2017 solar eclipse: What is NASA's plan to share it?

What is NASA doing for the eclipse across America? Everything it can think of, apparently. The space agency is deploying gear, scientists and experts across the country to study the eclipse and share it with the public.

The serious science focuses on observations of the sun, moon and Earth from balloons and ground-observing stations. A full breakdown can be seen here.

The agency will also host a multi-hour broadcast on its website Monday, August 21, beginning in Charleston, S.C. Additional video will come from Salem, Ore.; Idaho Falls, ID; Beatrice, Neb.; Jefferson City, Mo.; Carbondale, Ill/; Hopkinsville, Ky; and Clarksville, Tenn.

Experts from Alabama's Marshall Space Flight Center will be at the Kentucky and Tennessee sites. Hopkinsville is being called "Eclipseville," because it is the point of greatest eclipse. Planetary scientist Dr. Renee Weber and other experts will be broadcasting from Orchardale Farms, a working farm with open acreage and elevated viewing.

In Clarksville, Marshall solar astronomer Dr. Mitzi Adams and other experts will be working with Austin Peay University to educate students from the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, the University of Alabama in Huntsville and other schools.

NASA experts will also be at:

The Adventure Science Center in Nashville
St. Louis Science Center in Missouri
Total Eclipse Music Festival in Adams, Tenn.
Clingmans Dome in the Smoky Mountain National Park
Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, Tenn.
The Universiy of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma, Tenn.

"It's going to be a spectacular event," said Marshall Chief Scientist James Spann. "We'll be sharing our research and work with people and letting them know how to safely view the eclipse, not only at the events in the path of totality, but also worldwide online and on NASA Television. Excited doesn't begin to describe how our team feels right now. It truly will be breath-taking, and we can't wait."

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