 | | Created for znamenski.spacecom@blogger.com | Web Version | | | |   | | (Anadolu/Getty Images) | Happy Friday, Space Fans! The end of the week is here, but it looks like NASA's Artemis 2 moonshot is just getting its start: Our top story today is NASA's signoff for an April 1 launch. The rocket is fixed. Rollout is next week. See the latest above.
And that's not all! The northern lights may shimmer over the US, scientists find some "completely bonkers" signs of planet crashes, and can we really build a moon base? Find out that and more below. | | | Space Quiz! What does Congress call the moon base it wants to build? | | |   | | (Future / Ian Stokes) | Keeping the Artemis 2 trend, we've found some awesome deals on Lego's Artemis rocket sets for you Space Fans who just can't wait a month. You'll have to act fast, though. Here's where to find them. | | | | Artemis 2: NASA's next moonshot | |  | | (Gregg Newton/Getty Images) | A launch date for Artemis 2 isn't the only news to come out of NASA's big review this week. Spaceflight is risky, sure, but how much more risky is Artemis 2's astronaut launch to the moon? NASA doesn't want to share the exact odds. Here's why. | | |  | | (NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, background graphic added in Canva Pro.) | Today may be Friday the 13th, but just might be lucky for stargazers in 9 U.S. states hoping to see the northern lights, thanks to an active sun. Where do you need to be? We're glad you asked... | | |  | | (NASA/Bill Ingalls) | For the first time, legislation has been unanimously passed for NASA to establish a permanent moon base as part of a push for a sustained American presence on the lunar surface. It's not a done deal. It may not even be feasible. Here's what we know. | | |  | | (Andy Tzanidakis) | It sounds like a science fiction movie, but I promised you crashing planets and in this story, scientists give us crashing planets. They say: "We were like, 'Hello, what's going on here?'" You won't want to miss this one. | | |  | | (Cartoon Network) | From the realm of sci-fi today, we bring you this anti-AI promise from the makers of "Rick and Morty." But when will Season 9 drop on Cartoon Network? Find your sci-fi fix here. | | |  | | (NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison) | Our space photo to end this week is this awesome view of the Mayon volcano eruption in the Phillippines as seen from space. The image from Landsat 8 reveals a stunnning look at the most active volcano in the Phillippines. Here's how it was made. | |  | | (QAI Publishing/Getty Images) | This week's space history flashback takes us all way back to the 16th century, when astronomer Sir William Herschel found a new planet! (Then they named it Uranus. No jokes, please.) Watch how it happened. | | | | And that's a wrap on not just the day's dose of space, but the week, too! We've seen a lot of awesome space news this week, but things will really heat up with Artemis 2's rollout on March 19.
So, thanks for reading and we'll see you next week!
Tariq Malik
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