March 10, 2026
Apollo Cosplay on a 21st-Century Clock - Why... - March 10, 2026
Tonight: Apollo Cosplay on a 21st-Century Clock - Why Artemis Keeps Slipping Toward 2029 - Part 3. Plus what to see in the night sky.
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Calaroga Shark Media. This is Sleep from space. A small
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space rock named twenty fifteen VA one hundred and forty
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two makes a close approach in about six days. It's
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about the size of a car, passing roughly two times
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the Moon's distance. Scientists will be watching. NASA's latest reboot
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of the Artemis Moon program comes with familiar language, back
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to basics, muscle memory step by step, and an explicit
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nod to the Mercury Gemini Apollo playbook. The agency wants
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to fly more often, change hardware less, and build up
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capability incrementally, just like the nineteen sixties. The problem is
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that Artemis is trying to caseplay Apollo in a world
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with very different politics, partners and rivals, and the gaps
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are showing. Firefly Aerospace has a Firefly Alpha on the
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pad at vanderg Space four Space, California, set to fly tomorrow.
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The Sun's been putting on a show with high magnetic
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complexity right now. There's a moderate chance you might see
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auroras if you're far enough north face north after nine
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pm for the best view. Spring brings Leo into prime
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viewing position. The constellation's brightest star, Regulus shines steadily in
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the east. Above it, the curved sickle outlines the lion's
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magnificent Maine. That's your space update, compiled by AI from
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NASA and Spaceflight News. The sky will be here when
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you wake. Sleep well,
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