Hey, space nerds! We hope you enjoyed the grand finale of our Sun series last week.

But we couldn't get enough of the sun, so today we're back with a little treat, a bonus episode.

This is NASA's curious universe. Our universe is a wild and wonderful place. I'm your host, Patty Boyd.

And I'm your co-host, Jacob Pinter.

In this podcast, NASA is your tour guide.

On April 8th, a total solar eclipse passed over North America.

40 million people tuned in to watch NASA's live stream,

and millions more traveled to the path of totality themselves

to experience it in person. And you better believe we weren't going to miss it.

Our audio team fanned out across the U.S. from Texas to Ohio to bring back dispatches from the path of totality.

Today, we'll hear from space nerds we met in the wild.

We hope you enjoy reliving this special day with us, whether you got to see the eclipse in person

or experience it through NASA's live broadcast. And to kick off the celebration, here's

Christian Elliott, Curious Universe producer. Hi, Patty. Hi, Jacob. Christian, we sent you to Texas

for the eclipse, right? That's right. Like millions of people across the country, I was on a pilgrimage

to the path of totality,

flying and then driving hundreds of miles to experience what I hoped would be four and a half

minutes of magic and the best shot in the country at clear weather, according to long-term

forecasts at least. This is Christian Elliott, Curious Universe producer.

It's Saturday, April 6th.

I'm in Dallas, Texas, and just got in the rental car to drive down to Kerrville, Texas, which is five hours south, where we were going to be for totality.

My partner, Summer, was with me, and we had plenty of snacks for the drive.

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