Rockets poised to study total solar eclipse path
The report details sun driven upper air research with four Black Brant rockets from East Quaddy Nova Scotia and four from Fort Churchill Manitoba aimed at 160 miles height, and a Los Alamos plane chasing the shadow. Speeds of the shadow will vary from 2000 to 1359 mph, and preparations focus on the 1973 eclipse across Central Africa with mixed weather outlook for the Canadian and Atlantic regions.