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(On) Monday August 21st a total solar eclipse
across the continental US occurred for

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the first time in almost a century and
I'll share with you my own vantage point

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which was at 45,000 feet over the
Pacific Ocean in an aircraft outfitted

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with science experiments to capture
views before, during and after the event.

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It was truly breathtaking. Watch.

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"Now, look. Look. It's incredible." "Wow."

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Working with our partners we engaged
with citizens across 14 states, nearly

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7,000 libraries, 200 museums, planetaria
and science centers, 40 Challenger

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Centers and 20 national parks, zoos
and even baseball stadiums. More than 50

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million unique viewers watched  the TV
broadcast across multiple NASA and

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social media platforms, and we had 90
million page views of NASA websites on

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eclipse day alone. These numbers exceed
previous records by many times over.