Artemis II: End of Mission — The Crew Returns — April 10, 2026

0:03 Calaroga Shark Media. You're listening to Sleep from space right now. NASA's Deep Space Network is tracking Orion forty two percent of the way to the Moon, one hundred and sixty five thousand kilometers from Earth. A signal from Orion takes zero point six seconds to reach Earth. Venus blazes in the western sky after sunset. The brightest object in the night sky besides the moon, Mercury makes a rare appearance low on the horizon just after dusk. A slim crescent moon rises in the pre dawn hours, so tonight's skies stay dark all evening, perfect for stargazing. Up on the International Space Station, twelve people are orbiting Earth right now, including o Leg Kanonenko, Nikolai Chubb, and Tracy Caldwell Dyson.

1:00 Every ninety minutes, they circle the planet two hundred and fifty miles overhead. There is plenty of activity on the Sun right now. Multiple sunspot regions are crackling with energy, and solar flares could fire off at any time. Northern lights chances remain moderate tonight for viewers in Canada and the northernmost States. One of the many asteroids in our neighborhood twenty thirteen. GM three swings by in about four days. At about thirty to fifty feet across. It'll pass closer than the Moon about sixty seven percent of the lunar distance. No threat, just a cosmic passerby. A Falcon nine rocket is heading to space Tomorrow. SpaceX launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, sending up the Starlink Internet Satellites mission.

1:53 The booster will attempt to land back at Vandenburg. AI helped gather tonight it's update from NASA and Spaceflight News sources. Rest easy knowing the universe keeps spinning. Good night,