April 4, 2026
Artemis II: Mission Day 4 — Evening Update — April 04, 2026
Evening update on Artemis 2 day 4. 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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Calarogus Shark Media. You're listening to Sleep from space right now.
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NASA's Deep Space network is tracking Orion, closing in on
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the Moon two hundred and sixty one thousand kilometers from Earth.
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A signal from Orion takes zero point nine seconds to
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reach Earth. After a day in Earth orbit checking out
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systems on the Orion capsule, the Artemis two crew is
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headed to the Moon. The Artemis two crew continues on
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a smooth course to the Moon. Today, Artemis two Orion
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performs TLI burn. Now headed to the Moon, spurred by
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American ingenuity. Astronauts on NASA's Artemis two mission are in flight,
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preparing for the first crude lunar flyby in more than
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fifty years. A day after lighting its engine to head
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to the Moon, the Artemis two Orion spacecraft is performing
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well with only minor issues. Here's something to think about.
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If two pieces of the same type of metal touch
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in the vacuum of space, they will permanently bond together
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through a process called cold welding. SpaceX has a Falcon
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nine on the pad at Vandenberg Space Force Space California,
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set to fly tomorrow. The mission is called Starlink Internet satellites.
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The booster will attempt to land back at Vandenburg, East
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Aurora and y Moogie, a worldwide designer, manufacturer and systems
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integrator of high performance, precision motion and fluid controls and
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control systems, provided the critical Tonight's report was compiled by
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AI from NASA Launch Library and Spaceflight News. See you
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tomorrow night,
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