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Orion completed its 5-minute, 55-second translunar injection burn on April 2, setting the crew on a free-return trajectory that will take them 252,021 miles from Earth — breaking the Apollo 13 distance record.

Deep dive into the contractor network behind Artemis II: Lockheed Martin leading Orion production, Boeing building the SLS core stage, Northrop Grumman contributing solid rocket boosters and the launch abort system, Airbus manufacturing the European Service Module, and Aerojet Rocketdyne providing the RS-25 engines and reaction control systems.

SLS/Orion stack reaches LC-39B March 20 post-VAB rollout delay; fueling tests ahead of April NET.

Traveling at 45,000 mph, the meteor broke apart with TNT-equivalent force. Public videos captured the daylight streak; potential fragments may lie in Medina County. One of the largest daylight fireballs in recent U.S. history.

Space Forge successfully generated plasma aboard ForgeStar-1 — first commercial semiconductor manufacturing tool in orbit.

Space.com coverage framing Flight 8 as "a lot like Flight 7" — booster success repeated, upper stage failure repeated. Notes the FAA-required mishap investigation and SpaceX's stated plan for mid-March Flight 9 with a more powerful Starship V3. SpaceX has requested FAA approval for 25 Starship launches in 2025.