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- NASA Turns Off 2 Voyager Science Instruments to Extend Mission NASA · 5 Mar 2025 The farthest-flung human-made objects will be able to take their science-gathering even farther, thanks to these energy-conserving measures. Mission engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California tu...
- Novel Recuperator Design for Cryogenic Fluid Management System NASA · 5 Mar 2025 Cryocoolers are essential systems in many space exploration missions to maintain propellants at cryogenic temperatures. Cryogenic recuperators are a key component of these cryocoolers and dictate the performance of the s...
- Hubble Captures New View of Colorful Veil NASA · 5 Mar 2025 In this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, Hubble once again lifts the veil on a famous — and frequently photographed — supernova remnant: the Veil Nebula. The remnant of a star roughly 20 times as massive as the Sun...
- NASA just lost yet another one of its low-cost planetary missions Ars Technica · 5 Mar 2025 It's increasingly unlikely that Lunar Trailblazer will deliver quality science.
- SatixFy gets UK funds to accelerate in-orbit satellite reconfiguration SpaceNews · 5 Mar 2025 The UK Space Agency has awarded SatixFy funds to develop software to speed up how quickly reprogrammable satellites can adapt to changing needs in orbit, the Israeli chipmaker announced March 5.
- Patenting space: promoting innovations and patents for exploring our final frontier SpaceNews · 5 Mar 2025 Whether you’re NASA Administrator nominee Jared Isaacman, Virgin Galactic Founder Richard Branson, Artemis mission specialist Christina Koch, or even fictional astronaut and self-proclaimed “space pirate” Mark Watney, se...
- Nord Stream methane leak far bigger than estimated ESA · 5 Mar 2025 The methane emitted in 2022 by the damaged Nord Stream gas pipelines was more than double the volume estimated at the time, according to a study published in Nature.
- SpaceX announces Starship Flight 8’s new target date Teslarati · 5 Mar 2025 Starship's eighth flight test is scheduled for Thursday, March 6, with the launch window opening at 5:30 p.m. CT.
- ISS astronauts reject call for early retirement of the station SpaceNews · 5 Mar 2025 Astronauts on the International Space Station said they disagreed with Elon Musk’s claim that the station was past its prime and should be deorbited soon.
- Striking images tell the story of space weather ESA · 5 Mar 2025 A compelling collection of images that illustrates humanity’s efforts to mitigate the far-reaching impacts of violent solar outbursts has been unveiled in London.
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 to Explore Deep Space Exercise, Health NASA · 5 Mar 2025 During NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station, which is scheduled to launch in March, select members of the four-person crew will participate in exercise and medical research aimed at keeping as...
- Public Consultation Begins for New Microlauncher Launch Site in French Guiana European Spaceflight · 5 Mar 2025 The French space agency CNES has opened a public consultation period for the new multi-user microlauncher facility at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. The consultation will focus on the site’s environmental auth...
- Apex’s first satellite marks one year in orbit SpaceNews · 5 Mar 2025 The first spacecraft built by satellite manufacturing startup Apex continues to work well after a year in orbit as the company leverages that experience for future spacecraft.
- ESA signs new chip development for more resilient satnav ESA · 5 Mar 2025 It is impossible to imagine our everyday lives – and Europe’s economy – without reliable satellite navigation. Accordingly, ESA prioritises developing and delivering more resilient positioning, navigation and timing tech...
- First CubeSat joins ESA's Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis ESA · 5 Mar 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Trump Renews Support for Humans on Mars, Golden Dome SpacePolicyOnline.com · 5 Mar 2025 In his first address to a joint session of Congress of his second term in office, President Trump reiterated his support for sending humans to Mars. As in his inaugural
- NASA to launch Earth science smallsat mission on Firefly Alpha SpaceNews · 5 Mar 2025 NASA selected Firefly Aerospace to launch a trio of Earth science smallsats that will study the formation of storms.
- Butch, Suni and Nick Stay Focused on Mission, Not Politics SpacePolicyOnline.com · 5 Mar 2025 The three NASA astronauts on the Crew-9 mission aboard the International Space Station are staying focused on their work, not the earthly politics recently inserted into debate about their return
- Raven Space Systems reveals NASA and AFRL research agreements SpaceNews · 5 Mar 2025 Raven Space Systems has secured a NASA Space Act Agreement and an Air Force Research Laboratory Commercial Research and Development Agreement.
- Launch Roundup: Starship and Ariane 6 set to launch after scrubs NASASpaceflight · 4 Mar 2025 SpaceX is back with another active week, with five Falcon 9 rockets launching from two…
- Space launch executives warn U.S. infrastructure unprepared for coming launch surge SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2025 Industry leaders from Blue Origin, SpaceX and ULA call for modernization of launch facilities to increase capacity
- 2025 Aviation Weather Mission: Civil Air Patrol Cadets Help Scientists Study the Atmosphere with GLOBE Clouds NASA · 4 Mar 2025 The Science Activation Program’s NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative (NESEC) is working alongside the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) to launch the 2025 Aviation Weather Mission. The mission will engage cadets (students ag...
- NASA Awards Launch Service for Mission to Study Storm Formation NASA · 4 Mar 2025 NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide the launch service for the agency’s Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) mission, which aims to understand why, when, and where tropical c...
- Station Nation: Meet Chris Wade, Visiting Vehicle Integration Manager for SpaceX Vehicles NASA · 4 Mar 2025 Chris Wade is a visiting vehicle integration manager for SpaceX vehicles in the International Space Station Transportation Integration Office. He plays a key role in ensuring that all vehicle requirements are on track to...
- Isar Aerospace secures first Asian customer ahead of debut launch SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2025 Japanese microgravity services startup ElevationSpace has become the first customer in Asia for Germany’s Isar Aerospace, which now only needs a launch license to debut its two-stage Spectrum rocket after clearing tests.
- FARMing with Data: OpenET Launches new Tool for Farmers and Ranchers NASA · 4 Mar 2025 A NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)-supported research and development team is making it easier for farmers and ranchers to manage their water resources. The team, called OpenET, created the Farm and Ranch Managemen...
- Butch and Suni send mixed messages on whether politics delayed their return Ars Technica · 4 Mar 2025 "We came up prepared to stay long, even though we plan to stay short."
- NASA Sets Coverage for Intuitive Machines’ Second Private Moon Landing NASA · 4 Mar 2025 Carrying NASA technology demonstrations and science investigations, Intuitive Machines is targeting their Moon landing no earlier than 12:32 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 6. The company’s Nova-C lunar lander is slated to l...
- Moog to Share Innovations in Advanced Spacecraft Computing During Partner Session at SATELLITE 2025 Conference SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2025 East Aurora, NY (Mar. 4, 2025) – Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B), a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and integrator of precision motion control components and systems, will be presenting its […]
- March’s Night Sky Notes: Messier Madness NASA · 4 Mar 2025 by Kat Troche of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific What Are Messier Objects? During the 18th century, astronomer and comet hunter Charles Messier wanted to distinguish the ‘faint fuzzies’ he observed from any poten...
- Starship IFT-8 Tries Again Tomorrow as SpaceX Readies for Florida Launches This Year SpacePolicyOnline.com · 4 Mar 2025 SpaceX will try again tomorrow, March 5, to launch Starship’s Integrated Flight Test-8 (IFT-8) from Starbase at Boca Chica, TX. They scrubbed the first attempt last night due to technical
- NASA Successfully Acquires GPS Signals on Moon NASA · 4 Mar 2025 NASA and the Italian Space Agency made history on March 3, when the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) became the first technology demonstration to acquire and track Earth-based navigation signals on the Moon’s surfa...
- 30 Years Ago: STS-67, the Astro-2 Mission NASA · 4 Mar 2025 On March 2, 1995, space shuttle Endeavour launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on its eighth trip into space, on the STS-67 Astro-2 mission. The crew included Commander Stephen Oswald, Pilot William Grego...
- Blue Ghost Lands on Moon NASA · 4 Mar 2025 The shadow of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander can be seen in this photo from the Moon, taken after landing on March 2, 2025. The lander safely delivered a suite of 10 NASA science and technology instruments;...
- The evolving landscape of space investment with Tess Hatch SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2025 In this episode of Commercial Space Transformers SpaceNews Senior Staff Writer Jason Rainbow speaks with Tess Hatch, Managing Partner, Stifel Venture Banking.
- Astranis demonstrates GPS capability in race for Space Force contract SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2025 The company is a contender in the Space Force’s Resilient GPS program, an initiative aimed at augmenting the existing GPS constellation with smaller and lower-cost satellites
- X-ray Signal Points to Destroyed Planet, Chandra Finds NASA · 4 Mar 2025 A planet may have been destroyed by a white dwarf at the center of a planetary nebula — the first time this has been seen. As described in our latest press release, this would explain a mysterious X-ray signal that astro...
- NASA’s Hubble Finds Kuiper Belt Duo May Be Trio NASA · 4 Mar 2025 The puzzle of predicting how three gravitationally bound bodies move in space has challenged mathematicians for centuries, and has most recently been popularized in the novel and television show “3 Body Problem.” There’s...
- Lagniappe for March 2025 NASA · 4 Mar 2025 Explore Lagniappe for March 2025 featuring: Gator Speaks Welcome to March. It is the month that refuses to sit still. One day, the sun is shining, and the next day, the wind is howling through the trees, especially in th...
- How NASA Employee Went from Rock Climbing to Rocket Propulsion NASA · 4 Mar 2025 Jason Hopper’s journey to NASA started with assessing the risk of stepping into the unknown. One day, while taking a break from his hobby of rock climbing at Mississippi State University, a fellow student noticed Hopper...