Two European satellites were successfully launched into orbit on Thursday, marking the beginning of a pioneering and ambitious project to create artificial solar eclipses in space. The launch of ...

(AP) — A pair of European satellites rocketed into orbit Thursday on the first mission to create artificial solar eclipses through fancy formation flying in space. Each fake eclipse should last ...

ESA’s Proba-3 satellites—the Occulter and the ... Upcoming Proba-3 Mission Will Create Artificial Solar Eclipses to Study the Sun For this to work, the two spacecraft can’t just drift ...