Feb. 16, 2026
NASA Stennis proves water systems ready for Artemis... - February 16, 2026
Tonight: NASA Stennis proves water systems ready for Artemis IV upper stage trials. 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.
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Welcome to Sleep from space. The constellation Gemini rides high tonight.
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Find the two bright stars Castor and Pollocks above Orion.
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Castor is actually six stars in one, though you'll need
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a telescope to split them. Quick solar update. High magnetic
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complexity across active regions means a heightened chance of northern
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lights best viewing after ten pm looking north. Launch coming
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up in the next couple of days. A Falcon nine
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from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. SpaceX is sending up
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Starlink Internet satellites. A major water system activation at the
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Thad Cochrane Test Stand has moved NASA Stennis Space Center
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a step closer to green run testing of the Exploration
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up stage for the Artemis For mission. The activation exercised
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new cooling hardware and pushed the site's high pressure industrial
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water network to full capacity in preparation for operating the
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more powerful upper stage T An asteroid called twenty twenty
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six CR two is passing by today. It's roughly car sized,
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passing closer than the Moon about thirty five percent of
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the lunar distance. No danger, just a cosmic neighbor dropping
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by AI helped gather tonight's update from NASA and Spaceflight
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News sources. Rest easy knowing the universe keeps spinning. Good Night,
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