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March 7, 2026

NASA contract confirms selection of ULA’s Centaur 5... - March 07, 2026

NASA contract confirms selection of ULA’s Centaur 5... - March 07, 2026
NASA contract confirms selection of ULA’s Centaur 5... - March 07, 2026
Sleep from Space
NASA contract confirms selection of ULA’s Centaur 5... - March 07, 2026

Tonight: NASA contract confirms selection of ULA’s Centaur 5 as new upper stage for the SLS rocket. 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 Calarogu Shark Media. Good evening, This is sleep from Space. SpaceX has a Falcon nine on the pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, set to fly later today. The booster will attempt to land back at Vandenberg. Heads up for asteroid fans. Twenty twenty six, DH eleven passes Earth in the next couple of days, roughly three times the Moon's distance. It's roughly the length of a bus. Harmless but fun to track. Leo. The Lion rises in the east tonight. Look for the distinctive backward question mark pattern. That's the lion's head. In Maine Regulus, a blue white star marks his heart. Sun spots are busy right now.

0:50 High magnetic complexity across the solar disc that translates to a heightened chance of auroras. For northern viewers, look north after dark if sky are clear. The upper stage of United Launch Alliances Vulcan rockets performed successfully across the first four flights of the rocket since twenty twenty four. The first launch of a Centaur five as part of a Space Launch System rocket would be on the Artemis four mission. This episode was assembled using AI pulling from NASA and spaceflight news sources. Thanks for listening. Sleep well,