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Space News for Friday, April 03, 2026

Space News for Friday, April 03, 2026

The Gist: Space News · Dr. Mason Nixon

April 3, 202611m 32s

Show Notes

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!<br>(00:10) Podcast Introduction<br>(00:23) China’s commercial Tianlong-3 rocket fails on debut launch<br>(00:45) Artemis 2 heads to the moon<br>(01:06) Swift spacecraft reorientation buys time for reboost mission<br>(01:40) Former Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice to lead Astrion<br>(02:35) Optical terminals still a bottleneck in Pentagon’s proliferated constellation<br>(02:50) CAS Space Successfully Launches Kinetica-2, Aiming for Global Cost Leadership<br>(03:26) L3Harris Taps Mercury Systems for High-Capacity Data Storage on SDA Tranche 3 Satellites<br>(04:10) Antaris Secures $28M Series A to Advance AI-Powered Satellite Mission Platform<br>(04:49) Amazon in Reported Talks to Acquire Globalstar in $9 Billion Move to Challenge Starlink<br>(05:26) Fortastra Expands Leadership Team with Defense and Intelligence Veterans to Drive National Security Mission<br>(06:09) Barents Sea Tied to Low Arctic Sea Ice<br>(06:34) NASA’s Artemis II Mission Leaves Earth Orbit for Flight around Moon<br>(07:01) Artemis II Astronauts Launch to Moon<br>(07:13) Artemis II Orion performs TLI Burn — Now headed to the Moon<br>(07:44) CLPS Companies Excited For NASA’s ‘Opportunity Bomb’ Lunar Plan<br>(08:09) Phantom Space Acquires Thermal Management Technologies<br>(08:46) DJI Avata 360 drone review<br>(09:27) Artemis 2 astronauts head for the moon after make-or-break engine burn (video)<br>(09:43) Lucky airplane passengers capture NASA's Artemis 2 moon launch from the sky<br>(10:23) Stunning new James Webb Space Telescope images reveal 'hidden' stars being born<br>