The Latest: Flight takes off vowing prime solar eclipse view
Joe Rao, an associate astronomer at the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium, told Alaska Airlines last fall that the flight would be in the right place for the eclipse, but at the wrong time.
The airline says it rescheduled the flight to depart 25 minutes later, leading Rao and other astronomy aficionados to book seats for the big show.