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00:00:00 --> 00:00:03 Anna: Hello and welcome to Astronomy Daily.
00:00:03 --> 00:00:04 I'm Anna.
00:00:04 --> 00:00:06 Avery: And I'm, um, Avery. You're listening to
00:00:06 --> 00:00:09 season five, episode 115. And our
00:00:09 --> 00:00:11 team has lined up quite a Tuesday for us
00:00:11 --> 00:00:11 today.
00:00:11 --> 00:00:14 Anna: They really have. We've got a historic
00:00:14 --> 00:00:17 crew announcement from NASA, a brand new
00:00:17 --> 00:00:20 launch date for the most powerful Wide Field
00:00:20 --> 00:00:23 telescope ever built, A solar storm
00:00:23 --> 00:00:25 that put on a light show over much of the
00:00:25 --> 00:00:27 Northern Hemisphere, a space station
00:00:27 --> 00:00:29 emergency and and more.
00:00:29 --> 00:00:31 Avery: And we'll close out with the rocket comeback
00:00:31 --> 00:00:34 story that's happening right now tonight as
00:00:34 --> 00:00:37 we record this. So stay with us all the way
00:00:37 --> 00:00:37 to the end.
00:00:38 --> 00:00:40 Anna: This is Astronomy Daily. Let's get into it.
00:00:41 --> 00:00:43 Avery: Our lead story today is breaking news and
00:00:43 --> 00:00:46 it's big. Earlier this morning at
00:00:46 --> 00:00:49 11:00am, um, Eastern Time, NASA held a
00:00:49 --> 00:00:51 live event at Johnson Space center in Houston
00:00:52 --> 00:00:54 and officially announced the four person crew
00:00:54 --> 00:00:55 for Artemis 3.
00:00:56 --> 00:00:58 Anna: Now, some of our listeners might be
00:00:58 --> 00:01:01 wondering, Artemis 3, isn't that the
00:01:01 --> 00:01:03 moon landing? And the answer is it was
00:01:04 --> 00:01:06 and then it wasn't. And now the crew is
00:01:06 --> 00:01:07 finally official.
00:01:08 --> 00:01:10 Avery: Let me explain what Artemis 3 actually is
00:01:10 --> 00:01:13 now. Back in February this year, NASA
00:01:13 --> 00:01:16 Administrator Jared Isaacman made a big
00:01:16 --> 00:01:18 announcement. Artemis 3 would no longer be
00:01:18 --> 00:01:20 the mission to land humans on the moon.
00:01:21 --> 00:01:23 Instead, it's been redesignated as a low
00:01:23 --> 00:01:25 Earth orbit docking demonstration.
00:01:26 --> 00:01:29 Anna: Think of it as NASA's version of Apollo 9.
00:01:29 --> 00:01:32 In 1969, before Apollo 11
00:01:32 --> 00:01:35 landed on the moon, NASA sent Apollo 9
00:01:35 --> 00:01:38 to test the lunar module in Earth orbit,
00:01:38 --> 00:01:40 practicing every rendezvous and docking
00:01:40 --> 00:01:43 maneuver they'd need. Artemis 3 is doing
00:01:43 --> 00:01:46 exactly the same thing half a century
00:01:46 --> 00:01:46 later.
00:01:47 --> 00:01:49 Avery: This is critical work. You cannot send
00:01:49 --> 00:01:51 astronauts to dock with the lander on the
00:01:51 --> 00:01:54 moon if you haven't proven those docking
00:01:54 --> 00:01:56 systems were closer to home first. The
00:01:56 --> 00:01:59 Artemis program takes no shortcuts.
00:01:59 --> 00:02:02 Anna: So who's going? That's the big news from
00:02:02 --> 00:02:05 this morning. The crew names were officially
00:02:05 --> 00:02:07 unveiled during the Johnson Space center
00:02:07 --> 00:02:09 broadcast just hours ago. As we record this
00:02:09 --> 00:02:12 episode, full details are on NASA's website
00:02:12 --> 00:02:14 and we'll link everything in the show notes.
00:02:15 --> 00:02:17 Avery: What we can say is that NASA has been looking
00:02:17 --> 00:02:20 for astronauts with exceptional spacewalk
00:02:20 --> 00:02:23 experience, piloting skills, and hands on
00:02:23 --> 00:02:25 time with Artemis hardware. The crew of
00:02:25 --> 00:02:27 Artemis II, which splashed down in the
00:02:27 --> 00:02:30 Pacific on April 10, demonstrated those
00:02:30 --> 00:02:33 qualities spectacularly. And today's
00:02:33 --> 00:02:35 announcement sets the stage for what comes
00:02:35 --> 00:02:35 next.
00:02:35 --> 00:02:38 Anna: And what comes Next after Artemis 3 is
00:02:38 --> 00:02:41 Artemis 4, which has now become the mission
00:02:41 --> 00:02:44 carrying the first human boots back on lunar
00:02:44 --> 00:02:47 soil since Apollo 17 in
00:02:47 --> 00:02:49 December 1972 that is
00:02:49 --> 00:02:52 currently targeted for early 2028.
00:02:52 --> 00:02:55 Avery: So today is a Milestone day. A crew has
00:02:55 --> 00:02:58 a name. The next chapter of human space
00:02:58 --> 00:03:00 exploration has faces on it.
00:03:00 --> 00:03:03 Anna: History in the making. We'll have full crew
00:03:03 --> 00:03:05 coverage and follow up in tomorrow's episode
00:03:05 --> 00:03:07 as the world reacts.
00:03:07 --> 00:03:09 Avery: Our second story comes with a launch date.
00:03:09 --> 00:03:12 And it's sooner than almost anyone expected.
00:03:12 --> 00:03:15 NASA has officially set August 30,
00:03:15 --> 00:03:18 2026 as the launch date for the Nancy Grace
00:03:18 --> 00:03:20 Roman Space Telescope.
00:03:20 --> 00:03:23 Anna: That is eight months ahead of the agency's
00:03:23 --> 00:03:25 previous commitment to flying no later than
00:03:25 --> 00:03:28 May 2027. This is a genuine
00:03:28 --> 00:03:30 success story in a program that has had its
00:03:30 --> 00:03:33 share of delays and budget pressures over the
00:03:33 --> 00:03:33 years.
00:03:34 --> 00:03:37 Avery: So what is Roman and why are astronomers so
00:03:37 --> 00:03:40 excited? The Roman Space Telescope is a
00:03:40 --> 00:03:42 wide field infrared observatory, and its
00:03:42 --> 00:03:45 defining feature is sheer width. Its
00:03:45 --> 00:03:47 Wide field instrument has a field of view at
00:03:47 --> 00:03:50 least 100 times larger than the Hubble Space
00:03:50 --> 00:03:53 Telescope. 100 times. That
00:03:53 --> 00:03:56 is not a small difference. Where Hubble peers
00:03:56 --> 00:03:59 deep into tiny slivers of sky, Roman
00:03:59 --> 00:04:02 will sweep vast areas in a fraction of the
00:04:02 --> 00:04:04 time. It's been designed to image
00:04:04 --> 00:04:07 approximately 1 billion galaxies over its
00:04:07 --> 00:04:09 primary five year mission, with a possible
00:04:09 --> 00:04:11 five year extension after that.
00:04:11 --> 00:04:14 Anna: Its primary scientific targets are dark
00:04:14 --> 00:04:17 energy, dark matter and exoplanets.
00:04:17 --> 00:04:20 On the exoplanet side, Roman will conduct a
00:04:20 --> 00:04:23 gravitational microlensing survey expected
00:04:23 --> 00:04:25 to discover more than a thousand new
00:04:25 --> 00:04:27 worldsplanets that would be completely
00:04:27 --> 00:04:30 invisible to any other current telescope.
00:04:30 --> 00:04:33 Avery: Engineers are currently packing Roman at
00:04:33 --> 00:04:35 NASA's Goddard Space Flight center in
00:04:35 --> 00:04:37 Maryland, ready for shipment down to Kennedy
00:04:37 --> 00:04:40 Space center in Florida. Once there, it'll
00:04:40 --> 00:04:42 move into the Payload Hazardous Servicing
00:04:42 --> 00:04:44 Facility for a thorough inspection, power
00:04:44 --> 00:04:47 testing, launch rehearsals, and the loading
00:04:47 --> 00:04:49 of about 290 gallons of
00:04:49 --> 00:04:51 hydrazine propellant.
00:04:51 --> 00:04:54 Anna: It will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from
00:04:54 --> 00:04:57 Kennedy. Given Falcon Heavy's track record
00:04:57 --> 00:04:59 and the level of preparation the Roman team
00:04:59 --> 00:05:01 has put in, the space community is feeling
00:05:01 --> 00:05:03 genuinely optimistic.
00:05:03 --> 00:05:05 Avery: And this is an important distinction from
00:05:05 --> 00:05:08 Webb, which we talk about often. Webb looks
00:05:08 --> 00:05:11 deep but narrow. Roman will survey
00:05:11 --> 00:05:13 wide and fast. The two telescopes are
00:05:13 --> 00:05:16 complementary. Roman will identify
00:05:16 --> 00:05:18 extraordinary targets that Webb can then
00:05:18 --> 00:05:20 follow up on in painstaking detail.
00:05:21 --> 00:05:23 Anna: Think of it as Roman casting the net and
00:05:23 --> 00:05:26 Webb examining what's in it. Together, they
00:05:26 --> 00:05:28 are the most powerful pair of space
00:05:28 --> 00:05:31 observatories humanity has ever operated
00:05:31 --> 00:05:32 simultaneously.
00:05:32 --> 00:05:35 Avery: August 30th is the date. Mark your calendars
00:05:36 --> 00:05:37 from the far future
00:05:37 --> 00:05:39 Anna: to the very recent past.
00:05:39 --> 00:05:42 Our third story is about what the sun did to
00:05:42 --> 00:05:45 us this week. And the answer is it threw a
00:05:45 --> 00:05:46 cannibal at us.
00:05:46 --> 00:05:49 Avery: A cannibal. Coronal mass ejection to be
00:05:49 --> 00:05:51 precise. And yes, that is the actual
00:05:51 --> 00:05:53 scientific term. Let us explain.
00:05:54 --> 00:05:57 Anna: It started with an M M class solar flare from
00:05:57 --> 00:05:58 active sunspot region
00:05:58 --> 00:06:01 AR4461. On June 6,
00:06:02 --> 00:06:04 that flare launched a coronal mass ejection,
00:06:04 --> 00:06:07 a huge cloud of magnetized plasma toward
00:06:07 --> 00:06:10 Earth. So far that's not unusual. The
00:06:10 --> 00:06:11 sun does this regularly.
00:06:12 --> 00:06:15 Avery: What made this one special was that a second
00:06:15 --> 00:06:17 faster CME erupted not long after
00:06:17 --> 00:06:20 that second ejection caught up with and
00:06:20 --> 00:06:23 merged with the first, creating a combined
00:06:23 --> 00:06:25 more powerful event. When a faster
00:06:25 --> 00:06:28 CME overtakes a slower one and they
00:06:28 --> 00:06:30 combine, scientists call it a cannibal
00:06:30 --> 00:06:31 CME.
00:06:31 --> 00:06:34 Anna: The merged cloud arrived at Earth on June 8,
00:06:34 --> 00:06:37 and both NOAA and the UK Met Office
00:06:37 --> 00:06:39 had already issued a G3.
00:06:40 --> 00:06:42 That's strong geomagnetic storm watch.
00:06:43 --> 00:06:45 To put that in context, the scale runs from
00:06:45 --> 00:06:48 G1 up to G5.
00:06:48 --> 00:06:51 Extreme G3 means Aurora
00:06:51 --> 00:06:54 displays are possible as far south as mid
00:06:54 --> 00:06:57 northern latitudes. Think Oregon, Illinois
00:06:57 --> 00:06:58 or Northern England.
00:06:59 --> 00:07:01 Avery: For our uh, listeners in Australia and New
00:07:01 --> 00:07:03 Zealand, you'd want to be watching from the
00:07:03 --> 00:07:05 southern island of New Zealand or Tasmania to
00:07:05 --> 00:07:07 catch the aurora australis during an event
00:07:07 --> 00:07:10 like this. And even then it's a close call.
00:07:10 --> 00:07:13 But the Northern hemisphere had quite the
00:07:13 --> 00:07:13 show on the 8th.
00:07:14 --> 00:07:17 Anna: The geomagnetic activity was still elevated
00:07:17 --> 00:07:19 into today June 9th, with a G2
00:07:19 --> 00:07:22 watch remaining in place. And there's a
00:07:22 --> 00:07:25 delicious coincidence here. June 9th is also
00:07:25 --> 00:07:27 the night of the Venus Jupiter conjunction.
00:07:27 --> 00:07:30 The two brightest planets appearing less than
00:07:30 --> 00:07:33 2 degrees apart in the western sky after
00:07:33 --> 00:07:35 sunset. So people who went outside to watch
00:07:35 --> 00:07:37 the conjunction may also have caught a
00:07:37 --> 00:07:39 glimpse of the aurora.
00:07:39 --> 00:07:41 Avery: The sun is currently very active. There are
00:07:41 --> 00:07:44 multiple sunspot regions on the Earth facing
00:07:44 --> 00:07:47 side right now and a large coronal hole
00:07:47 --> 00:07:49 rotating into an Earth directed position,
00:07:49 --> 00:07:52 meaning further geomagnetic activity in the
00:07:52 --> 00:07:54 days ahead is possible. Keep your eyes on the
00:07:54 --> 00:07:57 sky folks. Space weather is being generous
00:07:57 --> 00:07:57 this week.
00:07:58 --> 00:08:00 Anna: Moving on to the International Space Station
00:08:00 --> 00:08:03 and a story that caused hearts to race last
00:08:03 --> 00:08:06 Friday at uh, just 1:00pm UTC.
00:08:06 --> 00:08:08 On June 5th, NASA ordered the crew aboard uh,
00:08:09 --> 00:08:11 the ISS to don spacesuits,
00:08:11 --> 00:08:14 shelter inside the docked SpaceX Dragon
00:08:14 --> 00:08:16 spacecraft and prepare for potential
00:08:16 --> 00:08:17 evacuation.
00:08:17 --> 00:08:20 Avery: To be clear from the outset, the crew was
00:08:20 --> 00:08:22 safe and within about two hours they received
00:08:22 --> 00:08:25 the all clear to return to normal operations.
00:08:25 --> 00:08:27 But the reason this happened is something the
00:08:27 --> 00:08:30 ISS program has been managing for years
00:08:30 --> 00:08:32 and it is getting harder to manage.
00:08:33 --> 00:08:35 Anna: The issue is the Zvezda service
00:08:35 --> 00:08:38 module, specifically a transfer tunnel
00:08:38 --> 00:08:41 section called the prk. It's part of The
00:08:41 --> 00:08:43 Russian segment of the station, and it has
00:08:43 --> 00:08:46 been developing cracks and small atmospheric
00:08:46 --> 00:08:47 leaks since 2019.
00:08:48 --> 00:08:50 Roscosmosthat's the Russian space
00:08:50 --> 00:08:53 agency has been applying sealants and
00:08:53 --> 00:08:56 mitigation measures continuously. But the
00:08:56 --> 00:08:57 cracks keep developing.
00:08:57 --> 00:09:00 Avery: On June 5, new leaks were found in the
00:09:00 --> 00:09:02 tunnel during what was meant to be a more
00:09:02 --> 00:09:05 extensive repair operation. Russian crew
00:09:05 --> 00:09:07 members paused the repair work to assess the
00:09:07 --> 00:09:10 new measurements. And NASA, out of an
00:09:10 --> 00:09:12 abundance of caution, ordered the four non
00:09:12 --> 00:09:14 Russian crew members to shelter in the
00:09:14 --> 00:09:15 Dragon.
00:09:15 --> 00:09:18 Anna: The repair assessment eventually allowed them
00:09:18 --> 00:09:21 to stand down. NASA says they are continuing
00:09:21 --> 00:09:23 to monitor the situation very closely,
00:09:23 --> 00:09:26 working with Roscosmos on a solution. But
00:09:26 --> 00:09:28 this is an aging station. It's been
00:09:28 --> 00:09:31 continuously inhabited for over 25
00:09:31 --> 00:09:34 years now, built beginning in November
00:09:34 --> 00:09:37 1998, and the structural pressures are
00:09:37 --> 00:09:37 real.
00:09:38 --> 00:09:40 Avery: The current plan is to operate the ISS
00:09:40 --> 00:09:43 through the end of 2030 with a controlled
00:09:43 --> 00:09:45 deorbit and destructive re entry in early
00:09:45 --> 00:09:48 2031. Whether the PRK
00:09:48 --> 00:09:50 tunnel can be kept sealed and safe for
00:09:50 --> 00:09:53 another four plus years is one of the more
00:09:53 --> 00:09:55 pressing questions facing the program right
00:09:55 --> 00:09:55 now.
00:09:55 --> 00:09:58 Anna: For now, the crew is safe and working, but
00:09:58 --> 00:10:00 this story will be one to watch.
00:10:00 --> 00:10:03 Avery: Story five brings us up to speed on the
00:10:03 --> 00:10:05 fallout from Blue Origin's catastrophic
00:10:05 --> 00:10:07 rocket explosion, and it is having
00:10:07 --> 00:10:09 significant ripple effects on NASA's entire
00:10:09 --> 00:10:10 lunar program.
00:10:11 --> 00:10:13 Anna: Here's the background for listeners who may
00:10:13 --> 00:10:15 have missed it. On May 28, Blue
00:10:15 --> 00:10:18 Origin's new Glenn rocket exploded during a
00:10:18 --> 00:10:21 static fire test AT Launch Complex
00:10:21 --> 00:10:24 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
00:10:24 --> 00:10:26 A, uh, static fire test is when you ignite
00:10:26 --> 00:10:29 the engines while the rocket is still on the
00:10:29 --> 00:10:32 pad, bolted down to check their performance
00:10:32 --> 00:10:33 ahead of a real launch.
00:10:33 --> 00:10:36 Avery: The explosion was enormous, visible from
00:10:36 --> 00:10:39 more than a hundred miles away. The rocket
00:10:39 --> 00:10:42 was destroyed. The transporter and erector
00:10:42 --> 00:10:44 holding it in place was wrecked. A lightning
00:10:44 --> 00:10:47 tower was demolished. The main gantry
00:10:47 --> 00:10:50 suffered structural damage. Satellite images
00:10:50 --> 00:10:52 captured the full scorched extent of the
00:10:52 --> 00:10:53 destruction.
00:10:53 --> 00:10:56 Anna: No one was injured, which, given the scale of
00:10:56 --> 00:10:59 the explosion, is remarkable. Blue Origin
00:10:59 --> 00:11:01 CEO Dave Limp has said the pad can be
00:11:01 --> 00:11:04 repaired faster than initially feared. Key
00:11:04 --> 00:11:06 infrastructure, including the propellant
00:11:06 --> 00:11:09 tanks, water tower and storage systems,
00:11:09 --> 00:11:11 survived intact. He's committed to having
00:11:11 --> 00:11:14 another new Glenn ready for launch before the
00:11:14 --> 00:11:15 end of 2026.
00:11:16 --> 00:11:18 Avery: That is an ambitious timeline, though, and
00:11:18 --> 00:11:21 the consequences for NASA's lunar program are
00:11:21 --> 00:11:24 serious. Blue Origin was supposed to launch
00:11:24 --> 00:11:26 its Blue Moon Mark one cargo lander, an
00:11:26 --> 00:11:29 uncrewed demonstrator intended to deliver a
00:11:29 --> 00:11:31 NASA Paylo to the moon this autumn. Um, as
00:11:31 --> 00:11:33 the inaugural mission of the Moon based
00:11:33 --> 00:11:34 program.
00:11:34 --> 00:11:37 Anna: With New Glenn out of action and LC
00:11:37 --> 00:11:40 36 in ruins, NASA Administrator
00:11:40 --> 00:11:42 Jared Isaacman is now describing what he
00:11:42 --> 00:11:45 calls a whole of government response. The
00:11:45 --> 00:11:47 agency is actively seeking an alternative
00:11:47 --> 00:11:50 launch vehicle for the Blue Moon lander,
00:11:50 --> 00:11:52 decoupling it from New Glenn entirely for
00:11:52 --> 00:11:53 now.
00:11:53 --> 00:11:55 Avery: And um, there's a direct connection to
00:11:55 --> 00:11:57 Artemis 3, the crew we just told you about in
00:11:57 --> 00:12:00 story one. Artemis 3 is meant to dock with
00:12:00 --> 00:12:03 both the SpaceX Lander variant and Blue
00:12:03 --> 00:12:06 Moon Mark 2 in Low Earth orbit. If Blue
00:12:06 --> 00:12:08 Origin's hardware isn't flight proven before
00:12:08 --> 00:12:10 then, that mission profile becomes
00:12:10 --> 00:12:12 significantly more complicated.
00:12:12 --> 00:12:15 Anna: Administrator Isaacman has said he remains
00:12:15 --> 00:12:17 optimistic about a crewed lunar landing in
00:12:17 --> 00:12:20 2028 using whatever landing craft
00:12:20 --> 00:12:23 is available. But the road to the moon just
00:12:23 --> 00:12:24 got a bit bumpier.
00:12:25 --> 00:12:27 And for our final story, something that is
00:12:27 --> 00:12:30 actually happening right now tonight as
00:12:30 --> 00:12:33 we broadcast this episode. The Japan
00:12:33 --> 00:12:35 Aerospace Exploration Agency
00:12:36 --> 00:12:39 is attempting to launch its H3 rocket
00:12:39 --> 00:12:41 from Tanegashima Space Center.
00:12:41 --> 00:12:44 Avery: This is a comeback story and JAXA really
00:12:44 --> 00:12:47 needs it to work. The H3's last flight was
00:12:47 --> 00:12:49 a painful one. Back in December last year,
00:12:49 --> 00:12:52 the rocket attempted to launch carrying a
00:12:52 --> 00:12:54 quasi Zenith satellite navigation
00:12:54 --> 00:12:57 satellite, part of Japan's own regional GPS
00:12:57 --> 00:13:00 style positioning network. The mission ended
00:13:00 --> 00:13:02 in failure when the QZS5 satellite
00:13:02 --> 00:13:05 separated from the rocket prematurely during
00:13:05 --> 00:13:07 stage separation and fell into the ocean.
00:13:08 --> 00:13:10 Anna: The cause was eventually traced to adhesive
00:13:10 --> 00:13:12 strips in the payload support structure
00:13:12 --> 00:13:15 peeling off. DAXA has made
00:13:15 --> 00:13:17 modifications to the satellite payload
00:13:17 --> 00:13:20 section to address exactly that failure
00:13:20 --> 00:13:22 mode and sensors have been installed to
00:13:22 --> 00:13:24 monitor the fix during flight.
00:13:24 --> 00:13:26 Avery: Tonight's launch is a test flight rather than
00:13:26 --> 00:13:29 an operational mission. The rocket is
00:13:29 --> 00:13:31 carrying a dummy main payload called the
00:13:31 --> 00:13:33 vehicle evaluation payload 5 or
00:13:33 --> 00:13:36 VEP 5, along with a small collection of
00:13:36 --> 00:13:38 real satellites from universities and
00:13:38 --> 00:13:39 research organizations.
00:13:40 --> 00:13:42 Anna: What makes this version of the H3
00:13:42 --> 00:13:44 particularly interesting is its engine
00:13:44 --> 00:13:46 configuration. This is the
00:13:46 --> 00:13:49 H3.3 variant. It uses
00:13:49 --> 00:13:52 three liquid fuel LE9 engines in the
00:13:52 --> 00:13:55 first stage and no solid rocket boosters at
00:13:55 --> 00:13:57 all. That makes it Japan's first large
00:13:57 --> 00:14:00 rocket powered entirely by liquid
00:14:00 --> 00:14:02 propulsion. It's a significant milestone for
00:14:02 --> 00:14:05 the country's launch capability and its
00:14:05 --> 00:14:07 ambitions to compete in the global commercial
00:14:07 --> 00:14:08 launch market.
00:14:08 --> 00:14:11 Avery: The launch Tonight opens at 9:53am M
00:14:11 --> 00:14:14 Japan Standard Time on June 10, which is
00:14:14 --> 00:14:17 8:53pm Eastern Time on June
00:14:17 --> 00:14:19 Nint. So for our uh, listeners in Australia
00:14:19 --> 00:14:22 and the Pacific, you may actually be able to
00:14:22 --> 00:14:23 watch the livestream this morning.
00:14:24 --> 00:14:27 Anna: DAXA has had an impressive H3 track record.
00:14:27 --> 00:14:30 Overall, the vehicle has successfully flown
00:14:30 --> 00:14:32 multiple times. Tonight is about proving the
00:14:32 --> 00:14:35 fix works, restoring confidence and getting
00:14:35 --> 00:14:38 back to the serious business of building
00:14:38 --> 00:14:40 Japan's independent access to space.
00:14:41 --> 00:14:43 Avery: We're rooting for them. Go H3.
00:14:44 --> 00:14:46 Anna: And that is your Astronomy Daily for Tuesday,
00:14:46 --> 00:14:49 June 9, 2026. What a
00:14:49 --> 00:14:50 day it has been.
00:14:50 --> 00:14:53 Avery: A new Artemis crew, a telescope ready to
00:14:53 --> 00:14:56 show us a billion galaxies, a solar
00:14:56 --> 00:14:59 storm painting the sky green, a space
00:14:59 --> 00:15:02 station holding its breath, a moon program
00:15:02 --> 00:15:04 rebuilding after disaster, and the
00:15:04 --> 00:15:07 rocket about to attempt its redemption.
00:15:07 --> 00:15:10 Anna: Bass never sleeps, and neither do we.
00:15:10 --> 00:15:13 Well, almost never. Tomorrow's episode will
00:15:13 --> 00:15:16 have full reaction and detail on the Artemis
00:15:16 --> 00:15:18 3 crew announcement. You won't want to miss
00:15:18 --> 00:15:18 it.
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00:15:32 --> 00:15:34 Avery. Keep looking up.
00:15:34 --> 00:15:37 Anna: This has been Astronomy Daily the
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00:15:38 --> 00:15:41 Avery: day the stories be
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