NASA’s Historic Artemis 3 Crew, Early Launch for Roman Telescope, and a Solar Storm Spectacle
About this episode
The episode covers NASA's Artemis III crew announcement, the Roman Space Telescope launch date, a geomagnetic storm, an air leak on the ISS, the impact of Blue Origin's New Glenn explosion, and JAXA's H3 rocket launch attempt.
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…
Topics covered
- NASA Artemis III crew
- Roman Space Telescope launch
- geomagnetic storm
- International Space Station air leak
- Blue Origin New Glenn explosion
- JAXA H3 rocket launch
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