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On April 7, 2026, the Artemis II crew surpassed Apollo 13's 54-year crewed distance record, reaching 252,755 miles from Earth on a free-return lunar trajectory and photographing the Moon's south pole.
Rocket Pharma's Kresladi received FDA accelerated approval on March 26, 2026, as the first gene therapy for Severe LAD-I, an immune disorder that is fatal in most untreated infants.
SpaceX filed confidentially for an IPO at a $1.75 trillion valuation on April 1, 2026, targeting a June NASDAQ listing that would raise $75 billion in the largest public offering ever.
On April 6, 2026, four astronauts passed within 6,400 miles of the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17, with Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen each making history.
University of Konstanz researchers demonstrated friction between non-touching objects driven by competing magnetic orders, challenging Amontons' 300-year-old friction laws and opening the door to frictional metamaterials.
Washington University's Dr. Jeffrey Gordon received the $25,000 Gabbay Award for 30 years of microbiome science, including MDCF trials in Bangladesh showing measurable improvements in malnourished children.
CSIRO-led marine scientists confirmed over 110 new-to-science fish and invertebrate species in the Coral Sea Marine Park, with the final count expected to exceed 200 after full DNA analysis.
NASA's Artemis II, the first crewed flight around the Moon since Apollo, is set for a 6:24 p.m. ET launch window on April 1 carrying four astronauts on a 10-day mission.
Florida's Space Coast set an all-time record of 109 orbital launches in 2025, up from 93 in 2024, with Artemis II and multiple Starlink missions packing the week of March 30, 2026.
The Trump administration has removed hundreds of federal climate datasets, deleted the National Climate Assessments, and shut down NOAA's climate.gov. Scientists are racing to rescue what remains.
Fresh imaging of RCW 86, the remnant of a supernova Chinese astronomers recorded as a guest star in AD 185, reveals new details about the oldest documented stellar explosion.
Climate Impact Lab projects poor countries will suffer 10 times more heat-related deaths than wealthy ones by 2050, with Sahel nations facing mortality rates surpassing current malaria death tolls.
