March 31st, 2026
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The first Kinetica-2 launch vehicle (LiJian-2 Y1) was launched from the “Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Experimental Zone” at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, on March 30, 2026. According to official sources, the mission “The Global Capital of Textile” successfully placed into their target orbits: the Qingzhou prototype cargo spacecraft, also known as the New […]
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The upcoming flight of Artemis II will hurl the astronaut crew outward to the moon, far beyond the shielding cocoon of Earth’s magnetic field. This first piloted sojourn of the Artemis program, a 10-day outing, is the first human passage over that distance since Apollo-era moonwalker flights ended in December 1972. Forecasting skills […]
Life Unearthed with Ariel Waldman is a docu-series that begins streaming on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) network. The series starting April 1 reveals Earth’s ecosystems through radical shifts in scale—from microscopic wildlife to the planet’s most iconic animals—and even the possibilities of life beyond Earth. Waldman is a National Geographic Explorer, filmmaker and author. […]
SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell Aims to Put AI on the Moon Inside a sprawling Texas factory, SpaceX is building its most powerful rockets yet, with the goal of returning humans to the moon. At the center of it all is Gwynne Shotwell. Find out how she became one of the most influential figures […]
A Chinese aerospace startup has demonstrated in space a flexible robotic arm to advance orbital refueling technology. The test was done onboard a Yuxing 3-06 satellite, lofted on March 16 via a Kuaizhou-11 Y7 rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. Key enabler The company, Sustain Space, views orbital refueling as […]
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman: “To return Americans to the Moon, NASA is shifting to an iterative, execution-focused approach – just as we did during Apollo. We are standardizing rocket architecture, embedding NASA expertise across industry, and increasing launch cadence to support sustained lunar operations. Demand signal We are sending a demand signal for crewed missions […]
NASA will host a major public event today at 9 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. The event will explain how NASA is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy. Also on tap are details regarding the acceleration of preparations for America’s return to the surface […]
Two projected space projects — orbital data centers and a network of Earth-circling solar reflectors – have stirred up the Center for Space Environmentalism. The group is dedicated to the protection of the space environment and the preservation of outer space as a human environment. They have opposed the two initiatives, filing their concerns on […]
SpaceX leader, Elon Musk, spotlights electromagnetic mass drivers on the Moon in a March 21 presentation. Go to: https://x.com/i/status/2035572007983563217 Go to my earlier story – “Catapult to the Future: Elon Musk’s Moon Factory Revisits the Mass Driver” – at: https://www.leonarddavid.com/catapult-to-the-future-elon-musks-moon-factory-revisits-the-mass-driver/
Asteroid mining will play a critical role in building the trillion dollar space economy. That’s the visionary mission of Los Angeles – based TransAstra. To make that quest real, the group is developing four core capabilities: “Detect, Capture, Move, and Process.” In the bag In October 2025, TransAstra deployed a “Capture Bag” on the International […]
