Electron Lifts Off — April 21, 2026

0:03 Calarogus Shark Media. Good evening. This is Sleep from Space. A triple conjunction unfolds before dawn this week. Saturn, Mercury, and Mars appear remarkably close together in the eastern sky. Set an alarm for thirty minutes before sunrise, and look low on the horizon. Following the recent successful test flight of NASA's Artemis two mission around the Moon, NASA rolled out the core stage, or the largest section of the agency's Space Launch System rocket that will launch the crude Artemis three mission in twenty twenty seven. The stage departed from the agency's Michewed assembly facility in New Orleans on The Moon is growing brighter each night as it approaches full tonight, it'll stay up late, so stargazing is best right after sunset. The Sun has been active lately, with several sunspot groups dotting its surface. Solar flares are possible over the next day or two. For now, Aurora chances are moderate for those in far northern latitudes. Launch coming up tomorrow. An electron from Wallop's Flight Facility, Virginia, USA, operated by Rocket Lab Asteroid twenty twenty six HJ one, about the size of a small building will fly past Earth today about one point seven lunar distances away. Completely safe,

1:37 but a nice reminder of our busy Solar system. This episode was assembled using AI pulling from NASA and Spaceflight News sources. Thanks for listening, sleep well,