Space News for Sunday, March 30, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Spacecraft Makers: SPHEREx and the Intense Tests That Prepared It for Space(00:50) SunRISE: Monitoring Solar Radiation Storms From Space (Mission Overview)(01:16) New Year, New Mars: Red Planet Gets Active as Spring Begins (Mars Report)(01:44) NASA’s Goldstone DSN Complex Welcomes New 34-Meter Antenna(02:15) Perseverance Rover Panorama of Mars’ Jezero Crater(02:46) Mars in 4K: Perseverance’s Rock Sample Collection(03:06) Voyagers’ Mission to the Outer Solar System (1977 Vintage Video)(03:39) China Roundup: Third successful EVA and deep-space ambitions as China’s space economy surges(04:15) SpaceX Continues Progress on Next Generation Facilities