Artemis II Moon Rocket at Pad - January 20, 2026
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RSS Feed Tonight: NASA moves moon rocket to launch pad ahead of Artemis 2 mission. Plus what to see in the night sky.
Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other soruces.
0:03 Calaruga shark media. Good evening, This is sleep from space. This is peak Orion season. The constellation rides high in the south with brilliant serious following below. Look overhead for the Pleiades, a small fuzzy patch that resolves into six or seven stars with good eyesight. NASA's Artemis two moon rocket has arrived at the launch pad at Cape Canaveral. Four astronauts will fly around the Moon as early as February sixth, the first crude lunar mission in over fifty years, and trying Solar Cycle twenty five continues ramping up. Current conditions show high magnetic complexity, with C class flares possible.
0:51 Aurora chances tonight high. A small space rock named twenty twenty six BP makes a close approach in about three days. It's about the size of a house, passing roughly four times the Moon's distance. Scientists will be watching is Kayi coastal areas see minimal tidal range this week. These neep tides occur when the Sun and Moon work against each other. So Bristan Isar Aerospace has a spectrum on the pad at Andoya Spaceport set to fly tomorrow. That's it for today. The sky will be here when you wake. Good Night,