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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

and even high-altitude NASA WB-57 jets. Several NASA-funded citizen science projects also conducted experiments. These projects included more than 49,000 volunteers who contributed an astounding ...