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>> NASA's G-3 aircraft

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out of Armstrong Flight Research
Center will feed the world live

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video coverage of the eclipse
from the west coast of Oregon

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as it begins its
path across America.

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So, we hope to bring that
view through the eyes of NASA.

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We go out there and modify
aircraft all the time,

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so we can go out there
and do NASA science.

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It's what we do.

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In the case of this
aircraft, we've gone out there

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and taken the normal passenger
windows, and replaced them

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with optical-grade windows,
plus put in a telemetry system

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so we can go out there and
provide real-time video.

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With these optical-grade
windows, it allows our photo

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and video teams to go out there,

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and capture high-resolution
video at 35,000 feet to present

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to the world this rare event.

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And, using this event to go
out there and educate people,

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I think, is an exciting
proposition.

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>> Alright, just about to
turn, we'll be almost--

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>> From a pilot's perspective,
we want to make sure we get

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to the right spot, and
also there are limitations

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for what our photographers
can do.

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We pushed it as far west as
we could go, so we could get

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that as early as possible,

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and as low on the
horizon as possible.

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And, that put us at about
Lincoln City, Oregon,

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which is the farthest west
point right on the West Coast.

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So, we set up a holding
pattern, or a racetrack pattern,

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right over Lincoln City.

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We know exactly the width
of the totality swath.

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With that, we did some
mission planning, again,

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to make sure we know what
the stall speeds are,

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the slowest speeds, the
safest speeds to fly,

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the speeds that will give
us the most time inside the

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totality region.

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We can slip the airplane,

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that will give us
some more bank angle,

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which lets our cameras
see a little bit higher.

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>> Alright, you guys ready to
turn it again for a partial?

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>> All of those kinds of
things were what went into the,

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from a pilot's standpoint,
planning this out.

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>> NASA 808...MOF 1

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>> It's hard to be
able to transmit video

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from flight, real-time.

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The airplane, we put
special equipment in that,

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and then that will transmit that
signal down to a mobile facility

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with antennas on it, that
we have prepositioned,

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and that's a high-definition
signal that will come

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down to the truck, and then
the truck can re-transmit it

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out onto the wire.

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I think it makes us proud of
what we do, and that we're able

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to share it with everybody
around the world, in this case,