NASA will stream live coverage and conduct scientific experiments during a total solar eclipse on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. The path of totality will pass over parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, Spain, the Atlantic Ocean, and a small corner of Portugal.
Viewers across other regions of the Northern Hemisphere will see a partial solar eclipse instead. NASA stated that this partial view extends to parts of the United States running from Alaska to North Carolina, as well as most of Canada, much of Europe, and northwestern Africa.
During the eclipse, a NASA-funded science team will chase the Moon's shadow using a WB-57 high-altitude research aircraft to investigate the dynamics of the Sun's corona. Additionally, the NASA-supported Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project is sending students from several U.S. universities to Iceland and Spain. These student teams will launch scientific balloons before, during, and after totality to study how the temporary darkening of the sky affects Earth's atmosphere.
Live video coverage will broadcast online at nasa.gov/live beginning at 1:15 p.m. Eastern time. According to the broadcast schedule released by NASA, totality begins in Iceland at 1:45 p.m. Eastern and in Spain at 2:28 p.m. Eastern. Subject matter experts participating in the stream will answer questions submitted on X, Facebook, and Instagram under the agency's official accounts.
Still photography from the event will be made available shortly after the eclipse on NASA's Flickr account, subject to local visibility conditions. NASA designated Abbey Interrante and Karen Fox of the Science Mission Directorate as contact representatives for the broadcast advisory.
