He says the record for the furthest distance travelled on a space hopper in 24 hours is just under four miles.

BBC: Roger Auster

Sandstorm, from Carnegie Mellon University, made it the furthest distance down the course and the team are now looking at doing better this time round.

BBC: Red Team Sandstorm vehicle

St Mary's all-weather lifeboat travelled the furthest distance in a single shout, when it was launched to rescue the catamaran Orinoco Flo 85 miles (137km) off the Isles of Scilly.

BBC: RNLI blames 'tricky' weather for SW lifeboat launch rise

"For the May eclipse, the moon will be at the furthest distance from Earth that it ever achieves -- meaning that it will block the smallest possible portion of the sun, and leave the largest possible bright ring around the outside, " the agency said on its website.

CNN: Upcoming solar eclipse to project 'ring of fire'