AstroTalk Episode June 30, 2022

June 30 2022 SAhow

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Planetary Alignment. At 4 AM I viewed the planetary alignment. Mars was close to the moon. But unable to see Venus or Mercury . Epic 5 planet alignment. Last time it happened was 184-. Sun spot is 2.5 times the size of the Earth. But spot rotated away. Fears of potentially damaging sun spot harming our planet. Video on sun spots and geomagnetic storms. Solar flares and CMEs. NASAs Capstone probl will take a long time to reach the moon. Once on the moon, Capstone will calculate the orbital stability for the Gasteway Lunar Space Station. Capstone is a 12-unit CubeSat that will also test a navigation system that will measure its position relative to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) without relying on ground stations. Artemis 1 update. Did a wet dress rehearsal. First time that loaded all parts of the rocket for a test. Will be more powerful than the Apollo rockets. A hydrogen leak occurred but couldn't fix it. So launch Makes me think how rockets on Mars will be launched.