March 1, 2026
NASA on ‘aggressive’ schedule to complete SLS... - March 01, 2026
Tonight: NASA on ‘aggressive’ schedule to complete SLS repairs for April launch. 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.
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Calaroga Shark Media. This is sleep from space on the
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Solar Front, high magnetic complexity in several active regions. Northern
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lights are possible tonight, moderate chance, especially across Canada and
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the Northern States. Spring brings Leo into prime viewing position.
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The constellation's brightest star, Regulus, shines steadily in the east.
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Above it, the curved sickle outlines the Lion's magnificent main
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rocket watchers. SpaceX launches a Falcon nine later today from
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Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, carrying Starlink Internet satellites. Heads
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up for asteroid fans. Twenty twenty sixty R eleven passes
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Earth today about one point four lunar distances away. It's
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roughly the length of above US, harmless but fun to track.
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NASA has about three weeks to complete repairs to the
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Space Launch System's upper stage to make the next launch
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window for the Artemis two mission in early April. Up
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on the International Space Station. Twelve people are orbiting Earth
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right now, including Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chubb, and Tracy Caldwell Dyson.
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Every ninety minutes, they circle the planet two hundred and
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fifty miles overhead AI helped gather tonight's update from NASA
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and Spaceflight News sources. Rest easy knowing the universe keep spinning.
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Good Night,
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