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Space.com • Anthony Wood

Artemis II launches today — where to watch NASA's first crewed lunar flyby

NASA's Artemis II, the agency's first crewed mission to fly around the Moon, is scheduled to launch later today. This guide explains where spectators along Florida's Space Coast and southern Georgia can see the SLS liftoff in person and how to follow the mission live online.

Also: NBC News

2026-04-01T09:01:09.393423-07:00

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Reuters • Echo Wang

Exclusive: SpaceX to hold analyst day April 21 and offer visit to xAI 'Macrohard' datacenter in Memphis

By Reuters: Rocket company SpaceX will host an analyst day on April 21, and will offer analysts a visit to its "Macrohard" xAI datacenter in Memphis, Tennessee two days later, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

2026-04-01T10:00:42.972145-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jason Rainbow

Aspect Aerospace secures early funding to advance swarm-deployable VLEO satellites

By SpaceNews.com: Aspect Aerospace, a University of South Alabama spin-off, has secured $2.4 million to develop circuit-board-sized spacecraft that could be deployed from space into very low Earth orbit in swarms to monitor the space environment.

2026-04-01T08:10:25.328223-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • James R Wertz

Creating near-term lunar settlements: lessons from space history

By SpaceNews.com: Creating near-term lunar settlements: lessons from space history.

2026-04-01T06:10:53.786912-07:00

Satellite Supply Chain Commercial Space

Payload • Douglas Gorman

Exclusive: In-Orbit Manufacturing Startup Dispatch Emerges from Stealth

By Payload: Dispatch emerged from stealth this week with $500,000 to build an uncrewed space station that will host manufacturing infrastructure on orbit.

Also: newspaceeconomy.ca

2026-04-01T05:56:58.811355-07:00

Space Exploration & Science Missions

Space.com • Robert Lea

Saturn’s Magnetic Field Is Curiously Warped — Enceladus May Be To Blame

By Space.com: "A better understanding of Saturn’s environment is especially urgent now as plans for our return to Saturn and its moon Enceladus start to be developed.".

2026-04-01T05:07:02.825090-07:00

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SpaceWatch Global • Joshua Faleti

TerraSpark Secures €5M to Accelerate Space-Based Solar Energy as an Alternative to Terrestrial Energy

By SpaceWatch Global: TerraSpark has completed its pre-seed financing round, raising over five million euros to continue developing space-based solar energy.

2026-04-01T05:58:23.450561-07:00

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NASA Spaceflight • Martin Smith

China debuts new launchers, tests orbital servicing and outlines future deep-space missions

By NASA Spaceflight: CAS Space debuted the first in a series of new Chinese commercial launchers with its….

Also: SpaceNews.com

2026-04-01T04:01:32.659457-07:00

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