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<\/figure>Millions of people across North America will experience a rare celestial sight on Monday, April 8: a total solar eclipse. NASA will host a media briefing with other government agencies at 10 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 26, at NASA Headquarters in Washington.<\/p>\n
The briefing will air live on\u00a0NASA+<\/a>, NASA Television, and the\u00a0agency\u2019s\u00a0website<\/a>. Learn how to\u00a0stream NASA TV<\/a>\u00a0through a variety of platforms including social media.<\/p>\n Over the course of about an hour, viewers in 15 states across the United States will experience up to four and half minutes of darkness when the Moon moves fully in front of the Sun, revealing the Sun\u2019s faint outer atmosphere: the corona. Outside of the path of totality, people in the contiguous United States will have the opportunity to see a partial eclipse, when the Moon covers only a portion of the Sun. Learn how to\u00a0safely view<\/a>\u00a0this celestial event on NASA\u2019s eclipse website.<\/p>\n NASA is joining with scientific and transportation agencies to engage the public, share safety information, and conduct science during the upcoming total solar eclipse. Representatives from these agencies will brief media about plans for the solar eclipse.<\/p>\n Briefing participants include:<\/p>\n Media interested in attending in person must RSVP by 5 p.m., Monday, March 25, to Tiernan Doyle at tiernan.doyle@nasa.gov<\/a>. All media interested in participating by phone must request details no later than two hours before the start of the event. \u00a0NASA\u2019s media accreditation policy<\/a> is online.<\/p>\n On April 8, NASA will host live coverage of the eclipse on\u00a0NASA+,<\/a>\u00a0the agency\u2019s website, and the NASA app beginning at 1 p.m. NASA will also stream the broadcast live on its\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0X<\/a>,\u00a0YouTube<\/a>, and\u00a0Twitch<\/a>\u00a0social media accounts, as well as have a telescope-only feed of eclipse views on the NASA TV media channel and\u00a0YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n To learn more about the total solar eclipse, visit:<\/p>\n go.nasa.gov\/Eclipse2024<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n -end-<\/p>\n Karen Fox Sarah Frazier\n
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
karen.c.fox@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
202-853-7191
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