April 4, 2026

Artemis II: Mission Day 4 — Morning Update — April 04, 2026

Artemis II: Mission Day 4 — Morning Update — April 04, 2026

Day 4 of the Artemis 2 mission. Latest crew status, mission milestones, and tonight's sky.

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Calarogu Shark Media. You're listening to Sleep from space coastal

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areas see minimal title range this week. These neap tides

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occur when the Sun and Moon work against each other.

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Virgo sprawls across the southeastern sky marked by the brilliant

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star speaker. Follow the arc of the Big Dipper's handle

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to arc to Arcturus, then spike to Spika. NASA's Space

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Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft lift off in this

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April first, twenty twenty six image. NASA's Artemis two mission

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will take NASA astronauts Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Coch,

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and the Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy on an approximately

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ten day journey around the Moon and back aboard their

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Orion spacecraft. Tonight, the half moon doesn't rise until after midnight,

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giving you dark skies all evening. Great night for deep

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sky observing. The Artemis two crew continues on a smooth

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course to the Moon Today. NASA astronauts Reed Wiseman, Victor

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Glover and Christina Coch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen are

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now about 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. The cabin was colder on Thursday,

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but the crew has been able to adjust the temperature.

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NASA's first Artemis two science officers, Kelsey Young, Trevor Graff,

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and Angela Garcia, are pioneering a new era of mission

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operations by integrating advanced lunar science directly into mission control.

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