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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Discussion Topic of the Evening.
“Dangerous Asteroids and Dark Matter Report”
Artist’s Illustration of Asteroids Headed toward Earth
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rpp44V3YUwUc62EbEvUECL-1200-80.jpg.webp
Danica Remy with 3 Former NASA Astronauts
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“Asteroid Day”
https://www.astronomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/asteroidday.jpg
Rusty Schweickart Co-Founder “B612”
https://www.universetoday.com/article_images/Rusty-S.jpg
Comparative Meteoroid Sizes
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Meteoroid_size_comparison.svg
Danica Remy
https://www.marinij.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/MIJ-L-SNAPREMY-0416-01-1.jpg?w=1668
Asteroid Institute
ADAM Mapping Page
Apophis Trajectory
Asteroid 2024 YR4 Trajectory
https://www.universetoday.com/article_images/Screenshot_2026-01-26_112752_20260126_170135.jpg
Dark Matter in the Center of Our Galaxy?
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/69kRCSZKQ5H5nddwqCTGR3-1600-80.png.webp
Gaia Black Hole Orbit
Sag A*
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F2qM9GBVYhTWeZ9W3C7Eij-1920-80.jpg.webp
Waz Up
The last Total Lunar Eclipse visible in Dallas was on March 13-14, 2025. The next Total Lunar Eclipse visible from Dallas will be on June 26, 2029.
March 3, 2026 Eclipse Summary:
Moon enters penumbra 2:44 am CST – Difficult to notice
Moon enters umbra 3:50 am CST – Eclipse becomes visible
Totality begins 5:09 am CST – Moon completely inside Earth’s shadow
Mid eclipse 5:35 am CST – maximum eclipse
Totality ends 6:03 am CST – the end of Totality
Moon leaves umbra 7:17 am CST
Moon leaves penumbra 8:23 am CST – the eclipse ends
Space Exploration and Space History
Space Exploration News
February 9, 2026 – James Webb Telescope Discovers Water Vapor on Potentially Habitable Exoplanet
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Bwj8cyLCtoHd7b5V3wJbin-1200-80.jpg.webp
February 10, 2026 – SpaceX Completes Successful Static Fire Test of Raptor 3 Engine
February 11, 2026 – NASA Announces Delay in Artemis III Mission
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TyACrKUN6v7RgNfcKysgSQ-1920-80.jpg.webp
February 12, 2026 – Small Near-Earth Asteroid 2026 FE Safely Passes Earth
https://cff2.earth.com/uploads/2024/06/24123613/Earth-asteroids-1400×850.jpg
February 13, 2026 – China’s Chang’e 7 Mission Lands on Lunar South Pole
http://english.scio.gov.cn/2025-02/05/117695811_9622ddb9-ccda-4768-9045-fd96a23ca3d2.JPG
February 13, 2026 – The Crew-12 Mission Successfully Launched to ISS
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SpaceX-Crew-Launch-15-1.jpg?w=1860
Space-Related Birthdays
| Astronaut | Birthday | Birth Year | FCC Callsign | Flights | Notes |
| Peggy Whitson | February 9 | 1960 | KC5ZTD | Expedition 5, Expedition 16, Expedition 50/51/52, Axiom Mission 2, Axiom Mission 4 | She was the first female commander of the International Space Station and holds the record for the most time in space by any American astronaut. |
| Garrett Reisman | February 10 | 1968 | N/A | STS-123, Expedition 16/17, STS-132 | He flew on two space shuttle missions and was a long-duration crewmember on the International Space Station. |
This Week in Space History
February 8, 1974 – Skylab 4 Returns to Earth
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/skylab-4-splashdown-4-s74-17741.jpg?resize=768,555
February 11, 1970 – Japan Launches its First Satellite
February 12, 1984 – First Untethered Spacewalk
February 14, 1990 – Pale Blue Dot
https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/ajP8j0G_700bwp.webp
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week
Space Launches For This Week
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
NET February 16 Falcon 9 • Starlink 6-103
Launch time: Window opens at 12 a.m. EST (0500 UTC)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 29 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites into low Earth orbit. The first stage booster, tail number 1090, launching for a 10th time, will target a landing on the drone ship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas,’ positioned in the Atlantic Ocean. Booster previously listed as B1095. Delayed from Jan. 30. Delayed from Feb. 1 and 4. Delayed from Feb. 5. Delayed from Feb. 14.
Updated: February 11
February 17 Falcon 9 • Starlink 10-36
Launch time: Window opens at 5 p.m. EST (2200 UTC)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 29 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites into low Earth orbit. The first stage booster, tail number 1077, launching for a 26th time, will target a landing on the drone ship, ‘Just Read the Instructions,’ positioned in the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX previously listed the booster as B1092.
Updated: February 08
NET February 18 Alpha • ‘Stairway to Seven’
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Firefly Aerospace will launch its Alpha rocket on a return to flight mission following an anomaly seen during Alpha Flight 6. The rocket will carry what the company calls a “test demo” payload. It will also test out new systems that will fully roll out with Firefly’s Block 2 configuration of the rocket on Alpha Flight 8.
Updated: February 11
February 18 Falcon 9 • Starlink 17-25
Launch time: Window opens at 12 a.m. PST (3 a.m. EST / 0800 UTC)
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of 25 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites into low Earth orbit. More than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster, tail number B1063, launching for a 31st time, will land on the drone ship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You,’ positioned in the Pacific Ocean.
Updated: February 08
NET February 22 Falcon 9 • Starlink 6-104
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 29 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites into low Earth orbit. The first stage booster, tail number 1067, launching for a 33rd time, will target a landing on the drone ship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas,’ positioned in the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX previously listed the booster as B1077 and the drone ship as ‘Just Read the Instructions.’ Delayed from Feb. 3. Delayed from Feb. 4. Delayed from Feb. 7. Delayed from Feb. 8. Delayed from Feb. 16. Moved up from Feb. 21. Delayed from Feb. 20.
Updated: February 11
Late February New Glenn • BlueBird 7
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7satellite into low Earth orbit. This is the second satellite in AST SpaceMobile’s next-generation satellite constellation and is designed to support space-based cellular broadband for commercial and government customers. This will be the third launch of a New Glenn rocket to date. As of Jan. 22, Blue Origin hasn’t stated if it intends to attempt a booster recovery on this mission.
Updated: January 22
NET March 6/7 Space Launch System • Artemis 2
Launch time: 8:29 p.m. EST (0129 UTC)
Launch site: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket will launch an Orion spacecraft on the Artemis 2 mission, the first crewed flight of the program. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen will perform a lunar flyby during a roughly 10-day mission that will see their capsule, ‘Integrity’, splash down in the Pacific Ocean. Delayed from Feb. 5 & 6. Delayed from Feb. 8.
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
You can use the http://www.heavens-above.com website to find out what’s in orbit and
where to look during fly-overs
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.
ISS
Tiangong
