During the total solar eclipse on 8 April, two of NASA's WB-57 jet planes, equipped with special instruments, will chase totality and give new insight into the sun's corona ...

According to Charlie Mallini, who manages the WB-57 program, the airplane occupies a research niche. “It’s one of NASA’s core aircraft for atmospheric work,” he says. “There are only so ...

From October 2023 to December 2024 — a period encompassing two solar eclipses across the U.S., two new NASA heliophysics missions, and one spacecraft’s history-making solar flyby — NASA celebrated the ...

NASA’s WB-57 high-altitude research planes have supported previous Starship flights. “The biggest technology challenge remaining for Starship is a fully & immediately reusable heat shield ...

On Monday, two specialised Nasa flights will chase the solar eclipse in North America. Four scientists in two WB-57 flights will fly at 50,000ft (15,240m) along the eclipse's path of totality ...

One year ago today, a total solar eclipse swept across the United States. The event was a cornerstone moment in the ...