Jan. 30, 2026

Artemis II Crew Ready for Moon - January 30, 2026

Artemis II Crew Ready for Moon - January 30, 2026
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Tonight: Networks ready to keep Artemis II crew connected around the Moon. Plus what to see in the night sky.

Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other soruces.

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Calaruga Shark Media. You're listening to Sleep from Space. A

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small space rock named twenty twenty two OC three makes

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a close approach tomorrow. It's about the size of a house,

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passing about one point three lunar distances away. Scientists will

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be watching a soy U's two point one. A Friggett

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M is heading to space. On February two, Russian Space

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Forces launches from Plasetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, sending up its payload.

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The winter sky is dominated by Orion tonight. Use the

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belt to find other treasures. Follow it up and write

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to the Pleiades, or down and left to Sirius. The

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whole region is rich with bright stars. The Artemis two

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crew is preparing for humanity's returned to the Moon. Commander

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Reid Wiseman will lead the mission, with Christina Koch become

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the first woman to fly around the Moon. Solar activity

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is up. Multiple sunspot regions show high magnetic complexity, so

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C class flares are possible. Aurora watchers in Canada and

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the northern US might catch some green on the horizon tonight.

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This is Sleep from Space, Your AI curated guide to

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the Cosmos sources include NASA, no AA, and space news

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from around the world. Goodnight,