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Back to EpisodesSpace News for Tuesday, March 31, 2026
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In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) Europe’s space sector faces power shift as funding grows
(01:10) Artemis 2 countdown underway
(01:50) Second Starlink satellite suffers anomaly, generating debris
(02:37) Rocket Lab wins German approval for Mynaric deal
(03:19) Varda flies navigation payload, heat shield tests on sixth reentry mission
(03:41) SpaceX launches 119 payloads on smallsat rideshare mission from California
(04:36) SpaceX Loses Contact With Starlink Satellite
(05:11) AAC Clyde Space Expands Orbital Presence with Transporter-16 Launch
(05:48) Indra Showcases Sovereign Space and Defense Technologies at FIDAE 2026
(06:25) WISeSat.Space Expands IoT Constellation with 21st Satellite Launch via SpaceX
(07:00) York Space Systems Secures PExT Mission Extension Through 2027 Following BARD Success
(07:42) Fires Tear Through Nebraska Grasslands
(07:59) Sendoff for Artemis II Crew
(08:37) Seeing Blue During Schirmacher’s Summer Melt Season
(09:20) Launch Preview: SLS, Falcon 9, Atlas V, and Soyuz launches comprise busy launch manifest
(10:03) America’s Rocket Factory comes Full Circle with Artemis
(10:22) Transporter-16 Sends 119 Payloads to Orbit
(11:17) Starcloud Raises $170M Series A at $1.1B Valuation
(12:28) Bellatrix Raises $20M For In-Space Propulsion Tech
(13:23) Why won't NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts land on the moon when they get there?
(14:08) Huge solar flare no threat to Artemis 2 astronaut launch to the moon, NASA says
(14:38) Record-breaking 'space laser' erupts from merging galaxies 8 billion light-years away
(15:20) Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be nearly 12 billion years old — so ancient its star system may no longer exist
(15:41) Heading to Florida for NASA's Artemis 2 moon launch? Here's what to know before you go
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) Europe’s space sector faces power shift as funding grows
(01:10) Artemis 2 countdown underway
(01:50) Second Starlink satellite suffers anomaly, generating debris
(02:37) Rocket Lab wins German approval for Mynaric deal
(03:19) Varda flies navigation payload, heat shield tests on sixth reentry mission
(03:41) SpaceX launches 119 payloads on smallsat rideshare mission from California
(04:36) SpaceX Loses Contact With Starlink Satellite
(05:11) AAC Clyde Space Expands Orbital Presence with Transporter-16 Launch
(05:48) Indra Showcases Sovereign Space and Defense Technologies at FIDAE 2026
(06:25) WISeSat.Space Expands IoT Constellation with 21st Satellite Launch via SpaceX
(07:00) York Space Systems Secures PExT Mission Extension Through 2027 Following BARD Success
(07:42) Fires Tear Through Nebraska Grasslands
(07:59) Sendoff for Artemis II Crew
(08:37) Seeing Blue During Schirmacher’s Summer Melt Season
(09:20) Launch Preview: SLS, Falcon 9, Atlas V, and Soyuz launches comprise busy launch manifest
(10:03) America’s Rocket Factory comes Full Circle with Artemis
(10:22) Transporter-16 Sends 119 Payloads to Orbit
(11:17) Starcloud Raises $170M Series A at $1.1B Valuation
(12:28) Bellatrix Raises $20M For In-Space Propulsion Tech
(13:23) Why won't NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts land on the moon when they get there?
(14:08) Huge solar flare no threat to Artemis 2 astronaut launch to the moon, NASA says
(14:38) Record-breaking 'space laser' erupts from merging galaxies 8 billion light-years away
(15:20) Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be nearly 12 billion years old — so ancient its star system may no longer exist
(15:41) Heading to Florida for NASA's Artemis 2 moon launch? Here's what to know before you go