Editorialge Media LLC has published the 16th edition of its flagship e-magazine, marking an issue shaped by two extraordinary events converging in April 2026: the historic launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission—the first crewed lunar voyage in over half a century—and Pohela Boishakh, the Bengali New Year, celebrated by nearly 300 million people around the globe.
The edition, themed “New Space, New Rules,” was introduced with an editorial by Founder and CEO Sukanta Kundu, who described the issue as one “shaped by exploration, renewal, and new beginnings.” Acting Editor Sayedul Haq Mihir characterized the return to the Moon as “not a repeat of history—it is the beginning of a new one.”
What’s Inside in the 16th Edition
| Page 06 | Humanity’s Giant Leap, Again
Inside the historic Artemis II mission—launch, crew, and what they’re doing 252,000 miles from Earth. |
| Page 12 | 50 Years of Silence
A reflective look at broken timelines, political will, and the $93 billion cost of deferred ambition. |
| Page 18 | One Moon, All of Humanity
Deep profiles of the four-person crew making history—a study in firsts and representation. |
| Page 26 | The New Space Economy
Who is really funding the return to the Moon, from SpaceX to the Artemis Accords? |
| Page 32 | Behind the Helmet
Why AI—not astronauts—may become the most consequential actor in deep space missions. |
| Page 38 | Shubho Noboborsho!
How 300 million Bengalis across four continents welcome the new year with food, music, and memory. |
| Page 48 | Forests, Bees & Glaciers
The Editorialge Earth Day Species Report 2026—three vital systems, one urgent message. |
The Artemis II Crew
A major focus of the edition is the crew of Artemis II—four individuals the magazine describes as professionals of extraordinary ability who “happen to also represent something larger than themselves.”
| RW
Reid Wiseman Commander—Former ISS Commander & US Navy test pilot |
VG
Victor Glover Pilot—First person of color on a lunar mission; designed the mission patch |
CK
Christina Koch Mission Specialist—First woman to the lunar vicinity; 328-day spaceflight record |
JH
Jeremy Hansen Mission Specialist (CSA) — First Canadian to travel beyond Earth orbit |
Pilot Victor Glover designed the Artemis II mission patch so the letters “A II” read as the word “All”—a gesture the magazine describes as quietly defiant against a year defined by geopolitical fracture. The crew named their Orion spacecraft Integrity.
| $93B
Projected total Artemis cost through FY2025 |
$4.1B
Estimated cost per SLS rocket launch |
$1.8T
Projected global space economy by 2035 |
40
Nations signed the Artemis Accords |
Culture: The Bengali New Year
| Shubho Noboborsho—from Dhaka to Times Square
The culture section traces Pohela Boishakh celebrations across London’s Boishakhi Mela (80,000+ attendees), Times Square in New York City, and Singapore’s Bengali Association events—profiling diaspora families who keep the flame of Bengali identity alive across generations. |
The edition traces the Bengali calendar’s origins to the 16th-century reign of Emperor Akbar, whose royal astronomer fused the Islamic lunar and Hindu solar calendars to ease agricultural tax collection. That practical beginning has since transformed into what the magazine calls “a powerful global expression of Bengali “identity”—celebrated through the Mangal Shobhajatra procession in Dhaka, recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Earth Day Special Report
| FORESTS
15 Billion Trees are lost globally every year. Primary rainforest loss is irreversible. —”You can plant trees; you cannot plant a forest.” |
BEES
25% Fewer Bee species were recorded from 2006 to 2015 vs. prior decades. The rusty-patched bumble bee has declined by 87%. |
GLACIERS
2,000/yr Glaciers are projected to vanish annually around 2041. A 2025 Nature Climate Change study introduced “Peak Glacier Extinction.” |
The Earth Day article closes with a note of cautious hope—citing beaver-driven carbon sequestration, recovering tiger populations, and the High Seas Biodiversity Treaty entering into force in January 2026—while maintaining that the damage “is not yet irreversible, and the window to act is still open.”
What makes this 16th edition remarkable is not any single story but the quiet conversation between all of them. A rocket headed for the Moon on April 1. Pohela Boishakh is arriving on April 14. Earth Day on April 22. Three events in a single month, each asking the same fundamental question from a different angle: what do we value, and are we living up to it?
Editorialge has always positioned itself at the intersection of the global and the intimate—equally at home analyzing the geopolitics of lunar real estate and following a doctor in Preston who wore a saree to her medical exam to honor her culture. In this edition, that editorial sensibility finds its fullest expression yet.
As Orion splashes down in the Pacific today—the very day this edition publishes—the 16th issue of the Editorialge E-Magazine stands as a time capsule of a world in motion: one that is simultaneously racing toward the stars, cherishing its roots, and reckoning with what it has put at risk closer to home. It is, in the truest sense, a magazine for the moment.
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The 16th Edition of the Editorialge E-Magazine is out now.
Read the full issue at e-magazine.editorialge.com/april-2026
