--- title: Watch the Total Solar Eclipse 2017 Live Stream description: Watch the total solar eclipse as it makes its way across America in TIME's livestream event with Amy Shira Teitel and Marsha Ivins. canonical: https://time.com/4900148/total-solar-eclipse-time-livestream/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-21T10:00:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T11:11:21.597Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch Live as the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Crosses the U.S. og:description: Our broadcast is hosted by popular space personality Amy Shira Teitel and TIME's Jeff Kluger og:url: https://time.com/4900148/total-solar-eclipse-time-livestream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc23fc5ef9cd68223/6988d9ab0a4a226b879cf780/eclipse2.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Solar Eclipse Is Observed In Asia og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live as the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Crosses the U.S. twitter:description: Our broadcast is hosted by popular space personality Amy Shira Teitel and TIME's Jeff Kluger twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc23fc5ef9cd68223/6988d9ab0a4a226b879cf780/eclipse2.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live as the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Crosses the U.S.  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Aug 21, 2017 10:00 AM UTC  The solar eclipse is seen on July 22, 2009 in Iwojima Island, Tokyo. The solar eclipse is seen on July 22, 2009 in Iwojima Island, Tokyo.National Astronomical Observatory of Japan/NICT/JAXA/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Aug 21, 2017 10:00 AM UTC As a [total solar eclipse](http://time.com/4750899/total-solar-eclipse/) makes its way across the United States on Monday, TIME will livestream the [rare event](http://time.com/4834676/total-solar-eclipse-2017-rare/) in a free broadcast featuring popular space personality [Amy Shira Teitel](http://www.amyshirateitel.com/) and former NASA astronaut [Marsha Ivins](https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ivins.html). Teitel, a YouTube host and spaceflight historian, will anchor TIME’s broadcast from New York City, while Jeffrey Kluger, editor-at-large for TIME and the author of _Apollo 8_, reports from Casper, Wyo., which is in the path of totality — where the moon completely blocks out the sun. Ivins is a veteran of five space flights who has spent more than 1,300 hours in space. The free broadcast begins at 12 p.m. ET on Monday, and will be available above on Time.com as well as TIME’s [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/time) and [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/TimeMagazine) pages. It will feature interviews and discussions about how solar eclipses work and [how animals react ](http://time.com/4882733/total-solar-eclipse-animals-react/)to the celestial phenomenon. Separately, TIME and LIFE VR will also produce a [360-degree VR livestream](http://time.com/4900288/total-solar-eclipse-virtual-reality/) of the solar eclipse on TIME’s Facebook and YouTube pages. For the first time in American history, the total solar eclipse will cross the U.S. [from coast to coast](http://time.com/4882923/total-solar-eclipse-map-places-view/), beginning in Oregon and ending in South Carolina. It’s also the first total eclipse of the sun that will be visible from the contiguous U.S. since 1979. 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