On Monday, April 8, most of North America may have the prospect to see the Moon go in entrance of the Solar throughout a photo voltaic eclipse. NASA is inviting the general public to take part with in-person occasions, alternatives to do NASA science, and a number of methods to observe on-line.
Thousands and thousands of individuals alongside the trail of totality – which stretches from Texas to Maine in america – will see a complete photo voltaic eclipse, when the Moon fully covers the Solar. Exterior the trail of totality, folks throughout the contiguous United States may have an opportunity to see a partial photo voltaic eclipse, when the Moon covers a part of the Solar. Learn to safely view this celestial occasion.
Watch By means of Eyes of NASA
NASA will host reside protection of the eclipse beginning at 1 p.m. EDT. The company’s eclipse protection will embody reside views of the eclipse from throughout North America, particular appearances by NASA consultants, astronauts aboard the area station, and an inside have a look at NASA’s eclipse science experiments and watch events throughout the nation. NASA’s broadcast will final three hours, and options reside areas from throughout the nation together with the company’s solely middle within the path of totality, NASA’s Glenn Analysis Heart in Ohio, in addition to:
Carbondale, Illinois
Dallas
Houlton, Maine
Indianapolis
Kerrville, Texas
Niagara Falls, New York
Russellville, Arkansas
The NASA broadcast will stream on NASA+, air on NASA TV, and the company’s web site. Learn to stream NASA TV by quite a lot of platforms together with social media and the company’s app.
NASA additionally will host a watch social gathering of the eclipse in Spanish beginning at 1:30 p.m. on YouTube.
NASA will present a no-commentary, telescope-only feed of the eclipse on NASA Tv’s media channel and YouTube, beginning at 1 p.m. and working for 3 hours. The telescope feed will incorporate views from a number of areas, and can be switched based mostly on climate, the eclipse’s progress, and feed availability. Areas could embody:
Carbondale, Illinois
Cleveland
Dallas
Houlton, Maine
Indianapolis
Junction, Texas
Kerrville, Texas
Mazatlán, Mexico
Niagara Falls, New York
Russellville, Arkansas
Torreón, Mexico
Tupper Lake, New York
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will present a commentated livestream of three sounding rocket launches for the Atmospheric Perturbations round Eclipse Path mission. The livestream will start at 2:30 p.m. on NASA Wallops’ YouTube channel and conclude after the final of the three sounding rocket launches.
NASA’s interactive Eclipse Explorer Map will permit customers to trace the whole photo voltaic eclipse in actual time on April 8 because it strikes throughout North America. Use the instrument forward of time to go looking by zip code or metropolis for eclipse timing, get real-time climate updates, p.c of eclipse protection, and even a corona prediction for areas within the path of totality.
Media Assets
Media assets can be found on NASA’s eclipse web site. To request a distant or in-person eclipse interview with NASA, please contact agency-eclipsemedia@mail.nasa.gov.
Particulars about in-person eclipse occasions and registration necessities for media can be found on-line.
NASA eclipse photographs can be shared on the Flickr account.
To study extra in regards to the complete photo voltaic eclipse, go to:
go.nasa.gov/Eclipse2024
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Karen FoxHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100karen.c.fox@nasa.gov
Sarah FrazierGoddard Area Flight Heart, Greenbelt, Maryland202-853-7191sarah.frazier@nasa.gov