Jan. 27, 2026
its payload Launch - January 27, 2026
Tonight: Artemis II rollout. Plus what to see in the night sky.
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Caalarogus Shark media. Good evening. This is sleep from Space.
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NASA's Artemis two moon rocket has arrived at the launch
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pad at Cape Canaveral. Four astronauts will fly around the
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Moon as early as February sixth, the first crude lunar
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mission in over fifty years. Rocket Lab has an electron
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on the pad at Mahea Peninsula, New Zealand, set to
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fly tomorrow. Orion stands high in the southern sky after dark,
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with the three Belt stars pointing down to Sirius. The
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Pleiades star cluster, a tiny dipper shaped group, sparkles overhead,
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visible even from light polluted cities. Heads up for asteroid fans.
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Twenty twenty two. OC three passes Earth in about four days,
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about one point three lunar distances away. It's about the
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size of a house, harmless but fun to track. Coastal
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air areas are experiencing spring tides right now, the highest
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highs and lowest lows of the month. The Sun and
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Moon are aligned, pulling together on Earth's oceans. The Sun
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is climbing towards solar maximum. Active regions show high magnetic complexity,
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giving Aurora watchers a moderate shot at seeing the northern
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lights tonight. This episode was assembled using AI pulling from NASA,
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no AA, and Spaceflight News sources. Thanks for listening, sleep well,
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