 Hi, I'm Zoey Slatkin, an aeronautical and astronautical engineering major at Purdue University and the past president of the Purdue Space Program. I'm here to answer your questions about this year's total solar eclipse. How many people are expected to watch the total solar eclipse this year? NASA estimates that around 31 and a half million people will be able to see the total solar eclipse from their own homes this year. Of course, even more people will be traveling to cities across the US, Mexico and Canada to watch this once in a lifetime event, including in Indiana's capital city of Indianapolis. A handful of large cities are considered within the Eclipse's path of totality. The path of totality is the narrow strip of land where anyone will be able to see the moon's shadow fully cover the sun. This includes Victoria de Durango, Mexico, Dallas, Texas, Buffalo, New York, Montreal, Canada, and lucky for us, Indianapolis, Indiana. If you happen to be outside of the path of totality, you'll still be able to see what's called a partial solar eclipse, where the moon will only cover some of the sun from view. That's where I'll be. If you want to join me, experts in Purdue and NASA, along with thousands of other excited eclipse viewers, we'll be at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Get your tickets at purdue.university forward slash solar dash eclipse.