NASA Sets Coverage for August Northern Hemisphere Total Solar Eclipse

A total solar eclipse will cross the Northern Hemisphere on August twelfth, with totality visible in parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, Spain, and Portugal. NASA reports that observers across much of North America, Europe, and northwestern Africa will experience at least a partial eclipse. The agency will broadcast the event live from multiple vantage points with expert commentary. NASA-funded teams will use the occasion to conduct research: a high-altitude aircraft will chase the Moon's shadow to study the Sun's corona, and university students will launch scientific balloons from Iceland and Spain to measure how the eclipse affects Earth's atmosphere.

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