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- Risk of Venous Thromboembolism During Spaceflight NASA · 14 Mar 2025 In October 2024, NASA’s Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) initiated a working group to review the status and progress of research and clinical activities intended to mitigate the risk of venous throm...
- Sols 4479-4480: What IS That Lumpy, Bumpy Rock? NASA · 14 Mar 2025 Written by Ashley Stroupe, Mission Operations Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 The days are getting shorter and colder for Curiosity as we head into winter. So o...
- Investors bet on Europe’s space sector as geopolitical winds shift SpaceNews · 14 Mar 2025 Rising defense budgets and geopolitical shifts are creating new investment opportunities for Europe’s space industry, early-stage investors said at the Satellite Conference.
- SpaceX readies to rescue astronauts from International Space Station Teslarati · 14 Mar 2025 SpaceX is readying to launch the Crew-10 mission this evening, which will bring home U.S. astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months. SpaceX is work...
- Career Spotlight: Engineer (Ages 14-18) NASA · 14 Mar 2025 What does an engineer do? An engineer applies scientific principles to design, build, and test machines, systems, or structures to meet specific needs. They follow the steps of the engineering design process to ensure th...
- NASA Super Pressure Balloons Return to New Zealand for Test Flights NASA · 14 Mar 2025 NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wānaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the agency’s super pressure balloon technology. These stadium-sized, heavy-lift balloons will travel th...
- NASA Expertise Helps Record all the Buzz NASA · 14 Mar 2025 Airplane manufacturers running noise tests on new aircraft now have a much cheaper option than traditional wired microphone arrays. It’s also sensitive enough to help farmers with pest problems. A commercial wireless mic...
- NASA Space Station Research Helps Power Moon Science NASA · 14 Mar 2025 The International Space Station supports a wide range of scientific activities from looking out at our universe to breakthroughs in medical research, and is an active proving ground for technology for future Moon explora...
- Live Event: The Hypersonics Revolution – A Conversation with Mark Lewis SpaceNews · 14 Mar 2025 Join us Mar. 24 for an exclusive one-on-one live interview with one of the nation's foremost authorities on hypersonics.
- SpaceX to launch Transporter-13 rideshare from Vandenberg NASASpaceflight · 14 Mar 2025 SpaceX will launch the Transporter-13 rideshare mission on Friday, March 14, during a 17-minute launch…
- Embracing the Equinox NASA · 14 Mar 2025 Depending on your locale, equinoxes can be seen as harbingers of longer nights and gloomy weather, or promising beacons of nicer temperatures and more sunlight. Observing and predicting equinoxes is one of the earliest s...
- Finalists Selected in NASA Aeronautics Agriculture-Themed Competition NASA · 14 Mar 2025 Eight finalist teams participating in the 2025 NASA Gateways to Blue Skies Competition have been selected to present to a panel of judges their design concepts for aviation solutions that can help the agriculture industr...
- Relativity Space may soon move a majority of its operations to Texas Ars Technica · 14 Mar 2025 "We are exploring options to expand our manufacturing capabilities."
- NASA Atmospheric Wave-Studying Mission Releases Data from First 3,000 Orbits NASA · 14 Mar 2025 Following the 3,000th orbit of NASA’s AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) aboard the International Space Station, researchers publicly released the mission’s first trove of scientific data, crucial to investigate how and...
- Meet the Johnson CLPS Team Supporting NASA’s Lunar Exploration Goals NASA · 14 Mar 2025 As part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, managed out of Johnson Space Center in Houston, is paving the way for conducting lunar science for the benefit of humanity. Thr...
- Meet the Johnson CLPS Team Supporting NASA’s Lunar Exploration Goals NASA · 14 Mar 2025 As part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, managed out of Johnson Space Center in Houston, is paving the way for conducting lunar science for the benefit of humanity. Thr...
- Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse NASA · 14 Mar 2025 The phases of the lunar eclipse are visible in this time-lapse image of the Moon above the Space Environments Complex at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, OH on March 14, 2025. Toward the middle of the Moo...
- Firefly’s Dazzling Images of Earth Eclipsing the Sun SpacePolicyOnline.com · 14 Mar 2025 Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission-1 captured a dazzling image of the Sun emerging from behind Earth early this morning from its vantage point on the Moon. BGM-1 is nearing the
- Sara García Alonso | Astronaut Reserve Training, Space biology, Explorer’s Wisdom | ESA Explores #10 ESA · 14 Mar 2025 Meet Sara García Alonso — biotechnologist, cancer researcher, passionate science communicator and member of ESA’s Astronaut Reserve.
- NASA Data Supports Everglades Restoration NASA · 14 Mar 2025 Florida’s coastal wetlands face new threats as sea levels and temperatures climb. NASA’s BlueFlux Campaign is developing a new, satellite-based data product that could shape efforts to protect their future.
- Week in images: 10-14 March 2025 ESA · 14 Mar 2025 Week in images: 10-14 March 2025
- What’s driving China’s commercial launch industry SpaceNews · 14 Mar 2025 Parts of China’s space strategy might not seem directly tied to defense: plans for a joint Chinese-Russian lunar facility, a permanently-crewed space station or a burgeoning quasi-commercial launch sector. It’s […]
- Where no rover has gone before: how Mars helicopters enable a new era of exploration SpaceNews · 14 Mar 2025 One of NASA’s greatest successes of the 21st century thus far came in a very unexpected form: a four-pound helicopter called Ingenuity. Ingenuity created a new Wright Brothers moment when […]
- Hubble Sees a Spiral and a Star NASA · 14 Mar 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling spiral galaxy paired with a prominent star, both in the constellation Virgo. While the galaxy and the star appear to be close to one another, even overlappi...
- China’s iSpace secures D round funding, targets December orbital launch and landing SpaceNews · 14 Mar 2025 HELSINKI — Chinese commercial launch company iSpace has secured new funding as it prepares for a first launch of its Hyperbola-3 reusable rocket. The company, full name Beijing Interstellar Glory […]
- NASA hails Blue Ghost 1 mission as “proof positive” of CLPS program SpaceNews · 14 Mar 2025 NASA says its program to use commercial spacecraft to deliver payloads to the lunar surface is working well despite just a single fully successful landing in four attempts.
- Follow the reveal of Euclid’s first catalogue on 19 March ESA · 14 Mar 2025 The European Space Agency is releasing the first catalogue of astronomical data from the Euclid space telescope, including three new enormous image mosaics with zoom-ins. Follow the reveal live on Wednesday 19 March at 1...
- Follow the reveal of Euclid’s new catalogue on 19 March ESA · 14 Mar 2025 The European Space Agency is releasing the first catalogue of astronomical data from the Euclid space telescope, including three new enormous image mosaics with zoom-ins. Follow the reveal live on Wednesday 19 March at 1...
- Earth from Space: Halong Bay, Vietnam ESA · 14 Mar 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Inaugural Isar Aerospace Spectrum Launch Set for Late March European Spaceflight · 14 Mar 2025 The inaugural flight of Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket is scheduled to take place between 20 and 30 March 2025 from Andøya Spaceport in Norway. On 12 March, Andøya Space, the mostly government-owned commercial entity t...
- Bruno Touts Vulcan’s Unique Capabilities as it Awaits Certification SpacePolicyOnline.com · 14 Mar 2025 ULA’s new Vulcan rocket continues to await DOD certification so it can launch national security satellites. A faulty part in a nozzle of one of Vulcan’s solid rocket boosters marred
- Argotec announces modular satellite platform SpaceNews · 13 Mar 2025 Italian smallsat developer Argotec has unveiled a new modular satellite bus design that it believes provides flexibility in accommodating a wide range payloads.
- Athena landed in a dark crater where the temperature was minus 280° F Ars Technica · 13 Mar 2025 "You lose it, and then what do you do? You don't give up. You go back in."
- L3Harris taps commercial AI partners for Pentagon’s Golden Dome program SpaceNews · 13 Mar 2025 Golden Dome will require more than just deploying sensors and interceptors. The system needs a 'collaborative autonomous network'
- SpaceX press on with pre-launch testing while working Ship issue mitigation NASASpaceflight · 13 Mar 2025 SpaceX continues to press on with pre-flight testing for Flight 9, while internally looking to…
- Navigating a Slanted River NASA · 13 Mar 2025 Written by Denise Buckner, student collaborator at University of Florida Perseverance is hard at work on Mars, overcoming obstacles for scientific exploration! Just a few sols after successfully sealing the challenging G...
- Popular program to promote women becoming aerospace engineers is at risk Ars Technica · 13 Mar 2025 "Ten years ago this was embraced by everyone, and seen as a win-win for all."
- New FCC space chief seeks licensing reform and “intensive” use of spectrum SpaceNews · 13 Mar 2025 The new head of the Federal Communications Commission’s space division says his focus will be licensing reform and spectrum access.
- Join or die: How satellite manufacturers approach competition with SpaceX SpaceNews · 13 Mar 2025 If satellite manufacturers don’t find ways to compete more effectively, SpaceX could dominate their market.
- NASA Researchers Study Coastal Wetlands, Champions of Carbon Capture NASA · 13 Mar 2025 In the Florida Everglades, NASA’s BlueFlux Campaign investigates the relationship between tropical wetlands and greenhouse gases.