March 20, 2026
NASA ready for another shot at launching Artemis II... - March 20, 2026
Tonight: NASA ready for another shot at launching Artemis 2 moon mission. 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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Calarugus shark media. Welcome to sleep from space. Look east
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for Leo rising. One of the zodiac's most recognizable shapes.
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The sickle of stars forms the lion's head, with Regulus
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at the bottom marking his heart. NASA's approach to managing
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the development of crude lunar landers for Artemis has successfully
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controlled costs but not schedule, raising questions about NASA's desire
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to accelerate those efforts. The evening sky hosts two bright planets.
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Venus shines near the horizon as twilight fades, and Mars
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glows steadily overhead until late evening. One of the many
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asteroids in our neighborhood twenty twenty six, Fu swings by
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in the next couple of days, a comparable to a
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city bus. It'll pass about one point five lunar distances away,
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no threat, just a cosmic passerby. Rocket Lab has an
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electron on the pad at Mahea Peninsula, New Zealand, set
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to fly later today. The Sun is putting on a
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show for solar observers. Lots of active sunspot regions right now,
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which means the chance of solar flares stays elevated. Aurora
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watchers in the far North might catch a faint glow
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on the horizon tonight. Here's something to think about. If
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two pieces of the same type of metal touch in
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the vacuum of space, they will permanently bond together through
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a process called cold welding. AI helped gather tonight's update
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from NASA and Spaceflight News sources. Rest easy knowing the
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universe keeps spinning. Goodnight,
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