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.
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.
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
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.