Artemis II: Mission Day 7 — Evening Update — April 07, 2026

0:03 Calarogus Shark Media, Hello and welcome to Sleep from space. Right now, NASA's Deep Space Network is tracking Orion in the vicinity of the Moon, about three hundred and seventy three thousand kilometers from Earth. A signal from Orion takes one point two seconds to reach Earth. Today, four astronauts will fly around the Moon for the first time. Since nineteen seventy two. The crew of Artemis two is closing in on the Moon, and around lunchtime will surpass, taking time out to send Easter greetings down to Earth. The four Artemis two astronauts closed in on the Moon Sunday, already seeing unexpected detail on the surface and giving scientists a taste of things to come during a pass over the lunar farside Monday evening.

0:56 Fun fact, neutron stars are so dense that a tear theeaspoon of their material would weigh about six billion tons on Earth. A long March six to A rocket is set to launch tomorrow from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. People's Republic of China, China, is behind this one. Digital creators and social media users are invited to register to attend the rollout of the third Space Launch System core stage as it is prepped to head from NASA's Machoue Assembly facility to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Are you passionate about social media and communications? Do you love to create content for an This episode was assembled using AI pulling from NASA and Spaceflight News sources. Thanks for listening, sleep well,