Report criticizes delays in Artemis lunar lander... - March 13, 2026

0:03 Calaroga Shark Media. Good evening. This is sleep from space Up on the International Space Station. Twelve people are orbiting Earth right now, including Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chubb, and Tracy Caldwell Dyson. Every ninety minutes, they circle the planet two hundred and fifty miles overhead. NASA's approach to managing the development of crude lunar landers for Artemis has successfully controlled costs but not schedule, raising questions about NASA's desire to accelerate those efforts. Heads up for asteroid fans. Twenty twenty six.

0:44 EG one passes Earth today closer than the Moon about eighty two percent of the lunar distance. It's roughly the length of a bus, harmless but fun to track. The worm Moon rises tomorrow as the ground thaws, earthworms emerge, sign of spring that gives this moon its name. Solar activity is up. Multiple sunspot regions show high magnetic complexity, so C class flares are possible. Aurora watchers in Canada and the northern US might catch some green on the horizon tonight. SpaceX has a Falcon nine scheduled later today from Cape Canaveral SFS Florida spring brings Leo into prime viewing position. The constellation's brightest star, Regulus, shines steadily in the east. Above it, the curved sickle outlines the lion's magnificent Maine. This episode was assembled using AI pulling from NASA and Spaceflight News sources. Thanks for listening, sleep Well,