Space News for Saturday, March 28, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) Artemis 2 astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center ahead of NASA's historic launch around the moon(01:09) Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes Two New Associate Members(01:49) ESA to decide by June on Europe’s Gateway contributions(02:09) India’s Bellatrix raises $20 million following overseas expansion drive(02:45) Building a hypersonic pathway to orbit with Mark Bigham(03:11) Blackwave Expands COPV Production to the United States(03:28) SES jumps deeper into MEO(04:00) Defense Economics and the European SmallSat Market(04:29) The FCC Must Choose: Enforce the Rules or Preserve LEO Competition(05:05) Syntiant and Novi Space Successfully Demonstrate Low-Power AI Inference in Orbit(05:41) I Am Artemis: Erik Richards(06:27) NASA Selects Intuitive Machines to Deliver Artemis Science, Tech to Moon(07:03) NASA’s Environment and Energy “Blue Marble” Awards Categories(07:35) NISAR’s View of Mount Rainier(08:02) NISAR Views Mount St. Helens(08:26) Xona Space Systems Raises $170M Series C to Scale Private GPS(09:12) Jared Isaacman Hits 100 Days In Office With a Bang(10:01) Artemis 2 astronauts are launching to the moon on April 1: Watch it live(10:16) What time is NASA's Artemis 2 moon launch on April 1?(11:06) Can humans have babies in space? It may be harder than expected(11:46) Are Saturn's rings made of a lost, shattered moon? New evidence arises for the case(12:24) Rocket Report: Russia reopens gateway to ISS; Cape Canaveral hosts missile test