March 31, 2026
The Long Dark Between the Stars — March 31, 2026
Russian Space Forces Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M launch coming up. Plus space news and stargazing.
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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Calorogus Shark Media. This is sleep from space. The evening
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sky hosts two bright planets, Venus shines near the horizon
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as twilight fades, and Mars glows steadily overhead until late evening.
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The moon rises late tonight, giving you dark skies for
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the first few hours after sunset. Great time to catch
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some stars. Space is strange. Astronauts grow up to two
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inches taller in space because their spines elongate without gravity
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compressing them. The four Artemis two astronauts arrived in Florida
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March twenty seventh for final preparations ahead of a launch
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still scheduled as soon as April first. A small space
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rock named twenty tail shandings May Koichok May six seven
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makes a close approach tomorrow. It's about thirty to fifty
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feet across, passing about one point nine lunar distances away.
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Scientists will be watching the constellation Leo takes center stage
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as winter gives way to spring. Find the bright star Regulus,
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then trace the sickle shaped pattern that forms the lion's head.
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Launch coming up tomorrow. Assoya's two point one a friggate
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m from plasset'sk Cosmodrome Russian Federation operated by Russian Space Forces.
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AI helped gather tonight's update from NASA and spaceflight News sources.
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Rest easy knowing the universe keeps spinning. Goodnight,
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