Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter during the week of Mar 29, 2026:
Human Space Exploration
- Artemis II crew clears Earth orbit, heads for the Moon;
- Artemis II’s Moon bound toilet is working again to astronauts’ relief after overnight fix;
- Virgin Galactic poised for Delta-Class spaceship ground tests;
- What do scientists hope to learn from NASA’s historic Artemis II Moon flyby?
- NASA’s Artemis II astronauts bring a wealth of experience to Moon mission. Meet the crew about making history;
- NASA just launched Artemis II. What happens today could make or break the Moon mission;
- NASA narrows Artemis landing sites to 9 key regions;
- NASA wants to build a base on the Moon by the 2030s how and why it plans to build up to a long term lunar presence;
- The upcoming Moon mission will be full of jargon. Here’s a cheat sheet to help you follow along;
- NASA to launch Artemis II crew on flight around the Moon today. Here’s everything to know about the mission
Coalition Member in the News – Lockheed Martin; - Everything still on track for Artemis II launch to the Moon on April 1;
- Artemis II ready to go on April 1, weather permitting
Coalition Members in the News – Aerojet Rocketdyne, Amentum, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman; - Artemis II astronauts to splash down off San Diego coast following 10-day Moon mission;
- ‘We work for them, too’: Artemis II Moon mission is for everyone, NASA astronaut Victor Glover says (video);
- Apollo’s impatient old-timers are rooting for NASA’s return to the Moon with Artemis II launch;
- Here are NASA’s Artemis II emergency plans if launch day goes wrong
Coalition Members in the News – Lockheed Martin, L3Harris, Northrop Grumman; - What to know about the 4 people launching to make history around the Moon;
- Artemis II astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center ahead of NASA’s historic launch around the Moon;
- Artemis II astronauts say they’re “ready to go” for Moon launch ahead of 49-hour countdown;
Space Science
- Stunning new James Webb Space Telescope images reveal ‘hidden’ stars being born;
- Cosmologists collaborate to sharpen measurements of the Hubble constant;
- Astronomers find a third galaxy missing its dark matter, validating a violent cosmic collision theory;
- Nickel-rich rocks discovered by Perseverance hint at complex chemistry on early Mars;
- Scientists propose a radical new method to find alien life;
- Can NASA launch a nuclear mission to Mars by 2028?;
- Strong geomagnetic storm watch;
- Could bad space weather endanger the Artemis II Moon astronauts?
- Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be nearly 12 billion years old so ancient its star system may no longer exist;
- NASA’s ambitious ‘decade of Venus’ exploration may bank on 1 probe: ‘Not everything can move forward;
Other News
- 8-year-old watches his plush toy rocket to the Moon with Artemis II mission;
- 5 reasons why the Artemis II mission is a big deal;
- Waiting for the CME;
- America’s rocket factory comes full circle with Artemis
Coalition Members in the News – Boeing, Lockheed Martin; - Fireball sightings are surging across the U.S. here’s what’s really going on;
Major Space-Related Activities for the Week
- NASA is preparing to launch the Artemis II mission from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday at 6:24 p.m. EDT, the opening of a two-hour launch window. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen have trained for a 10-day mission around the Moon to check out their Orion crew capsule on a number of fronts while traveling further from Earth than any previous human explorers. The countdown is expected to begin Monday at 4:44 p.m. EDT.;
- During a Sunday news briefing, mission management noted preparations had gone well so far. The launch weather forecast was 80 percent favorable. NASA plans a news briefing on Monday at 5 p.m. EDT following a Mission Management Team session. Virtual access to the briefing and other mission activities can be accessed through NASA’s YouTube channel.
- There have been reports on Capitol Hill, the White House could submit its budget proposal for the 2027 fiscal year that begins October 1 by the end of this week
- Association of Commercial Space Professionals and the Nuclear Energy Institute have scheduled a seminar for Thursday on the “regulatory, technical, and safety frameworks governing the launch of nuclear power sources.”
- Very timely in that NASA intends to include nuclear propulsion and energy technologies in its plans to establish a sustainable human presence at the Moon to prepare for human expeditions to Mars. The Mitchell Institute will hold its 4th annual Spacepower Security Forum on Wednesday in Arlington, Virginia.
- Meanwhile, the U.S. House and Senate are on a two-week break.
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