NASA Tests SLS Umbilicals, Prepares for Second Wet... - February 18, 2026

0:03 Calaroga Shark Media, Hello, and welcome to Sleep from Space. Following the incomplete first wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis two mission earlier this month due to hydrogen leaks, the Exploration Ground Systems team decided that more testing was needed. A Falcon nine lifts off in the next couple of days from Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida. SpaceX is putting Starlink Internet satellites into orbit. Look overhead for Gemini's twin stars Castor and Pollux. They mark the heads of the twin brothers, with fainter stars trailing below like their bodies stretching across the Milky Way. Sun spots are busy right now, high magnetic complexity across the solar disc. That translates to a heightened chance of auroras. For northern viewers. Look north after dark if sky eyes are clear. Asteroid Flyby Alert twenty twenty five DQ roughly car sized passes roughly three times the Moon's distance in about three days. These close approaches happen weekly. Astronomers track thousands of them. This is Sleep from Space, your AI curated guide to the Cosmos. Sources include NASA and Space News from around the world. Goodnight,