April 2, 2026

Artemis II: Mission Day 2 — Evening Update — April 02, 2026

Artemis II: Mission Day 2 — Evening Update — April 02, 2026
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Evening update on Artemis 2 day 2. Fresh mission news, science highlights, and what to watch tonight.

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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Callaroga Shark Media Welcome to Sleep from space. The maiden

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Virgo climbs the eastern sky. Her brightest star Spika gleams

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with a bluish tint. Nearby, the Virgo Cluster holds thousands

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of galaxies invisible to the eye but awe inspiring. To

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contemplate NASA's Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft lift

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off in this April first, twenty twenty six image. NASA's

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Artemis two mission will take NASA astronauts Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover,

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and Christina Cock, and the Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy

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on an approximately ten day journey around the Moon and

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back aboard their Orion spacecraft. A three man, one woman

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crew blasted off on a voyage to the Moon Wednesday,

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riding atop the world's most powerful operational rocket as it

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roared away on a trail blazing flight to help pave

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the way for upcoming lunar landings and an American moon base.

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Artemis two took to the skies on Wednesday afternoon, paying

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off years of hard work and planning by NASA and

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its partners East Aurora n y Moog, a worldwide designer

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manufacturer and systems integrator of high performance precision motion and

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fluid controls and control systems provided the critical Right now,

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twelve humans are living in space aboard the International Space Station,

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Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chubb, and Tracy Caldwell Dyson among them.

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The station passes overhead several times a day if you

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know when to look. Tonight's report was compiled by AI

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from NASA Launch Library and Spaceflight News. See you Tomorrow night,