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New York: For the upcoming total solar eclipse, a team of NASA-funded scientists are planning to observe the solar corona using stabilised telescopes aboard two of the space agencys research aircraft. Scientists, led by Amir Caspi from the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado, will use two of NASA's retrofitted WB-57F research jets to follow the shadow of the moon across America on August 21.This will enable them to view the eclipse for over seven minutes, while it will last for only two and a half minutes for other viewers. Taking observations from twin telescopes mounted on the noses of the planes, the…