April 3, 2026
Artemis II: Mission Day 3 — Morning Update — April 03, 2026
Day 3 of the Artemis 2 mission. Latest crew status, mission milestones, and tonight's sky.
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Callaroga Shark Media. Good evening. This is Sleep from Space.
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NASA's Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft lift off
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in this April first, twenty twenty six image. NASA's Artemis
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two mission will take NASA astronauts Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover,
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and Christina Coke, 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. Artemis two. Orion performs TLI burn.
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Now headed to the Moon in a historic milestone more
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than fifty years in the making, NASA's Orion spacecraft integrity
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for the first time in more than fifty years. Astronauts
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on a NASA mission are bound to fly around the Moon.
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After successfully completing a key burn of Orion's main engine
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with the approximately six minute firing of the spacecraft's service
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module engine on Thursday, known as the Translunar Injection burn,
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Orion and its crew of a NASA's Artemis two mission
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is on its way to the Moon after a successful maneuver.
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April twond the waning Moon takes its time rising tonight.
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Enjoy dark skies early, then watch the bright moon appear later,
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the maiden Virgo climbs the eastern sky. Her brightest star
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speaks a gleams with a bluish tint. Nearby, the Virgo
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Cluster holds thousands of galaxies invisible to the eye but
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awe inspiring to contemplate sleep from space. Uses AI to
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gather and narrate information from NASA and spaceflight news sources
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around the world. Sweet Dreams m
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