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- Sierra Space raises $550 million in Series C funding SpaceNews · 5 Mar 2026 Investment comes as company shifts toward national security programs
- Training for the εpsilon mission ESA · 5 Mar 2026 ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot began her training at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, where she studied spacecraft systems and crew operations — learning to think and act as an astronaut. Alongside this, s...
- Jared Isaacman on rebuilding, Artemis and what he’s learned during his first months as NASA administrator SpaceNews · 5 Mar 2026 When Jared Isaacman was sworn in as NASA administrator Dec. 18, he hit the ground running — or, perhaps more accurately, hit the air flying. At a town hall the next day, he said he would visit all the agency’s field cent...
- Lunar Link antennas complete testing ESA · 5 Mar 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- ESA’s Mars orbiters watch solar superstorm hit the Red Planet ESA · 5 Mar 2026 What happens when a solar superstorm hits Mars? Thanks to the European Space Agency’s Mars orbiters, we now know: glitching spacecraft and a supercharged upper atmosphere.
- Lunar dust model maps how charged grains stick to spacecraft SpaceDaily · 5 Mar 2026 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 05, 2026 Researchers from Beijing Institute of Technology, China Academy of Space Technology, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a theoretical model that links electrostatic forces...
- Danish Mani mission to chart lunar terrain in 3D SpaceDaily · 5 Mar 2026 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 05, 2026 The University of Copenhagen will lead Denmark's first lunar mission, a European Space Agency project that will map the Moon's surface in three dimensions to support future landings and...
- Origami style lunar rover wheel expands to climb steep caves SpaceDaily · 5 Mar 2026 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 05, 2026 A joint team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology KAIST and the Unmanned Exploration Laboratory UEL has developed a transformable airless wheel designed to help smal...
- NASA and DOE plan fission power plant on Moon by 2030 SpaceDaily · 5 Mar 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy have renewed their long standing partnership to develop a fission surface power system that can operate on the Moon as part of the Artemis campaign...
- Networks ready to keep Artemis II crew connected around the Moon SpaceDaily · 5 Mar 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 NASA is preparing a pair of global communications networks to keep the four-person Artemis II crew connected with Earth as they travel from low Earth orbit to a loop around the Moon and...
- Northrop Grumman Boosters Set For First Crewed Lunar Voyage Of Artemis Era SpaceDaily · 5 Mar 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 Two Northrop Grumman five segment solid rocket boosters are taking their place on the launch pad as NASA prepares for the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System rocket under the...
- Lunar impacts limit late delivery of Earth ocean water SpaceDaily · 5 Mar 2026 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 05, 2026 A long-standing idea in planetary science proposes that water rich meteorites arriving late in Earth history delivered a major share of the planet's water inventory. A new study led by re...
- Ancient impact may explain moons contrasting sides SpaceDaily · 5 Mar 2026 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 05, 2026 For decades scientists have puzzled over why the moons two hemispheres look so different despite sharing a common origin in the early solar system. The near side that always faces Earth is...
- Lunar dust study links space weathering to changes in Moon ultraviolet brightness SpaceDaily · 5 Mar 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2026 SAN ANTONIO - Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists working with researchers at UT San Antonio have analyzed Apollo lunar soil samples to determine how space weathering alters t...
- Lunar spacecraft exhaust could obscure clues to origins of life SpaceDaily · 5 Mar 2026 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 05, 2026 Over half of the exhaust methane from lunar spacecraft could end up contaminating areas of the moon that might otherwise yield clues about the origins of earthly life, according to a rece...
- Chinese astronauts hone extreme cave survival skills SpaceDaily · 5 Mar 2026 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 05, 2026 Twenty-eight astronauts and trainees have completed China's first cave-survival training program, a nearly monthlong exercise run by the Astronaut Center of China in Chongqing's Wulong dis...
- The UK Will Invest £20 Million to Accelerate Spaceport Development in Scotland European Spaceflight · 5 Mar 2026 The United Kingdom has announced a new £500 million spending package to support its space sector, including £20 million to support the development of spaceport infrastructure in Scotland. During a 4 March address at Spac...
- A Little Town with a Long Name NASA · 5 Mar 2026 A NASA luminary from the Apollo era grew up in Wales near Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
- Senate Committee Clears New NASA Authorization Bill, Calls for Moon Base SpacePolicyOnline.com · 5 Mar 2026 The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee approved a new NASA authorization bill today. Among its many provisions, the bill supports recent changes to the Artemis program, directs NASA to
- Third Kairos launch fails SpaceNews · 5 Mar 2026 The third launch of a small launch vehicle developed by a Japanese company failed shortly after liftoff March 4, raising questions about the rocket’s future.
- Spanish launch startup PLD Space raises $209 million to scale its rocket production Spaceflight Now · 5 Mar 2026 This Series C funding was led by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, which invested €50 million ($58 million). To date, PLD Space raised more than €350 million ($407 million).
- High-Speed Flight Project Overview NASA · 5 Mar 2026 What We do The High-Speed Flight (HSF) project develops technologies that make high-speed, airbreathing, commercial flight possible from Mach 1 to Mach 5 and above. HSF creates tools, technologies, and knowledge that wil...
- Senate committee advances NASA authorization bill that changes Artemis and extends ISS SpaceNews · 5 Mar 2026 The Senate Commerce Committee advanced a revised NASA authorization bill that implements some of the changes to Artemis sought by the agency while also extending the life of the ISS
- Telus invests in AST SpaceMobile to expand D2D coverage in Canada SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2026 Canadian telco Telus has agreed to take a stake in AST SpaceMobile and invest in ground infrastructure needed to connect subscribers to the operator’s planned direct-to-smartphone constellation.
- Space Force presses case for more personnel and training SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2026 At Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing, Vice Chief Bratton said Space Force ‘must aggressively increase its end strength and infrastructure’
- China to test capsule further, attempt booster recoveries on land and sea NASASpaceflight · 4 Mar 2026 China is set to perform additional testing of its Mengzhou crew capsule following a successful…
- About Advanced Air Vehicles Program (AAVP) NASA · 4 Mar 2026 NASA’s Advanced Air Vehicles Program (AAVP) studies, evaluates, and develops technologies and capabilities for new aircraft systems and explores far-future concepts for revolutionary air travel improvements. AAVP develop...
- The US Senate empowers NASA to fully engage in lunar space race Ars Technica · 4 Mar 2026 "Our bill authorizes critical funding for, and gives strategic direction to, the agency."
- Blowing Stellar Bubbles NASA · 4 Mar 2026 For the first time, a young, Sun-like star has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy, by astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The bubble – called an “astrosphere” – completely surrounds the...
- I Am Artemis: Paul Boehm NASA · 4 Mar 2026 Listen to this audio excerpt from Paul Boehm, Orion crew support and thermal systems functional area manager: As the Artemis II astronauts fly around the Moon, they’ll rely on systems inside the Orion spacecraft to live,...
- Mutable Tactics raises $2.1 million for AI drone coordination in satellite-denied environments SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2026 British startup Mutable Tactics has raised $2.1 million in pre-seed funding to develop AI software enabling groups of military drones to operate autonomously, even when satellite navigation and communications are disrupt...
- NASA, OPM Launch NASA Force to Recruit Top Talent for US Space Program NASA · 4 Mar 2026 The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and NASA announced NASA Force on Wednesday, a dedicated talent track within the US Tech Force initiative designed to recruit and deploy the nation’s top engineers and technol...
- US-French Satellite Takes Stock of World’s River Water NASA · 4 Mar 2026 Rivers rise and fall throughout the year, but by how much? Perhaps less than previously thought, according to new data from the SWOT mission. Hidden riverbed contours are also emerging. In a first, a space mission led by...
- Return of the (space) SPAC SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2026 Former investment banker Raphael Roettgen had to abandon a space-focused special purpose acquisition company in 2022 as hype around mergers with blank-check shell companies turned radioactive. Four years later, he’s back...
- ESA to Open Call for European-Led Space Station Studies European Spaceflight · 4 Mar 2026 The European Space Agency has announced a call for tenders to conduct studies exploring the feasibility of a European-led, modular, multi-partner space station in low Earth orbit. In January 2022, NASA announced its plan...
- Reliable space rescue is a prerequisite for continued economic opportunity in space and we have a long way to go SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2026 On January 15, 2026, a collective cheer coincided with relief as four astronauts from SpaceX Crew 11 were safely returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS). The evacuation came after a crew member exper...
- SLS upper stage helium flow problem fixed SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2026 Workers have completed repairs to the helium pressurization system in the upper stage of the Space Launch System, keeping a potential April launch of the Artemis 2 mission on track.
- Blue Origin’s surprise TeraWave constellation jolts LEO broadband race SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2026 Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos, is preparing to enter one of the most hotly contested arenas in the space industry: global broadband from low Earth orbit (LEO). In a regulatory filing that caught m...
- Counting craters ESA · 4 Mar 2026 Craters, craters, and yet more craters: this snapshot from ESA’s Mars Express is packed full of them, each as fascinating as the last.
- Spain’s PLD Space Raises €180 Million in Series C Funding European Spaceflight · 4 Mar 2026 Spanish rocket builder PLD Space has closed a €180 million Series C funding round led by Japanese satellite manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, which has also committed to becoming a strategic customer. The com...