideo , http://www.youtube.com/user/NASAgovVideo/videos ]

The moon passes in front of the sun, creating a total solar eclipse visible in parts of Southeast Asia. This video. taken from a live broadcast from the Exploratorium Science Center, shows the period of total eclipse, called totality, from 8:38 to 8:42 p.m. EST on March 8.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qAdyr_gf6s [with comments]


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An EPIC Eclipse

March 11, 2016
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=87675


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Alaska Airlines Solar Eclipse Flight #870

Published on Mar 9, 2016 by Alaska Airlines [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCamm-84xu1-its4bO5fSTvQ / http://www.youtube.com/user/AlaskaAirVids , http://www.youtube.com/user/AlaskaAirVids/videos ]

You can’t help but get excited when you fly with us and see a solar eclipse. We adjusted Flight #870 from Anchorage to Honolulu on March 8, 2016 just so our passengers could catch the solar eclipse from 35,000 feet. Read more on our blog: http://blog.alaskaair.com/alaska-airlines/news/eclipse-flight/

Video credit to: Mike Kentrianakis / American Astronomical Society

Jukin Media Verified (Original)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBoa81xEvNA [with comments] [a version minus the audio at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIf_TpTxEFY {with comments)]


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Total Solar Eclipse 20 Mar 2015 - E-Flight AB 1000 (Improved)

Published on Mar 24, 2015 by Martin Junius [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDcUwwT3nKjc401OVkvPxGA , http://www.youtube.com/user/n0llnet/videos ]

Total solar eclipse 20 Mar 2015, view from e-flight AB 1000 (Eclipse Reisen 1), showing the moon's umbra moving across the clouds below. 35,000 ft above the Northern Atlantic / Norwegian Sea with mid totality at 63°31'21.3"N 7°53'05.6"W / UTC 09:43:30, totality duration 3min 40s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtupn5w_sY0 [no commets yet] [original unimproved version at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YTa25AP1NI (with comments)]


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This Week’s Other Solar Eclipse

A view of the sun during the spring eclipse season from the Solar Dynamic Observatory.
MARCH 11, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/12/science/this-weeks-other-solar-eclipse.html


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