April 24, 2026
Tonight on the Edge of Space — April 24, 2026
China Long March 6 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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Calarogus Shark Media. This is sleep from Space Solemn Privilege
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Artemis two from Launch Complex thirty four. David's thoughts on
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Artemis two as experienced from Launch Complex thirty four. The
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Moon is growing brighter each night as it approaches full tonight,
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it'll stay up late, so stargazing is best right after sunset.
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There is plenty of activity on the Sun right now.
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Multiple sunspot regions are crackling with energy, and solar flares
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could fire off at any time. Northern lights chances remain
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moderate tonight for viewers in Canada and the northernmost States.
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One of the many asteroids in our neighborhood, twenty twenty
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two U eight swings by today at roughly the length
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of a bus. It'll pass about eight lunar distances from Earth.
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No threat, just a cosmic passerby a long March sixth
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rocket is set to launch tomorrow from tai Yuan Satellite
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Launch Center. People's Republic of China, China is behind this one.
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Venus continues its rain as the evening star, shining so
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bright it casts faint shadows on dark nights. Mercury peaks
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above the western horizon briefly after sunset. This episode was
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assembled using AI pulling from NASA and Spaceflight News sources.
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Thanks for listening, sleep well,
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