Space News for Sunday, March 22, 2026

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