Media Advisory - Once-in-a-lifetime event: Total solar eclipse
LONGUEUIL, QC, April 5, 2024 /CNW/ - The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronauts Jeremy Hansen and David Saint-Jacques, will participate in events in Montreal and Niagara Falls to highlight a rare celestial event, the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.
Many Canadians in eastern Canada will have the opportunity to witness this once-in-a-lifetime event. The eclipse's path of totality will pass through some cities and towns in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.
People wishing to witness this rare event must take the appropriate safety measures to prevent eye damage.
Media who wish to interview a CSA expert about the solar eclipse are asked to contact the CSA's Media Relations Office. Interview requests for Minister Champagne must be coordinated directly with his office.
CSA experts will participate in the following events:
Date and time What Who Where
April 7, 2024 Presentation to
the Queen Victoria
public on
Artemis II Park
2:00 p.m. ET and Canada's
role -- Jeremy
in lunar Hansen, CSA 6161 Niagara
exploration. River
astronaut Parkway
Niagara Falls,
See the Niagara Ontario L0S 1A0
Parks website
for
more
information.
April 8, 2024 NASA live Livestream on
coverage of the NASA TV
1:00 p.m. ET solar eclipse, -- Jeremy
including
viewing Hansen, CSA
from Niagara
Falls, astronaut
New York
April 8, 2024 Eclipse of the Espace 67
Century
event
2:00 p.m. ET hosted by the -- The
Honourable 67 Chemin
Société du parc François- Macdonald,
Jean-Drapeau and Philippe Montreal, Quebec
Champagne, H3C 6A3
Espace pour la
vie Minister of
Innovation,
Science and
Industry
-- David Saint-
Jacques, CSA
astronaut
Website: www.asc-csa.gc.ca
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