WEBVTT 0 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:02.640 Anna: 40 seconds. That's all that stood between 1 00:00:02.720 --> 00:00:05.440 humanity and the most powerful rocket ever 2 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:08.040 built, taking its first flight in a whole New 3 00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:08.400 form. 4 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:11.520 Avery: 40 seconds. The countdown was running. The 5 00:00:11.520 --> 00:00:13.760 rocket was fueled. Tens of thousands of 6 00:00:13.760 --> 00:00:16.280 people were watching, including a certain pop 7 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:18.320 star who really should have been a good omen. 8 00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:21.400 Anna: And then it stopped. Ground equipment 9 00:00:21.400 --> 00:00:24.120 issues, rising propellant temperatures, a 10 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:24.640 scrub. 11 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:27.280 Avery: But here's the thing. Even in the scrub, 12 00:00:27.360 --> 00:00:29.760 SpaceX dropped a bombshell that had nothing 13 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:32.290 to do with the rocket. A crewed mission to 14 00:00:32.290 --> 00:00:35.250 Mars. A real one, with a commander already 15 00:00:35.250 --> 00:00:35.810 named. 16 00:00:36.130 --> 00:00:39.010 Anna: We have got a lot to unpack today. I'm 17 00:00:39.010 --> 00:00:39.490 Anna. 18 00:00:39.570 --> 00:00:40.450 Avery: I'm, um, Avery. 19 00:00:40.530 --> 00:00:43.468 Anna: And, um, this is Astronomy Daily. May 22, 20 00:00:43.632 --> 00:00:45.650 2026. Let's get into it. 21 00:00:45.970 --> 00:00:48.130 Avery: Alright, let's set the scene. Thursday 22 00:00:48.210 --> 00:00:51.210 evening, South Texas Starbase. The 23 00:00:51.210 --> 00:00:53.650 brand new Starship version 3 is sitting on 24 00:00:53.650 --> 00:00:56.650 the pad, fueled, stacked, frosted white 25 00:00:56.650 --> 00:00:59.450 from cryogenic propellant. And the crowd has 26 00:00:59.450 --> 00:01:00.610 been building all day. 27 00:01:01.150 --> 00:01:04.110 Anna: This was supposed to be Flight 12, the debut 28 00:01:04.110 --> 00:01:07.070 of the most powerful rocket ever built in its 29 00:01:07.070 --> 00:01:10.030 most advanced configuration yet. And for 30 00:01:10.030 --> 00:01:12.790 context, this is the first starship test 31 00:01:12.790 --> 00:01:15.230 flight since way back in October of last 32 00:01:15.230 --> 00:01:17.790 year. Seven months of development work, 33 00:01:18.110 --> 00:01:21.110 two explosive setbacks on the test stand that 34 00:01:21.110 --> 00:01:23.950 destroyed hardware. And now, finally, 35 00:01:23.950 --> 00:01:24.750 here they are. 36 00:01:25.230 --> 00:01:27.790 Avery: The launch window opens, weather clears. 37 00:01:27.790 --> 00:01:30.230 SpaceX pushes to the back of the 90 minute 38 00:01:30.230 --> 00:01:32.660 window to wait for upper level winds to ease. 39 00:01:33.050 --> 00:01:35.370 And then the countdown starts ticking toward 40 00:01:35.370 --> 00:01:38.250 Anna: T0 and it gets to T minus 41 00:01:38.250 --> 00:01:41.210 40 seconds and it stops. It 42 00:01:41.210 --> 00:01:43.850 restarts, goes back to T40, 43 00:01:44.250 --> 00:01:47.210 stops again. Engineers are on the webcast, 44 00:01:47.210 --> 00:01:49.890 working through it in real time. SpaceX 45 00:01:49.890 --> 00:01:52.410 communications manager Dan Hoot is telling 46 00:01:52.410 --> 00:01:54.370 viewers they're seeing issues with quick 47 00:01:54.370 --> 00:01:56.890 disconnect lines and water diverters on the 48 00:01:56.890 --> 00:01:57.610 launch tower. 49 00:01:58.010 --> 00:02:00.290 Avery: And then propellant temperatures start rising 50 00:02:00.290 --> 00:02:02.610 in the tanks. That's the clock running out. 51 00:02:02.610 --> 00:02:03.770 The window closes. 52 00:02:04.240 --> 00:02:07.120 Anna: Scrubbed a ah scrub at T minus 40 53 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:09.920 is genuinely frustrating. You're that close. 54 00:02:10.320 --> 00:02:13.280 But it's also, as SpaceX themselves say, 55 00:02:13.600 --> 00:02:16.320 completely expected behavior for a brand new 56 00:02:16.320 --> 00:02:19.120 rocket on a brand new pad. You learn things 57 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:21.520 about these systems that you simply cannot 58 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:22.800 learn any other way. 59 00:02:23.440 --> 00:02:25.280 Avery: So let's talk about what they're actually 60 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:28.040 trying to fly. Because Starship V3 is a 61 00:02:28.040 --> 00:02:30.280 substantial step up from everything that came 62 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:30.560 before. 63 00:02:31.230 --> 00:02:33.870 Anna: The V3 Starship. That's the upper stage 64 00:02:33.870 --> 00:02:36.790 called ship 39 in this case and its 65 00:02:36.790 --> 00:02:38.910 super heavy booster, booster 19 66 00:02:39.550 --> 00:02:42.270 together generate around 18 million 67 00:02:42.430 --> 00:02:45.030 pounds of thrust at liftoff. That is a 68 00:02:45.030 --> 00:02:47.310 significant Increase over the V2 69 00:02:47.310 --> 00:02:50.190 configuration. New engines on both stages. 70 00:02:50.830 --> 00:02:53.270 Avery: The mission profile for Flight 12, when it 71 00:02:53.270 --> 00:02:56.110 does fly, has Booster 19 splashing down in 72 00:02:56.110 --> 00:02:59.090 the Gulf of Mexico while Ship 39 continues 73 00:02:59.090 --> 00:03:01.570 on a suborbital trajectory and targets a 74 00:03:01.570 --> 00:03:03.770 controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean. 75 00:03:04.010 --> 00:03:06.610 And critically, the mission includes a Raptor 76 00:03:06.610 --> 00:03:09.050 engine test during the coast phase. Important 77 00:03:09.050 --> 00:03:11.530 Data for future DE orbiting burns on orbital 78 00:03:11.530 --> 00:03:12.010 flights. 79 00:03:12.410 --> 00:03:15.130 Anna: And if, uh, Flight 12 goes well, the word 80 00:03:15.130 --> 00:03:18.130 from SpaceX is that Flight 13 could be the 81 00:03:18.130 --> 00:03:20.970 first orbital starship launch. That's a 82 00:03:20.970 --> 00:03:23.770 massive milestone. Now there's a bigger 83 00:03:23.770 --> 00:03:26.590 picture here too, Avery. SpaceX recently 84 00:03:26.670 --> 00:03:29.670 filed for an IPO. The company is expected to 85 00:03:29.670 --> 00:03:32.510 go public within weeks. And Starship is 86 00:03:32.510 --> 00:03:34.870 central to that story, demonstrating 87 00:03:34.870 --> 00:03:37.110 meaningful progress on the next generation 88 00:03:37.110 --> 00:03:40.030 rocket program. Right now matters in a very 89 00:03:40.110 --> 00:03:41.470 real financial sense. 90 00:03:41.950 --> 00:03:43.950 Avery: The good news is they get another shot 91 00:03:43.950 --> 00:03:46.870 tonight. The launch window opens at 6:30pm 92 00:03:46.870 --> 00:03:49.750 Eastern, closing at 8. Engineers have been 93 00:03:49.750 --> 00:03:51.190 working through the night on those ground 94 00:03:51.190 --> 00:03:53.200 systems. If you're listening to this and the 95 00:03:53.200 --> 00:03:55.560 window hasn't opened yet, watch to space. 96 00:03:56.200 --> 00:03:59.120 Anna: And now the part that honestly might be the 97 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:01.600 bigger story. Because while engineers were 98 00:04:01.600 --> 00:04:04.600 troubleshooting at T minus 40, the SpaceX 99 00:04:04.600 --> 00:04:07.440 webcast team did something remarkable. They 100 00:04:07.440 --> 00:04:09.640 cut to a pre recorded interview 101 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:12.280 Avery: with a man sitting on Bouvet island, which 102 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:14.680 for context is widely considered the most 103 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:17.680 remote island on Earth. A tiny volcanic rock 104 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:20.120 in the South Atlantic, a nature reserve, 105 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:21.660 population zero. 106 00:04:21.980 --> 00:04:24.380 Anna: This is Chun Wang, Chinese born 107 00:04:24.380 --> 00:04:27.340 cryptocurrency entrepreneur, citizen of Malta 108 00:04:27.420 --> 00:04:30.140 and the commander of the Fram 2 mission last 109 00:04:30.140 --> 00:04:32.860 year. The first ever crewed spaceflight to 110 00:04:32.860 --> 00:04:35.700 polar orbit. The man has form when it comes 111 00:04:35.700 --> 00:04:38.140 to doing genuinely novel things in space. 112 00:04:38.380 --> 00:04:40.660 Avery: And SpaceX announced that Chun Wang has 113 00:04:40.660 --> 00:04:42.660 signed on to fly on the first commercial 114 00:04:42.660 --> 00:04:45.460 starship Circumlunar mission, joining Dennis 115 00:04:45.460 --> 00:04:47.820 Tito and his wife Akiko, who bought seats 116 00:04:47.820 --> 00:04:50.690 back in 2022. A loop around the moon 117 00:04:50.690 --> 00:04:51.610 on starship. 118 00:04:51.610 --> 00:04:54.090 Anna: But that's not the headline. The headline is 119 00:04:54.090 --> 00:04:55.890 what comes after the lunar flight. 120 00:04:55.890 --> 00:04:58.050 Avery: Chun Wang will command the first crewed 121 00:04:58.050 --> 00:05:00.610 Starship interplanetary mission. A 122 00:05:00.610 --> 00:05:03.490 flyby of Mars. A two year mission. 123 00:05:03.570 --> 00:05:06.210 And in Wang's own words, a lot of people talk 124 00:05:06.210 --> 00:05:08.610 about going to Mars. We like Mars, we're 125 00:05:08.610 --> 00:05:10.410 going to land on Mars, we're going to build a 126 00:05:10.410 --> 00:05:12.730 colony on Mars. But let's get it started with 127 00:05:12.730 --> 00:05:15.410 a flyby. It will light the fire, it will 128 00:05:15.410 --> 00:05:18.090 ignite the imagination, it will build the 129 00:05:18.090 --> 00:05:18.730 momentum. 130 00:05:18.810 --> 00:05:21.130 Anna: No launch date was given, no full crew 131 00:05:21.130 --> 00:05:23.810 manifest, but a commander is named, a 132 00:05:23.810 --> 00:05:26.650 mission is defined. That's a real step 133 00:05:26.650 --> 00:05:29.450 beyond the language of we intend to and 134 00:05:29.450 --> 00:05:32.250 into the language of this person is going. 135 00:05:32.410 --> 00:05:35.410 Avery: Remember, SpaceX's own timeline has Uncrewed 136 00:05:35.410 --> 00:05:37.650 starships launching for Mars in the November 137 00:05:37.650 --> 00:05:40.650 December 2026 transfer window. The pace 138 00:05:40.650 --> 00:05:42.650 of this program, even with scrubs and 139 00:05:42.650 --> 00:05:45.130 setbacks, is like nothing we've seen before. 140 00:05:45.290 --> 00:05:48.130 Anna: One scrub doesn't change any of that. It will 141 00:05:48.130 --> 00:05:50.370 simply become a footnote in space history 142 00:05:50.370 --> 00:05:53.250 books. What matters is that the rocket is on 143 00:05:53.250 --> 00:05:56.130 the pad. The ambition is extraordinary. 144 00:05:56.370 --> 00:05:59.170 And tonight, maybe tonight, Starship 145 00:05:59.170 --> 00:06:01.490 V3 flies for the first time. 146 00:06:01.650 --> 00:06:03.730 Avery: And meanwhile, in other space news today, 147 00:06:04.050 --> 00:06:05.930 staying with the theme of extraordinary 148 00:06:05.930 --> 00:06:08.410 things happening in space, the James Webb 149 00:06:08.410 --> 00:06:10.690 Space Telescope has given us another one. 150 00:06:10.850 --> 00:06:13.690 Astronomers have directly imaged an exoplanet 151 00:06:13.690 --> 00:06:16.490 called Epsilon Indi Ab, a cold 152 00:06:16.490 --> 00:06:19.090 super Jupiter sitting about 12 light years 153 00:06:19.090 --> 00:06:21.630 from ear, and found something nobody expected 154 00:06:21.630 --> 00:06:22.510 to find there. 155 00:06:22.590 --> 00:06:25.510 Anna: Water ice clouds. Not ammonia clouds, 156 00:06:25.510 --> 00:06:27.270 which is what Jupiter, like planets are 157 00:06:27.270 --> 00:06:29.990 supposed to have. Hatchy, thick water 158 00:06:29.990 --> 00:06:32.710 ice clouds similar to cirrus clouds here on 159 00:06:32.710 --> 00:06:35.310 Earth, hiding in the atmosphere of a world 160 00:06:35.550 --> 00:06:38.190 seven and a half times the mass of Jupiter. 161 00:06:38.270 --> 00:06:40.150 Avery: The discovery comes from a team led by 162 00:06:40.150 --> 00:06:42.350 Elizabeth Matthews at the Max Planck 163 00:06:42.350 --> 00:06:44.870 Institute for Astronomy, using Webb's mid 164 00:06:44.870 --> 00:06:47.590 infrared imager, the MIRI camera, which was 165 00:06:47.590 --> 00:06:49.710 able to directly image the planet's faint 166 00:06:49.710 --> 00:06:52.390 heat emission. The planet orbits its star at, 167 00:06:52.390 --> 00:06:54.880 uh, roughly Neptune's distance from our sun, 168 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:57.840 making it far colder than most exoplanets. 169 00:06:57.840 --> 00:07:00.080 Webb has studied surface temperatures 170 00:07:00.080 --> 00:07:03.000 somewhere between -70 and positive 20 171 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:03.920 degrees Celsius. 172 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:06.360 Anna: What makes this significant isn't just the 173 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:09.280 discovery itself. It's what it says about our 174 00:07:09.280 --> 00:07:11.720 models. Current atmospheric models for 175 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:14.720 exoplanets didn't predict water ice clouds in 176 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:17.280 a world like this. They expected ammonia. 177 00:07:17.790 --> 00:07:20.070 The fact that thick water ice layers appear 178 00:07:20.070 --> 00:07:22.910 to be masking the ammonia signal means our 179 00:07:22.910 --> 00:07:24.430 frameworks need updating. 180 00:07:24.510 --> 00:07:26.790 Avery: And it has practical implications for how we 181 00:07:26.790 --> 00:07:29.790 search for other cold planets. If water ice 182 00:07:29.790 --> 00:07:31.870 clouds make some wavelengths look much 183 00:07:31.870 --> 00:07:34.270 fainter than expected, we may be missing 184 00:07:34.270 --> 00:07:36.470 worlds that don't fit the standard brightness 185 00:07:36.470 --> 00:07:36.910 profile. 186 00:07:36.910 --> 00:07:39.550 Anna: The researchers put it this JWST 187 00:07:39.790 --> 00:07:42.350 is finally letting us study solar system 188 00:07:42.350 --> 00:07:45.350 analog planets in detail. As lead author 189 00:07:45.350 --> 00:07:48.270 Elizabeth Matthews said, if we were aliens 190 00:07:48.350 --> 00:07:50.550 several light years away, looking back at our 191 00:07:50.550 --> 00:07:53.270 sun, this is the first telescope that could 192 00:07:53.270 --> 00:07:56.270 study Jupiter in detail. We are living in the 193 00:07:56.270 --> 00:07:59.270 golden era of exoplanet science, from 12 194 00:07:59.270 --> 00:07:59.870 light years 195 00:07:59.870 --> 00:08:02.190 Avery: away to right here in our own galaxy. 196 00:08:02.190 --> 00:08:04.270 And a discovery that reshapes how we 197 00:08:04.270 --> 00:08:06.550 understand the invisible forces holding the 198 00:08:06.550 --> 00:08:07.470 Milky Way together. 199 00:08:07.790 --> 00:08:10.470 Anna: Astronomers at the University of Calgary 200 00:08:10.470 --> 00:08:13.310 have produced one of the most detailed maps 201 00:08:13.310 --> 00:08:16.110 ever made of the Milky Way's magnetic field 202 00:08:16.630 --> 00:08:19.390 and found something deeply unexpected hidden 203 00:08:19.390 --> 00:08:22.310 inside it. A magnetic flip, a 204 00:08:22.310 --> 00:08:24.870 reversal in the field's direction cutting 205 00:08:24.870 --> 00:08:27.630 diagonally through one of our galaxy's main 206 00:08:27.630 --> 00:08:30.550 spiral arms, the Sagittarius arm. 207 00:08:30.710 --> 00:08:33.310 Avery: The data came from a new radio 208 00:08:33.310 --> 00:08:35.830 telescope at the Dominion Radio 209 00:08:35.910 --> 00:08:38.790 Astrophysical Observatory in British 210 00:08:38.790 --> 00:08:41.270 Columbia, Canada. The instrument 211 00:08:41.270 --> 00:08:44.150 scans the sky at multiple radio 212 00:08:44.150 --> 00:08:47.130 frequencies simultaneously, allowing 213 00:08:47.130 --> 00:08:49.530 researchers to trace the galaxy's 214 00:08:49.530 --> 00:08:52.290 magnetic structure using a technique 215 00:08:52.290 --> 00:08:55.130 called Faraday rotation, measuring 216 00:08:55.130 --> 00:08:58.130 the way radio waves shift when they pass 217 00:08:58.130 --> 00:09:00.130 through magnetized plasma. 218 00:09:00.370 --> 00:09:03.090 Anna: In most of the galaxy, the magnetic field 219 00:09:03.170 --> 00:09:05.850 flows in a consistent direction along the 220 00:09:05.850 --> 00:09:08.610 spiral arms. But in the Sagittarius 221 00:09:08.610 --> 00:09:11.170 arm, the team found a, uh, diagonal 222 00:09:11.170 --> 00:09:14.010 reversal. The field essentially flips 223 00:09:14.010 --> 00:09:16.930 orientation across a diagonal line, cutting 224 00:09:16.930 --> 00:09:19.570 through space. This is the first time this 225 00:09:19.570 --> 00:09:21.370 structure has been mapped in three 226 00:09:21.370 --> 00:09:21.970 dimensions. 227 00:09:22.450 --> 00:09:24.890 Avery: The finding matters because the galaxy's 228 00:09:24.890 --> 00:09:27.810 magnetic field isn't just a curiosity. It 229 00:09:27.810 --> 00:09:30.610 shapes where gas flows, where new stars can 230 00:09:30.610 --> 00:09:33.370 form, and how the galaxy itself evolves 231 00:09:33.370 --> 00:09:36.290 over billions of years. A detailed map of 232 00:09:36.290 --> 00:09:38.570 that field gives astronomers a reliable 233 00:09:38.570 --> 00:09:41.170 baseline for future studies that reach far 234 00:09:41.170 --> 00:09:42.610 beyond our own galaxy. 235 00:09:43.010 --> 00:09:46.010 Anna: Bead researcher Dr. Rebecca Booth described 236 00:09:46.010 --> 00:09:48.370 it as revealing a hidden structure. 237 00:09:48.770 --> 00:09:51.490 What looks like empty space is anything 238 00:09:51.490 --> 00:09:54.370 but empty. And thanks to this work, the 239 00:09:54.370 --> 00:09:57.090 invisible architecture of our own galaxy 240 00:09:57.090 --> 00:09:59.770 is no longer just a theory. It can be 241 00:09:59.770 --> 00:10:01.890 studied, tested, and built upon. 242 00:10:02.210 --> 00:10:04.930 Avery: And finally today, a successful launch close 243 00:10:04.930 --> 00:10:07.490 to home, at least for our Australian and New 244 00:10:07.490 --> 00:10:08.370 Zealand listeners. 245 00:10:08.890 --> 00:10:11.810 Anna: Rocket Lab fired off another electron rocket 246 00:10:11.810 --> 00:10:14.370 this morning from its Launch Complex 1 on the 247 00:10:14.370 --> 00:10:17.210 Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. Mission 248 00:10:17.210 --> 00:10:20.130 name Viva Le Strix. The payload was 249 00:10:20.130 --> 00:10:22.850 a synthetic aperture radar satellite called 250 00:10:22.850 --> 00:10:25.770 Strix 7, built for the Japanese Earth 251 00:10:25.770 --> 00:10:27.530 imaging company Synspective. 252 00:10:27.930 --> 00:10:30.290 Avery: This is the ninth time Rocket Lab has 253 00:10:30.290 --> 00:10:33.010 launched a Strix satellite for Synspective. A 254 00:10:33.010 --> 00:10:35.650 relationship going back to 2020. And with 255 00:10:35.650 --> 00:10:38.370 another 18 missions already booked through to 256 00:10:38.370 --> 00:10:40.540 2030, the constellation 257 00:10:40.540 --> 00:10:42.980 Synspective is building will eventually 258 00:10:42.980 --> 00:10:45.860 provide continuous SAR imaging of Japan 259 00:10:45.860 --> 00:10:48.620 and surrounding regions. Data used for 260 00:10:48.620 --> 00:10:50.780 urban development, planning, infrastructure, 261 00:10:50.780 --> 00:10:52.700 monitoring, and disaster response. 262 00:10:53.340 --> 00:10:56.100 Anna: Synthetic aperture radar is worth a quick 263 00:10:56.100 --> 00:10:58.660 note for those unfamiliar. It's a type of 264 00:10:58.660 --> 00:11:01.100 imaging that works in total darkness and 265 00:11:01.100 --> 00:11:03.500 through cloud cover, While optical 266 00:11:03.500 --> 00:11:05.700 satellites can't see through weather or at 267 00:11:05.700 --> 00:11:08.400 night. SAR satellites illuminate the 268 00:11:08.400 --> 00:11:10.920 surface with radar pulses and build a 269 00:11:10.920 --> 00:11:13.720 detailed image from the return signal. That's 270 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:15.880 why Synspective called the Constellation 271 00:11:15.880 --> 00:11:18.760 Strix, the genus of owls they 272 00:11:18.760 --> 00:11:19.800 see in the dark. 273 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:23.080 Avery: The electron rocket itself is now 70 274 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:25.720 flights into its operational life. Small, 275 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:28.440 dedicated, reliable, it's become the 276 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:31.200 workhorse of the smallsat launch market. And 277 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:33.720 this mission is a textbook example of what it 278 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:36.350 was designed for. A commercial customer. A 279 00:11:36.350 --> 00:11:39.310 specific orbit, a uh, clean deployment Rocket 280 00:11:39.310 --> 00:11:41.190 Lab doing what Rocket Lab does. 281 00:11:41.670 --> 00:11:44.230 Anna: And that is your Astronomy daily for Friday, 282 00:11:44.310 --> 00:11:47.230 May 22, 2026. What a 283 00:11:47.230 --> 00:11:48.230 morning to be alive. 284 00:11:48.230 --> 00:11:50.749 Avery: And following space news, Starship 285 00:11:50.749 --> 00:11:53.550 V3 gets another shot tonight. A crewed 286 00:11:53.550 --> 00:11:56.310 Mars flyby has a Commander Webb is 287 00:11:56.310 --> 00:11:58.950 rewriting Exoplanet atmospheric science. 288 00:11:59.270 --> 00:12:01.470 Our own galaxy just revealed a hidden 289 00:12:01.470 --> 00:12:04.230 magnetic structure and rocket Lab quietly 290 00:12:04.230 --> 00:12:06.930 keeps building humanity's eyes in Orb, a 291 00:12:06.930 --> 00:12:08.130 hillside in New Zealand. 292 00:12:08.450 --> 00:12:10.130 Anna: If you're watching the starship launch 293 00:12:10.130 --> 00:12:12.492 tonight, you can follow live coverage@sp 294 00:12:12.688 --> 00:12:15.410 SpaceX.com window opens 06:30 295 00:12:15.410 --> 00:12:18.210 Eastern and as always, all the links, show 296 00:12:18.210 --> 00:12:19.890 notes and further reading are at 297 00:12:19.890 --> 00:12:21.730 astronomydaily IO. 298 00:12:21.970 --> 00:12:24.410 Avery: If you're enjoying the show, a uh subscribe a 299 00:12:24.410 --> 00:12:26.930 review, a uh share it all helps us reach more 300 00:12:26.930 --> 00:12:29.130 space enthusiasts around the world. 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We'll see you 314 00:12:57.390 --> 00:12:59.070 tomorrow on Astronomy Daily. 315 00:12:59.390 --> 00:13:00.830 Avery: Astronomy Daily 316 00:13:02.430 --> 00:13:03.630 Stories we told 317 00:13:05.630 --> 00:13:05.870 Love.