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Friday, April 3
Flight test of China's commercial carrier rocket Tianlong-3 fails
Xinhua — 5:57 am ET (0957 GMT)
China is planning to land people on the Moon — and might beat the United States to it
Nature News — 5:40 am ET (0940 GMT)

Thursday, April 2
Test cargo vehicle paves way for future Chinese space station supply services
Xinhua — 4:43 am ET (0843 GMT)
China launches in-orbit experiment projects in space hospital quest
Xinhua — 4:43 am ET (0843 GMT)
China’s Aiming for the Moon, and NASA Is Looking Over Its Shoulder
New York Times — 4:30 am ET (0830 GMT)
Russian lunar station segment creation under project with China greenlighted
TASS — 4:00 am ET (0800 GMT)

Wednesday, April 1
China targets 140 launches in 2026 amid commercial space surge
Space News — 3:25 am ET (0725 GMT)
China's CAS Space targets $607 million IPO for reusable rocket R&D
Reuters — 3:13 am ET (0713 GMT)

Tuesday, March 31
China launches Lijian-2 Y1 carrier rocket
Xinhua — 6:03 am ET (1003 GMT)
China’s Kinetica-2 rocket debuts successfully, sending prototype cargo spacecraft to orbit
Space News — 5:54 am ET (0954 GMT)

Saturday, March 28
Moon’s farside holds magnetic secrets: Chinese scientists discover key magnetic mineral in Chang’e-6 samples
Eurekalert — 8:47 am ET (1247 GMT)
China planning human research program at space station
Xinhua — 8:45 am ET (1245 GMT)

Friday, March 27
China-Europe SMILE satellite ready for launch
Xinhua — 5:28 am ET (0928 GMT)
China successfully launches new test satellite
Xinhua — 5:27 am ET (0927 GMT)
China sends radar mapping and GNSS augmentation sats into orbit with pair of launches
Space News — 5:16 am ET (0916 GMT)
U.S. GSSAP satellites execute GEO handoff to monitor China’s Shijian-29 spacecraft
Space News — 5:12 am ET (0912 GMT)

Thursday, March 26
Chinese startup tests flexible arm for orbital refueling in space
Xinhua — 5:35 am ET (0935 GMT)
China launches two new satellites
Xinhua — 5:34 am ET (0934 GMT)
China's experimental satellite constellation lays foundation for future lunar exploration
Xinhua — 5:34 am ET (0934 GMT)

Wednesday, March 25
China’s Astronstone raises $29 million for reusable rocket with chopstick-style recovery
Space News — 4:39 am ET (0839 GMT)

Next set of articles
news in brief
Artemis 2 astronauts arrive in Florida for launch
Posted: Sat, Mar 28 11:02 AM ET (1502 GMT)

ispace revamps lunar lander plans
Posted: Sat, Mar 28 11:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)

Xona Space Systems raises $170 million
Posted: Sat, Mar 28 10:53 AM ET (1453 GMT)

news links
Friday, April 3
SpaceX successfully launches 29 Starlink satellites
Spectrum News — 6:39 am ET (1039 GMT)
Space Force using ‘integrated test teams’ to speed up capability delivery
Defensescoop — 6:39 am ET (1039 GMT)
Space Launcher Shortages Are Poised To Persist
Aviation Week — 6:38 am ET (1038 GMT)
SpaceX and OpenAI IPOs are unlikely to bring skyrocketing returns that Amazon and Apple did, as companies go public later in life and early investors cash out
The Conversation — 6:36 am ET (1036 GMT)
SpaceX’s IPO could be the largest-ever public offering—what to know before investing, from experts
CNBC — 6:36 am ET (1036 GMT)
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