Artemis II: Today Is Launch Day — April 01, 2026

0:03 Calarugashark Media welcome to Sleep from space. Even after three years of public appearances as a crew, there can still be some surprises for the Artemis two astronauts. The four astronauts will spend more than nine days on board their Orion spacecraft and is poised to pass the distance record set by Apollo thirteen in nineteen seventy. Lift off from Launch Complex thirty nine B is scheduled for Wednesday, April Verse. Artemis two set to return humanity to the Moon with launch on Wednesday evening. Just over a day from now, four astronauts may well be on their way to the Moon.

0:45 Asteroid twenty twenty six fh seven, roughly the length of a bus, will fly past Earth today about one point nine lunar distances away. Completely safe, but a nice reminder of our busy Solar system. A Space Launch System rocket is set to launch later today from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. NASA is behind this one. Space is strange. The footprints left on the Moon by Apollo astronauts will remain visible for millions of years. There's no wind to blow them away. There is plenty of activity on the Sun right now. Multiple sun spot regions are crackling with energy, and solar flares could fire off at any time. Northern lights chances remain moderate tonight for viewers in Canada and the northernmost States.

1:38 Venus continues its rain as the evening star, shining so bright it casts faint shadows on dark nights. Mercury peaks above the western horizon briefly after sunset. Step outside tonight for the Pink Moon, named for the pink flocks flowers that bloom in early spring across North America. Sleep from Space uses AI to gather and narrate information from NASA and spaceflight news sources around the world.