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The episode covers NASA's Artemis III crew announcement, the launch of the Roman Space Telescope, a geomagnetic storm, an air leak on the ISS, and the impact of the New Glenn explosion on NASA's Moon program.

In today's episode, Anna and Avery cover six major stories: NASA's historic Artemis III crew announcement, the official August 30 launch date for the Roman Space Telescope, a G3 geomagnetic storm delivering northern lights to mid-latitudes, a worrying air leak aboard the International Space Station, the fallout from Blue Origin's New Glenn explosion and its impact on NASA's Moon programme, and JAXA's H3 rocket attempting a redemption launch tonight. Stories Covered • BREAKING: NASA announces the four-person crew for Artemis III at Johnson Space Center -- a mission redesignated as a low-Earth-orbit docking rehearsal, paving the way for the Artemis IV Moon landing in 2028. • NASA officially sets August 30, 2026 as the launch date for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope -- eight months ahead of schedule. Roman will survey the sky 100x wider than Hubble, targeting dark energy, dark matter and exoplanets. • A cannibal coronal mass ejection -- two merged CMEs -- arrives at Earth triggering a G3 geomagnetic storm, with auroras visible to mid-northern latitudes on June 8-9. • Crew aboard the ISS briefly shelters in the docked SpaceX Dragon on June 5 as a worsening air leak in the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Anna, Avery

Topics covered

• NASA Artemis III
• Roman Space Telescope
• geomagnetic storm
• International Space Station
• Blue Origin
• JAXA H3 rocket

Keywords

• NASA
• Artemis III
• Roman Space Telescope
• geomagnetic storm
• International Space Station
• Blue Origin
• JAXA
• H3 rocket

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA, Roman Space Telescope, International Space Station, Blue Origin, JAXA

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