March 6, 2026

SLS upper stage helium flow problem fixed - March 06, 2026

SLS upper stage helium flow problem fixed - March 06, 2026
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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.

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Callaroga Shark Media.

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Welcome to Sleep from Space. Heads up for asteroid fans.

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Twenty twenty six, DH eleven passes Earth in about three days,

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roughly three times the Moon's distance. It's about the size

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of a small building, harmless but fun to track. Spring

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brings Leo into prime viewing position. The constellation's brightest star, Regulus,

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shines steadily in the east. Above it, the curved sickle

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outlines the Lion's magnificent Maine workers have completed repairs to

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the helium pressurization system in the upper stage of the

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space launch system, keeping a potential April launch of the

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Artemis two mission on track. SpaceX has a Falcon nine

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scheduled tomorrow from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Solar activity

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is up. Multiple sunspot regions show high magnetic complexity, so

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C class flares are possible. Aurora watchers in Canada and

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the northern US might catch some green on the horizon tonight.

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This is Sleep from Space, your AI curated guide to

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the Cosmos. Sources include NASA and Space News from around

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the world. Goodnight,