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NASA Conducts Artemis II Fuel Test, Eyes March for Launch Opportunity

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 Hey, Space Placers! From NASA: NASA concluded a wet dress rehearsal for the agency’s Artemis II test flight early Tuesday morning, successfully loading cryogenic propellant into the SLS (Space Launch System) tanks, sending a team out to the launch pad to closeout Orion, and safely draining the rocket. The wet dress rehearsal was a prelaunch test to fuel the rocket, designed to identify any issues and resolve them before attempting a launch.   Engineers pushed through several challenges during the two-day test and met many of the planned objectives. To allow teams to review data and conduct a second wet dress rehearsal, NASA now will target  March  as the earliest possible launch opportunity for the flight test. ----------- Get the full story here. Sky Guy in VA
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ARTEMIS II WET DRESS REHEARSAL CONTINUES

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 Hey, Space Placers! Get the full story here. Sky Guy in VA
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Eyes to the Skies for February: Rocket launch, winter constellations, eclipse and more

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 Hey, Space Placers!  The Orion Arm or Spur Greg Redfern See what's happening in the sky this month. Sky Guy in SNOWCRETE VA
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NASA Reveals New Details About Dark Matter’s Influence on Universe

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 Hey, Space Placers! Containing nearly 800,000 galaxies, this image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is overlaid with a map of dark matter, represented in blue. Researchers used Webb data to find the invisible substance via its gravitational influence on regular matter. Credit: NASA/STScI/J. DePasquale/A. Pagan  Full Image Details This is a fascinating article that showcases the power of Webb. Be sure to scroll through the picture section. Sky Guy in SNOWCRETE VA
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ARTEMIS II UPDATE

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 Hey, Space Placers! The cold weather in Florida has pushed back the wet dress rehearsal date to February 2, 2026.  Read the full update here. You can see the Livestream of the Artemis II stack here. Sky Guy in Still Frigid VA
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OPINION: I’ve reported on UFO sightings for decades — and come to this conclusion

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 Hey, Space Placers! Interesting read on UAPs. Sky Guy in still icy VA 
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NASA Moves Steps Closer to Artemis II Fueling Test Ahead of Launch

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 Hey, Space Placers! Credit: Greg Redfern FROM NASA: Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida continue to prepare the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, Orion spacecraft, and ground infrastructure in advance of the Artemis II test flight. Engineers have remained on track or ahead of schedule as they work through planned activities at the launch pad and are getting ready to conduct a wet dress rehearsal, leading up to a simulated “launch” as early as Saturday, Jan. 31. The upcoming wet dress rehearsal is a prelaunch test to fuel the rocket. During the rehearsal, teams demonstrate the ability to load more than 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellants into the rocket, conduct a launch countdown, and practice safely removing propellant from the rocket without astronauts inside the spacecraft. During several “runs,” the wet dress rehearsal will test the launch team’s ability to hold, resume, and recycle to several different times in the final 10 minutes of the countdown, known as ...
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