NASA invites media to view a research aircraft and interview scientists in Fairbanks — May 09, 2026

0:03 Caalarogashark Media. Welcome to Space News and Weather Today. NASA invites media to view a research aircraft and interview scientists in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Thursday, Agener twenty two, prior to flights of the agency's Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment, which seeks a better understanding of the sensitivity of northern ecosystems and communities to climate change. Media also will have the opportunity to tour NASA's C twenty A. A something to ponder. The Milky Way Galaxy is on a collision course with the Andromeda Galaxy. They'll merge in about four point five billion years. The brightest planet, Venus, hangs in the west after sunset for early risers. Saturn climbs the eastern sky the pre dawn hours. Our tourist blazes overhead tonight, an orange giant star about twenty five times larger than our sun.

1:09 It's the bottom point of the kite shaped boots. Constellation SpaceX has a Falcon nine on the pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, set to fly in the next couple of days. The booster will attempt to land back at Vandenburg. Quicksolar update. The sun is quite active, with numerous sunspot groups visible. That means a moderate chance of northern lights tonight. For those in northern latitudes. Look north after dark if skies are clear. The fading crescent moon won't appear until early morning, giving you dark skies all night long. Today's report was compiled by AI from NASA Launch Library and Spaceflight News. See you tomorrow.