Robin Seemangal

My raw video of the #SpaceX Falcon Heavy static-fire at Kennedy Space Center. Come for the cloud plumes, stay for the sound. A French space reporter just yelled "It's like the 4th of July!"

The Artemis II mission marks NASA's first lunar flyby in over fifty years, serving as a critical test for the Artemis spacecraft and paving the way for a planned lunar landing in 2028. Loren Grush reports bloom.bg/47ztc9H

CBS News: A Mexican man died in ICE custody last week, the 14th detainee death reported by the federal immigration agency this year. Last year, ICE reported 31 detainee deaths, a two-decade high. If the trend continues, the death tally this year is on pace to be higher.

If you were born after 19:45:58 UTC on December 19, 1972, you have not been alive during a time when a crewed lunar spaceflight was underway. This is approximately 75% of the global population. That could change as soon as Wednesday evening with the planned launch of Artemis II. Hundreds of thousands of people near Kennedy Space Center will see the launch with their own eyes and likely millions will watch live online. If you can't make it out in person, I hope you'll tune in and watch as NASA makes its first attempt to send Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen into space and around the Moon this week. It is not often you have the opportunity to witness a historic moment in real time. Please watch and soak it in, and after launch, look up at the Moon and smile knowing that our great return to the lunar environment is well underway. Godspeed, Artemis II!

On Sunday, March 29, Starlink satellite 34343 experienced an anomaly on-orbit, resulting in loss of communications with the satellite at ~560 km above Earth. Latest analysis shows the event poses no new risk to the @Space_Station, its crew, or to the upcoming launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission. We will continue to monitor the satellite along with any trackable debris and coordinate with @NASA and the @USSpaceForce. The event also posed no new risk to this morning’s Transporter-16 mission, which was designed to avoid Starlink with payload deploys well above or well below the constellation. The SpaceX and Starlink teams are actively working to determine root cause and will rapidly implement any necessary corrective actions.

@LionnetPierre In a world that is virtually falling apart, with brutality, war, trauma everywhere, people struggling to make ends meet, it is becoming increasingly difficult to be excited about people going to the moon.

If you're not careful… Backrooms trailer tomorrow

Thieves made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of dollars from a museum near the city of Parma in northern Italy, police said on Monday. Read more: abcnews.link/qtH7TYw

Satellite images taken last August of Ukraine's Mariupol — seized by Russia —show a new silver-domed facility about the length of a football pitch on the docks, plus what appears to be a pile of coal being readied for export reut.rs/4sJR4jt @specialreports

SCOOP: The Pentagon is preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, U.S. officials said, as thousands of American soldiers and Marines arrive in the Middle East for what could become a dangerous new phase of the war should President Donald Trump choose to escalate.

A wave of violence is hitting Russia as pardoned convicts return from the front lines. After trading prison cells for combat, these "soldiers" are now bringing the war home to civilian life. 🧵 1/10 ⬇️

Trump just said Iran hit the USS Gerald R. Ford “from 17 angles” and the crew “had to run to save our lives.” His own Pentagon says it was a laundry room fire. A sitting president publicly contradicting his own DoD during an active war is extraordinary — regardless of which version is true.

A massive 12-ton shipment of Nestle's crunch KitKat bars was stolen in a chocolaty heist that risks causing a shortage in stores right before Easter. cbsn.ws/40Z0ADi

Twenty-two migrants die off Greek coast after six days at sea reut.rs/4t8PaZu reut.rs/4t8PaZu

Loved having @philiplord join us on the IMAX screen last night @TheSHplayhouse !!

It's that time of year! @SPTelescope is hiring for 2027 winterover and machinist roles: uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/C… uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External…

Last night, the Russians launched a massive strike on Odesa. There was no military purpose whatsoever – this was pure terror against ordinary civilian life. Over 60 drones were used in the strike on the city. Sadly, there is extensive damage. Among the sites hit were a maternity hospital, ordinary residential buildings, businesses, as well as the port and critical infrastructure. Our services continue to work on the ground wherever needed, providing assistance. Tragically, as of now, one person has been reported killed. My condolences to their family and loved ones. More than ten people have been wounded, including a child. There were also strikes overnight in the Poltava and Dnipro regions. Each such strike proves that Russia has no intention of ending this war. That is why any easing of pressure on it is dangerous. And coordinated efforts to protect people and lives will help us, help our country’s defense and our diplomacy. I thank all our partners who are working with us and supporting our people. We are working with everyone to give our country more strength and more capacity to protect life in Ukraine every day and every night: our cities and villages, our infrastructure. Collective defense and coordinated action can deliver the most effective results.

The Artemis II crew has arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida today, ahead of their 10-day mission around the Moon, which is scheduled for Wednesday, April 1. The two-hour launch window opens at 6:24 p.m. ET. Reporting for @SuperclusterHQ

All DC area airports are now in Ground Stop due to (another) evacuation of the Potomac Air Traffic Control Center.

Update: As of Friday, 303 US troops have been wounded since the start of combat ops targeting Iran, per a defense official. More than 75% of those related to traumatic brain injury. Of the 303 injured, 273 have returned to duty, the official added. 10 US service members are still seriously wounded. 13 US troops have been killed in action.