SLS upper stage helium flow problem fixed - March 05, 2026
Tonight: SLS upper stage helium flow problem fixed. 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.
0:03 Calarogus Shark Media. Good evening. This is sleep from space. Workers have completed repairs to the helium pressurization system in the upper stage of the space launch system, keeping a potential April launch of the Artemus two mission on track. Asteroid Flyby Alert twenty twenty six DH eleven, roughly the length of a bus, passes roughly three times the Moon's distance in about four days. These close approaches happen weekly. Astronomers track thousands of them. 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 launch coming up in the next couple of days.
0:54 A Falcon nine from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, spacexis cenis up Starlink Internet satellites. Right now, twelve humans are living in space aboard the iss Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chubb, and Tracy Caldwell Dyson among them. The station passes overhead several times a day. If you know when to look. Sunspots are busy right now. High magnetic complexity across the solar disc that translates to a moderate chance of auroras for northern viewers. Look north after dark if skies are clear. Tonight's report was compiled by AI from NASA Launch Library and Spaceflight News. See you tomorrow, Night,
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