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Space News for Sunday, March 22, 2026

Space News for Sunday, March 22, 2026

The Gist: Space News · Dr. Mason Nixon

March 22, 20267m 57s

Show Notes

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!<br>(00:10) Podcast Introduction<br>(00:22) Some European Launcher Challenge funding remains in limbo<br>(01:13) Artemis 2 returns to the pad for April launch attempt<br>(01:41) China satellite investment soars as SpaceX sparks race for space<br>(02:05) Pentagon Report: Space Force ATLAS Program Falls Short of Decommissioning Targets<br>(02:42) Telesat’s Lightspeed should outperform, helped by Trump and Carney<br>(03:13) Progress MS-33 set to resume Russian flights to ISS from repaired pad<br>(03:33) Blue Origin ramps up New Glenn manufacturing, unveils Orbital Data Center ambitions<br>(04:26) 'This is really intolerable': Astronomers protest giant orbiting mirror project and SpaceX's million AI satellites<br>(04:59) Watch Russia launch Progress 94 cargo ship to the ISS on March 22<br>(05:49) Artemis Accords nations grapple with how to handle emergencies and 'harmful interference' on the moon<br>(06:27) The loneliest places in the universe might actually be some of the best places for life<br>(06:50) We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what's it telling us?<br>