Will NASA carry a live broadcast of the Aug 12 total solar eclipse?
100% of users predicted YES — the community got this one right. 2 predictions cast.
NASA aired a live broadcast of the Aug. 12, 2026 total solar eclipse, streaming coverage on NASA+, NASA Live, YouTube and its social media channels beginning at 1:15 p.m. EDT. The path of totality swept from Greenland across Iceland and into northern Spain before crossing the Mediterranean, marking the first total solar eclipse to reach mainland Europe since 1999 and the first to be visible from mainland Spain since 1905.
NASA's live coverage followed the agency's standard practice for major eclipses, combining telescope imagery, footage from a WB-57 high-altitude research aircraft tracking the Moon's shadow, and expert commentary. Public interest was elevated by the eclipse's rare path over populated areas of Spain, including A Coruna, Bilbao and Valencia, after more than a century without a total eclipse there.
The Predict Six community correctly forecast this outcome in advance, with 100 percent of votes (two total) predicting NASA would carry a live broadcast, reflecting the low uncertainty of the question given NASA's consistent record of televising total solar eclipses on NASA+ and related platforms.