posted 07-29-2026 01:27 PM               

NASA Sets Coverage for August Northern Hemisphere Total Solar Eclipse

On Wednesday, Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal. NASA will stream the eclipse live with views across the path and interviews with subject matter experts through a variety of platforms.

Viewers in other places in the Northern Hemisphere also will have the chance to experience a partial solar eclipse, including parts of the U.S. (from Alaska to North Carolina), most of Canada, much of Europe, and northwestern Africa.

During the eclipse, NASA will conduct experiments in the path of totality. To investigate the dynamics of the Sun’s corona, a NASA-funded science team will chase the Moon’s shadow with a WB-57 high-altitude research aircraft. The NASA-supported Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project is sending students from several U.S. universities to Iceland and Spain to launch scientific balloons before, during, and after the eclipse to research how the temporary darkening of our skies during the eclipse affects Earth’s atmosphere.

NASA’s eclipse coverage is as follows (all times Eastern):

Wednesday, Aug. 12

• 1:15 p.m.: Eclipse broadcast begins
  
• 1:45 p.m.: Totality begins in Iceland
  
• 2:28 p.m.: Totality begins in Spain

NASA photography coverage

Photos of the eclipse, dependent on visibility, will be available shortly after the eclipse. View images on the agency's Flickr account.

posted 08-12-2026 06:58 AM               

Come watch the eclipse with NASA.

On Wednesday, Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Greenland, Iceland, Spain, and the Atlantic Ocean. A partial solar eclipse will be visible in most of Europe and parts of North America.

Totality will begin in Iceland at 1:45 p.m. EDT (1745 UTC) and in Spain at 2:28 p.m. EDT (1828 UTC).

Can't see it where you are? We'll be streaming live views from a number of cameras in the path of the eclipse — and sharing info about the science of eclipses and how we're studying them.

posted 08-12-2026 04:23 PM               

In this image of the Sun during a partial solar eclipse and partially obscured by clouds, the International Space Station, with a crew of seven onboard, is seen in silhouette as it transits at roughly five miles per second, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, near Hodgdon, Maine.

Onboard as part of Expedition 75 are: NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Anil Menon, and Jack Hathaway; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot; and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov, Andrey Fedyaev, and Anna Kikina.