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Actual footage of the General Dynamics RB-57F reconnaissance aircraft is used for the scout flyover before the missile launch. This remarkable jet aircraft was deployed during the Cold War, but there are three remaining in active service for NASA. For those of you who were following the total solar eclipse last year, two RB-57Fs were deployed to fly at very high altitude in tracking the eclipse and gathering lots of scientific data!