NASA will be launching three sounding rockets at the moon’s shadow during Monday’s solar eclipse to study how the phenomenon affects the Earth’s atmosphere.

NASA is to launch a sounding rocket for a 15-minute exploration of one of the deep mysteries of space – the intergalactic medium.

So they're launching three sounding rockets into the moon's shadow. According to NASA, sounding rockets are small, low-cost sub-orbital vehicles that support scientific research between 100 and ...