Jan. 15, 2026
NASA’s Pandora Small Satellite Launched - January 15, 2026
Tonight: NASA’s Pandora Small Satellite Launched. Plus what to see in the night sky.
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Calarogashark Media. You're listening to sleep from space worth noting.
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In this photo from early January twenty twenty six, teams
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prepared to encapsulate NASA's Pandora's Small satellite, NASA sponsored Star
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Planet Activity Research Cube SAT and the black Hole Coated
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Aperture Telescope Cube SAT inside a SpaceX Falcon nine payload firing.
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A SpaceX Falcon nine rocket carrying NASA's Pandora Small satellite
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lifted off at five forty four am Quick Solar update.
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High magnetic complexity across active regions means a moderate chance
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of northern lights best viewing after ten PM. Looking north,
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Jupiter continues to shine brilliantly in the evening sky, while
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Mars is becoming more prominent, glowing with its characteristic reddish
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hue low in the eastern sky after midnight. Space is strange.
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The largest known star, Uy Scotie, is so big that,
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if placed at the center of our Solar system, its
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surface would extend past Jupiter's orbit. That's all for tonight.
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Sleep well and we'll see you tomorrow.
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