Overview
- Provincial leaders unveiled the Solpé program and opened free sign-ups at astroturismopalencia.es.
- The one-day international symposium will take place May 18 in Palencia with seven invited experts.
- Three speakers lead key instruments on the ESA–NASA Solar Orbiter mission: PHI, EPD and the Metis coronagraph.
- An ESA engineer pointed to new Artemis II images of the Moon covering the Sun’s corona to connect spaceflight with the coming eclipse.
- Palencia sits in the path of totality on August 12, with darkness expected to last roughly 30 seconds to 1 minute 40 seconds across the province.