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- NASA prepares for likely rollback of SLS, delaying Artemis II to April NASASpaceflight · 21 Feb 2026 NASA is gearing up for a likely rollback of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket…
- NASA’s Artemis 2 rocket hit by new problem expected to bump moonshot into early April Spaceflight Now · 21 Feb 2026 Engineers ran into problems repressurizing the Artemis 2 moon rocket’s upper stage helium tanks overnight Friday, a problem that will require rolling the huge rocket off the launch pad and back to its processing hangar f...
- NASA preparing for Artemis 2 rollback to fix upper stage problem SpaceNews · 21 Feb 2026 Just 24 hours after setting a March 6 launch date for the Artemis 2 mission, NASA said a problem with the Space Launch System upper stage could delay the launch.
- Artemis II Likely Delayed Due to Upper Stage Problem SpacePolicyOnline.com · 21 Feb 2026 Just one day after excitedly sharing the successful results of the second Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal, NASA has a different message this morning. A problem with helium flow to
- Bruno says he joined Blue Origin to work on ‘urgent’ national security projects SpaceNews · 21 Feb 2026 Tory Bruno, former CEO of United Launch Alliance, said he decided to join Blue Origin to work on important national security projects, including applications of the company’s Blue Ring spacecraft.
- Live coverage: Falcon 9 to launch 25 Starlink satellites after weather delays Spaceflight Now · 20 Feb 2026 SpaceX is counting down to the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites from California, after days of delay. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 1...
- Aalto plots Australia base to boost planned high-altitude pseudo satellite service SpaceNews · 20 Feb 2026 Aalto is turning to Australia as a key operating base to bolster the business case for initial commercial services of its stratospheric pseudo-satellite over Japan, now pushed to 2027 amid regulatory hurdles and ongoing...
- Boeing insists NASA criticism will reinforce efforts on Starliner NASASpaceflight · 20 Feb 2026 Following NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s stark assessment of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner program’s troubled history—pinning…
- NASA Is Helping Bring Giant Tortoises Back to the Galápagos NASA · 20 Feb 2026 Giant tortoises are returning to Floreana Island after more than 150 years, guided by NASA data that shows suitable areas for release.
- NASA Confirms March 6 as Target Date for Astronaut Moon Mission SpacePolicyOnline.com · 20 Feb 2026 NASA confirmed today that March 6 is their target for sending astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years on the Artemis II mission. The
- NASA targeting March 6 for Artemis 2 launch SpaceNews · 20 Feb 2026 NASA is targeting a March 6 launch for Artemis 2 after completing a countdown test with few problems.
- The UK Amends Launch Liability Rules as RFA Prepares for Inaugural Flight European Spaceflight · 20 Feb 2026 An amendment to the United Kingdom’s Space Industry Act will mandate that limits are set on how much launch operators are financially liable for if something goes wrong. The government has framed the change as a necessar...
- Artemis II Crew Trains on T-38 NASA · 20 Feb 2026 NASA astronaut Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen take off on a T-38 training flight from Ellington Field on Feb. 11, 2026, as a waning crescent Moon hovers above. Koch and Hansen, along wit...
- Week in images: 16-20 February 2026 ESA · 20 Feb 2026 Week in images: 16-20 February 2026
- Boeing to boost production of missile-tracking sensors for military satellites SpaceNews · 20 Feb 2026 The company opened a new facility in El Segundo to support Millennium’s missile-warning satellite backlog
- NASA completes second Artemis 2 fueling test SpaceNews · 20 Feb 2026 NASA completed a second wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis 2 mission on Feb. 19 without any of the hydrogen leaks seen in the first such test earlier this month.
- Annular solar eclipse seen from space ESA · 20 Feb 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Smile sets sail for Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana ESA · 20 Feb 2026 Just over a year since Smile arrived in the Netherlands in two parts, the now-complete and thoroughly-tested spacecraft has left for good. With a launch window set for 8 April – 7 May on a Vega-C rocket, the joint Europe...
- Earth from Space: Ouarzazate, Morocco ESA · 20 Feb 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- The stellar lifecycle in a nearby spiral ESA · 20 Feb 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Winds Whip Up Fires and Dust on the Southern Plains NASA · 20 Feb 2026 Dry, gusty conditions spurred fast-growing fires in Oklahoma and Kansas, along with dangerous dust storms across the region.
- Moon mission fueling test concludes with no major problems Spaceflight Now · 20 Feb 2026 The practice countdown began Tuesday night, kicking off a carefully choreographed series of steps to ready the world's most powerful operational rocket for what amounted to a simulated launch Thursday at 8:42 p.m. EST. C...
- Artemis II Could Launch As Soon as March Following Successful WDR SpacePolicyOnline.com · 20 Feb 2026 Today’s successful Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) positions NASA to launch astronauts around the Moon for the first time in over 50 yearsa s soon as next month. This
- Independent report sharply criticizes NASA management, Boeing for troubled Starliner flight Spaceflight Now · 19 Feb 2026 NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said NASA will continue working with Boeing to make the Starliner a viable crew transport vehicle, adding that "sustained crew and cargo access to low Earth orbit will remain essential,...
- NASA Classifies Starliner CFT as Type-A Mishap, Leadership Changes Coming SpacePolicyOnline.com · 19 Feb 2026 At a quickly announced news conference today, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman released NASA’s investigation into the 2024 Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test incident. Acknowledging that the Starliner spacecraft itself h...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch second Falcon 9 rocket to return to a landing in The Bahamas Spaceflight Now · 19 Feb 2026 The Starlink 10-34 mission will be SpaceX’s 20th Falcon 9 launch of the year so far. Liftoff from pad 40 is set for 8:41:40 p.m. EST (0141:40).
- NASA chief classifies Starliner flight as "Type A" mishap, says agency made mistakes Ars Technica · 19 Feb 2026 "The most troubling failure revealed by this investigation is not hardware."
- Starliner investigation identifies flawed NASA decision making SpaceNews · 19 Feb 2026 NASA has classified the flawed Starliner crewed test flight in 2024 as its most serious level of mishap, with the agency’s leadership citing shortfalls in how officials oversaw the program.
- NASA Investigates How People Respond to Air Taxi Noise NASA · 19 Feb 2026 New kinds of aircraft taking to the skies could mean unfamiliar sounds overhead — and where you’re hearing them might matter, according to new NASA research. NASA aeronautics has worked for years to enable new air transp...
- NASA Releases Report on Starliner Crewed Flight Test Investigation NASA · 19 Feb 2026 At a news conference on Thursday, NASA released a report of findings from the Program Investigation Team examining the Boeing CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. “The Boe...
- NASA to Provide Starliner Crew Flight Test Review Findings Today NASA · 19 Feb 2026 During a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday NASA will discuss the findings of investigations into the 2024 crewed test flight of Boeing Starliner to the International Space Station. The news conference will stream...
- Award-Winning NASA Camera Revolutionizes How We See the Invisible NASA · 19 Feb 2026 Imagine trying to photograph wind. That’s similar to what NASA engineers dealt with during a recent effort to study how air moves around planes, rockets, and other kinds of aerospace vehicles. Air is invisible, but our u...
- Sophie Adenot exercising on the CEVIS bike ESA · 19 Feb 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Crystals Grown in Space NASA · 19 Feb 2026 This June 5, 2024, image shows lysozyme crystals aboard the International Space Station. Lysozyme is a protein found in bodily fluids like tears, saliva, and milk, and is used as a control compound to demonstrate well-fo...
- Creating new demand in the nascent orbital economy SpaceNews · 19 Feb 2026 In this episode of Space Minds, David Ariosto interviews Matt Kuta, president and co-founder of Voyager Technologies about how the company is pursuing a commercialized future in low Earth orbit. […]
- Map the Earth’s Magnetic Shield with the Space Umbrella Project NASA · 19 Feb 2026 Use data from NASA’s Magnetosphere Multiscale Mission to shed light on solar storms. For anyone with a laptop or cell.
- EarthDaily in Orbit: From First Launch to Commercial Operations SpaceNews · 19 Feb 2026 With six additional satellites launching in May and continued expansion later this year, the EarthDaily Constellation will enter commercial operations in Summer 2026, delivering daily, consistent global coverage.
- Webb maps Uranus's mysterious upper atmosphere ESA · 19 Feb 2026 For the first time, an international team of astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, uncovering how temperature and charged particles vary with height across the planet. Using NASA/ES...
- Golden Dome will fail without software-defined warfare SpaceNews · 19 Feb 2026 If the United States wants to defend the homeland against the next generation of missile and aerial threats, hardware alone will not save us. Sensors, radars and interceptors are necessary but no longer sufficient. The d...
- ESA’s 5G laboratory on wheels ESA · 19 Feb 2026 From the ESA Blogs.