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Is NASA's Moon Mission an April Fool's Joke?

2026-03-29 Science & Technology
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On April 1st 2026 NASA plans to send 4 astronauts on the first manned Moon mission in ~55 years, exploring deeper into space than ever before. This timing of this comes exactly when the Earth-facing side of the Sun is covered with numerous active sunspots, and a sungrazer comet which could provoke them, is flying in for its perihelion on April 4th. With minimal shielding, if the Orion spacecraft is hit by heavy particle flux from a CME or other space weather event, the results could be bad... The entire Artemis II Moon Mission is expected to last ten days, and with the increased risks currently inherent in the space environment, NASA may be making a big mistake, or perhaps it's all an April Fool's Joke. Stefan Burns reports... Earth Evolution Energy Analytics: https://www.earthevolution.com/energy-analytics Earth Evolution: https://www.earthevolution.com/store Herb Coffee is now reduced in price to just $24.00 from $27.00! Put a spring in your step with every sip today! https://www.earthevolution.com/inventory/herb-coffee *orders are only available for the USA. ✅ Subscribe to my channel: @StefanBurns & @StefanBurnsClips Twitter/X: https://x.com/StefanBurnsGeo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefanburnsofficial/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6oYcPs2YFIKHoNrimxaDN5 00:00 Is NASA's Moon Mission and April Fool's Joke? 32:15 Viewer Q&A Data, and Credit: NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/ NOAA (X-ray flux): https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/goes-x-ray-flux Spcaceflight NOW: https://x.com/SpaceflightNow/status/2038267423405547988 The Sky Live (Comet C/2026 A1 MAPS): https://theskylive.com/3dsolarsystem?objs=c2026a1&date=2026-03-19&h=10&m=01& GFZ Potsdam: https://spaceweather.gfz.de/products-data/forecasts/data-assimilative-radiation-belt-forecast This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, please contact via www.stefanburns.com/contact #earthquakes #spaceweather #NASA #solaractivity #earth #geophysics #megaquake #space #astronomy #solaractivity #geomagneticstorm #aurora #solarmaximum #solarcycle25 #geology #science #earthscience #volcanoes #earthquake #wx #swx #schumannresonance #supervolcano #yellowstone #oarfish #doomsdayfish

Top Comments (10)

@gunsnwater 2026-03-29

How many politicians can we stuff on this rocket to the moon?

310 35 replies
@LenkaDavies-m8c5j 2026-03-29

I worry that we can’t believe anything NASA says 😟

229 45 replies
@tarasalanbromhead 2026-03-29

How's your Dad chief? Prayers and Blessings from Ethiopia 🇪🇹 my cosmic brother 🙏🏽

149 2 replies
@debbiehanisch2099 2026-03-29

NASA pulls April Fools joke.

112 17 replies
@DaveCulhane-ze9ht 2026-03-29

I’m with you bro ,,,, it’s not a good time for this.. it doesn’t feel right.

102 6 replies
@Slayer-Jimbo 2026-03-29

So they’re launching to the moon on April Fools day? I didn’t think it was real until I looked it up.

70 12 replies
@greenbury 2026-03-29

with the robotic technology that we have there's not a reason in the world to send people into space .

64 12 replies
@MikeLeoWiki 2026-03-29

It’s refreshing to see the comments not falling for NASAs joke.

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@Atlas_Gigi 2026-03-29

Orchestrated tragedies are a government favorite 👌

57 7 replies
@badpup3922 2026-03-30

NASA = NOT A SPACE AGENCY!!!

54 4 replies

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