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- NASA’s Chevron Technology Quiets the Skies NASA · 11 Mar 2025 Shortly after dawn on March 27, 2001, NASA pilot Bill Rieke took off from an airfield just outside of Phoenix in NASA’s blue-and-white Learjet 25 and flew low over a series of microphones for the first flight test of a g...
- Team Preps to Study Dark Energy via Exploding Stars With NASA’s Roman NASA · 11 Mar 2025 The universe is ballooning outward at an ever-faster clip under the power of an unknown force dubbed dark energy. One of the major goals for NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is to help astronomers gather...
- Relativity Space makes significant progress on Terran R; flight hardware in production NASASpaceflight · 11 Mar 2025 Relativity Space has announced significant progress with their Terran R reusable launch vehicle. In a…
- Working around ongoing supply-chain bottlenecks SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2025 Difficulty acquiring propulsion systems and laser communications systems continue to vex satellite manufacturers.
- Planetary defense may get a boost from Jared Isaacman SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2025 In late December, a telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid given the designation 2024 YR4. About a month later, initial observations of the asteroid, estimated to be 40 to […]
- Bringing Mars to Earth: solving Mars Sample Return SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2025 Today we stand on the threshold of one of the most exciting moments in the history of space exploration: bringing a piece of another planet in our solar system back […]
- Overwatch x Rescue Expands Lifesaving Services to More Satellite Enabled Devices SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2025 MEDIA CONTACTDomenica Orellana+1 (315) 8028577media@wwfocus.com MIAMI, FLA. – March 11, 2025 – Overwatch x RescueTM (OxR), the emergency SOS subscription service by FocusPoint International–a global leader in critical in...
- Catch solar bursts in new citizen science project ESA · 11 Mar 2025 Help us uncover the secrets of the Sun! Our Solar Orbiter spacecraft has been watching the Sun since February 2020. With five years’ worth of data waiting to be explored, it’s time to dig in. The new ‘Solar Radio Burst T...
- Polish Space Agency President Sacked Over Falcon 9 Debris Controversy European Spaceflight · 11 Mar 2025 The President of the Polish Space Agency, Grzegorz Wrochna, has been dismissed following a botched response to the uncontrolled re-entry of a Falcon 9 second stage that scattered debris across multiple locations in Polan...
- Momentus and Solstar to offer on-demand communications for Vigoride SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2025 Momentus will provide Vigoride space tug customers with on-demand connectivity through a partnership with Solstar Space.
- Sped-up simulation of Hera’s Mars flyby ESA · 11 Mar 2025 On 12 March 2025 ESA’s Hera spacecraft for planetary defence performs a flyby of Mars. The gravity of the red planet shifts the spacecraft’s trajectory towards the Didymos binary asteroid system, shortening its trip by m...
- NASA Selects Three University Teams to Participate in Flight Research NASA · 11 Mar 2025 NASA has selected three university teams to help solve 21st century aviation challenges that could transform the skies above our communities. As part of NASA’s University Leadership Initiative (ULI), both graduate and un...
- Intelsat CEO reveals separate bet on Lynk Global amid SES merger SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2025 Merging satellite operators SES and Intelsat independently invested in direct-to-device venture Lynk Global without knowing about the other’s decision.
- Trump: Mars Not a Top Priority, But Would Be Great SpacePolicyOnline.com · 11 Mar 2025 President Trump thinks sending people to Mars would be “great,” but it is not at the top of his priority list despite his endorsement of the idea in two major
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 10 Mar 2025 The last Falcon 9 launch from Florida was back on March 2 marking the longest stretch between Florida launches since an upper stage anomaly caused a launch halt from July 13 through July 27. Liftoff of the Starlink 12-21...
- Evolving threats from cyber to lasers and jammers SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2025 Satellites are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattack, damage caused by laser weapons and jamming.
- SpaceX details Falcon 9 anomaly that temporarily grounded the rocket fleet Spaceflight Now · 10 Mar 2025 SpaceX hasn’t launched a Falcon 9 rocket since the March 2 flight of Starlink 12-20. It’s return to flight mission is set to be the rideshare launch of NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH missions on Monday night.
- Intelligence agency copes with workforce reductions amid AI modernization SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2025 "There is nothing like mission to help people stay focused no matter what else is going on," said Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth.
- Launch Roundup: SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and Firefly set to launch amid busy launch manifest NASASpaceflight · 10 Mar 2025 This week, a busy launch manifest will see SpaceX launch the Crew-10 and Starlink Group…
- About Pathfinding for Airspace with Autonomous Vehicles NASA · 10 Mar 2025 Remotely piloted aircraft could transform the way we transport people and goods and provide our communities with better access to vital services, like medical supply deliveries and efficient transportation. NASA’s Pathfi...
- NASA, Partners to Conduct Space Station Research During Expedition 73 NASA · 10 Mar 2025 NASA astronauts are gearing up for a scientific mission aboard the International Space Station. Expedition 73 NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Oni...
- Relativity names Eric Schmidt as CEO as it updates Terran R development SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2025 The former CEO of Google is taking a stake in, and becoming CEO of, Relativity Space as that launch vehicle company advances work on its Terran R rocket.
- Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is the new leader of Relativity Space Ars Technica · 10 Mar 2025 "I think we’re seeing some tension on how we would optimize Terran R."
- Emerging launch companies see strong demand but look for government support SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2025 Emerging launch providers argue there is plenty of demand, but are looking to the government to back up its rhetoric for assured access to space.
- 40 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Atlantis Makes its Public Debut NASA · 10 Mar 2025 On March 6, 1985, NASA’s newest space shuttle, Atlantis, made its public debut during a rollout ceremony at the Rockwell International manufacturing plant in Palmdale, California. Under construction for three years, Atla...
- NASA Faces "Extinction" Layoffs and Office Closures As Largest Budget Cut Since Apollo Begins The Launch Pad · 10 Mar 2025 NASA Faces "Extinction" Layoffs and Office Closures As Largest Budget Cut Since Apollo Begins
- SES invests in Lynk Global to break into direct-to-device market SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2025 SES is investing in Lynk Global’s LEO constellation to expand into the emerging direct-to-device connectivity market.
- Artemis II Upper Stage Delivered to Kennedy NASA · 10 Mar 2025 NASA received the upper stage for the agency’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on Mar. 4 supplied by Boeing and United Launch Alliance (ULA). Known as the interim cryogenic propulsion stage, it arrived at the...
- NASA’s Dawn Sees Crescent Ceres NASA · 10 Mar 2025 NASA’s Dawn spacecraft took this image of Ceres’ south polar region on May 17, 2017. Launched on Sept. 27, 2007, Dawn was NASA’s first truly interplanetary spaceship. The mission featured extended stays at two extraterre...
- RIFs at NASA Headquarters Begin SpacePolicyOnline.com · 10 Mar 2025 NASA has initiated Reductions-in-Force or RIFs at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. in compliance with a Trump Administration Executive Order. Two offices and part of another were closed and their
- NASA Ames Science Directorate: Stars of the Month – March 2025 NASA · 10 Mar 2025 The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Jessica Kong, Josh Alwood, and Sam Kim. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the entrepreneurial spirit, t...
- NASA closes offices, lays off staff as it prepares for larger workforce reductions SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2025 NASA is closing three offices and laying off their staff as a first step in broader workforce reductions at the agency ordered by the Trump administration.
- Space Symposium to break records SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2025 A record number of exhibitors are confirmed for the 40th Space Symposium at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs.
- What’s behind the recent string of failures and delays at SpaceX? Ars Technica · 10 Mar 2025 SpaceX has long had a hard-charging culture. Is it now charging too hard?
- Hera asteroid mission’s Mars flyby ESA · 10 Mar 2025 On Wednesday 12 March 2025 ESA’s Hera spacecraft for planetary defence performs a flyby of Mars. The gravity of the red planet shifts the spacecraft’s trajectory towards its final destination of the Didymos binary astero...
- Voyager, Palantir deepen alliance to develop military space tech SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2025 The collaboration with Palantir aims to produce specialized payloads for space domain awareness
- Testing of Key Callisto Reusable Rocket Demonstrator Component Underway European Spaceflight · 10 Mar 2025 DLR has announced that, in conjunction with the French space agency CNES, it has begun acoustic testing on the Vehicle Equipment Bay of the Callisto reusable rocket demonstrator. The Callisto project was initiated in 201...
- NASA’s Webb Peers Deeper into Mysterious Flame Nebula NASA · 10 Mar 2025 The Flame Nebula, located about 1,400 light-years away from Earth, is a hotbed of star formation less than 1 million years old. Within the Flame Nebula, there are objects so small that their cores will never be able to f...
- Watch live: Images from Hera’s Mars flyby ESA · 10 Mar 2025 Join us live for a star-studded event this Thursday, as scientists working on ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence release the mission’s first scientific observations beyond the Earth-Moon system, following its immin...
- Space M&A poised for takeoff in 2025 SpaceNews · 10 Mar 2025 Pent-up deal activity from 2024 looks set to spill into 2025, potentially making it the busiest period for space mergers and acquisitions in years. “The interesting thing from my perspective […]