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- Isar Secures New Launch Contract as it Prepares for Spectrum Debut European Spaceflight · 4 Mar 2025 German rocket builder Isar Aerospace has signed a launch services agreement with Japanese in-space logistics company ElevationSpace, securing a Spectrum rocket flight for the AOBA re-entry demonstrator. Founded in 2018,...
- Orion Deputy Program Manager Debbie Korth Receives 2025 Engineer of the Year Award NASA · 4 Mar 2025 The National Society of Professional Engineers recently named Debbie Korth, Orion deputy program manager at Johnson Space Center, as NASA’s 2025 Engineer of the Year. Korth was recognized during an award ceremony at the...
- Sols 4468-4470: A Wintry Mix of Mars Science NASA · 4 Mar 2025 Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 Curiosity continues to climb roughly southward through the layered sulfate strata toward the “boxw...
- Interview with Sean Colgan NASA · 4 Mar 2025 I’m really pleased that you agreed to take advantage of this opportunity. I don’t recall if I have actually met you personally, but if so, then I apologize for not remembering. I don’t think so, although you’ve certainly...
- Japan’s ispace Announces Landing Date for Second Hakuto-R Mission SpacePolicyOnline.com · 4 Mar 2025 The Japanese commercial lunar lander company ispace announced today that its SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon lander and rover will reach lunar orbit on May 6 and land one month
- Albedo secures $12 million STRATFI contract SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2025 Earth-observation startup Albedo won a U.S. Air Force Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract with a potential value of $12 million.
- SpaceX scrubs Starship launch SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2025 SpaceX called off the latest test flight of its Starship/Super Heavy vehicle March 3 after it was unable to resolve last-minute issues with the rocket.
- Spire demonstrates optical links between cubesats SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2025 Spire Global established two-way optical communications for the first time between two six-unit cubesats.
- Space Force chief calls for greater focus on ‘space superiority’ SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2025 Saltzman: "We must think of space as a war fighting domain, rather than just a collection of support activities"
- A New Era for the Space Coast: SpaceX Announces Starship Starfactory and GigaBay Coming to Florida The Launch Pad · 3 Mar 2025 A New Era for the Space Coast: SpaceX Announces Starship Starfactory and GigaBay Coming to Florida
- BAE lands $151 million contract for missile-warning satellite ground system SpaceNews · 3 Mar 2025 BAE Systems will lead the second phase of the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) command and control (C2) ground system program
- University High Knows the Answers at NASA JPL Regional Science Bowl NASA · 3 Mar 2025 In a fast-paced competition, students showcased their knowledge across a wide range of science and math topics. What is the molecular geometry of sulfur tetrafluoride? Which layer of the Sun is thickest? What is the aver...
- University High Knows the Answers at NASA JPL Regional Science Bowl NASA · 3 Mar 2025 In a fast-paced competition, students showcased their knowledge across a wide range of science and math topics. What is the molecular geometry of sulfur tetrafluoride? Which layer of the Sun is thickest? What is the aver...
- NACA Test Pilot Poses with Plane NASA · 3 Mar 2025 In this 1957 photo, George Cooper, a test pilot for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, or NACA, stands next to a North American F-100, a supersonic fighter tested by the NACA. Cooper served as a pilot in Wo...
- NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in Ohio, Texas NASA · 3 Mar 2025 Students from Ohio and Texas will have the chance to hear NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station answer their prerecorded questions this week. At 12:55 p.m. EST, Wednesday, March 5, NASA astronauts Suni W...
- Voyager to adopt partnership strategy for Golden Dome program SpaceNews · 3 Mar 2025 VP Matt Magaña: There's a clear signal from the government that they want to tap into commercial innovations for Golden Dome
- Station Science Top News: Feb. 27, 2025 NASA · 3 Mar 2025 Preventing biofilm formation in space Two anti-microbial coatings reduced formation of biofilms in microgravity and have potential for use in space. Controlling biofilms could help protect human health and prevent corros...
- 110 Years Ago: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Founded NASA · 3 Mar 2025 On March 3, 1915, the United States Congress created the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Although the NACA’s founding took place just over 11 years after the Wright Brothers’ first powered flightfirst...
- Falcon 9 booster lost after droneship landing SpaceNews · 3 Mar 2025 A Falcon 9 booster was lost after making a droneship landing March 2, the latest incident involving the rocket that has raised reliability concerns.
- 35 Years Ago: STS-36 Flies a Dedicated Department of Defense Mission NASA · 3 Mar 2025 On Feb. 28, 1990, space shuttle Atlantis took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on STS-36, the sixth shuttle mission dedicated to the Department of Defense. As such, many of the details of the flight remain...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Starship Flight 8 suborbital test mission from Starbase Spaceflight Now · 3 Mar 2025 The eighth launch of SpaceX’s fully integrated Starship rocket will largely repeat the mission objectives of the previous flight, which saw the breakup of the Ship upper stage of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Liftoff is...
- Maxar wins mystery commercial GEO order amid market slowdown SpaceNews · 3 Mar 2025 Maxar Space Systems announced an order March 3 for a commercial geostationary communications satellite without disclosing its customer’s identity, a rare move for the industry.
- An Ocean in Motion: NASA’s Mesmerizing View of Earth’s Underwater Highways NASA · 3 Mar 2025 This data visualization showing ocean currents around the world uses data from NASA’s Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean model.
- Going With the Flow: Visualizing Ocean Currents with ECCO NASA · 3 Mar 2025 NASA scientists and collaborators built the ECCO model to be the most realistic, detailed, and continuous depiction of the ocean ever developed
- How low can you go? Firm near launch of atmosphere-skimming satellite. Ars Technica · 3 Mar 2025 Flying closer to Earth delivers higher-resolution imagery, but there's a catch.
- Blue Ghost Makes “Picture Perfect” Moon Landing Space Scout · 3 Mar 2025 Firefly Aerospace scored their first successful Moon landing early Sunday morning. As their Blue Ghost lander touched down on the
- NASA Names Norman Knight as Acting Deputy Director of Johnson Space Center NASA · 3 Mar 2025 NASA has selected Norman Knight as acting deputy director of Johnson Space Center. Knight currently serves as Director of Johnson’s Flight Operations Directorate (FOD), responsible for astronaut training and for overall...
- NASA’s Webb Exposes Complex Atmosphere of Starless Super-Jupiter NASA · 3 Mar 2025 An international team of researchers has discovered that previously observed variations in brightness of a free-floating planetary-mass object known as SIMP 0136 must be the result of a complex combination of atmospheric...
- NASA Marks 110 Years Since Founding of Predecessor Organization NASA · 3 Mar 2025 To celebrate the 110th anniversary of the organization that ultimately became NASA, the agency released a new collection of videos to highlight the history of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and th...
- Live coverage: Arianespace to launch an Ariane 6 rocket on its 1st commercial mission Spaceflight Now · 3 Mar 2025 The launch will be managed by Arianespace and will carry the third satellite for the Optical Space Component (CSO– Composante Spatiale Optique) program. Liftoff from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is set for 1:24 p....
- End-run around radiation – The saga and surprise vulnerabilities of Europa Clipper SpaceNews · 3 Mar 2025 GOLDEN, Colorado — NASA’s Europa Clipper, now en route to Jupiter, departed with less-than-satisfactory and vulnerable devices that are susceptible to Jupiter’s intense radiation. The spacecraft’s liftoff on October 14,...
- Radiation as a service: How the private sector can protect America’s space infrastructure SpaceNews · 3 Mar 2025 This time last year, United States government officials released details indicating Russia may be developing a space-based nuclear weapon system to target Western satellites. While a flagrant violation of international n...
- Nammo UK Engine Powers First Successful Commercial Lunar Landing European Spaceflight · 3 Mar 2025 The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lunar lander has completed a historic touchdown on the surface of the Moon, powered by an engine designed and built by Nammo UK with support from the European Space Agency. In 2011, Nammo...
- SpaceX set for Starship Flight 8 NASASpaceflight · 3 Mar 2025 SpaceX is preparing to launch the eighth flight of Starship on Monday, with the goal…
- What’s Happening in Space Policy March 2-9, 2025 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 2 Mar 2025 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week plus a day of March 2-9, 2025 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate
- Air Force selects Pacific landing sites to test space cargo deliveries SpaceNews · 2 Mar 2025 The military will seek environmental approval for two landing pads at Johnston Atoll
- Firefly Aerospace aces Moon landing on first attempt Spaceflight Now · 2 Mar 2025 The successful touchdown marks the beginning of a planned 14-day mission on the lunar surface. The Blue Ghost lander is designed to power down after operating for a few hours into the lunar nighttime, which begins on Mar...
- Firefly Lands on the Moon SpacePolicyOnline.com · 2 Mar 2025 Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 landed on the Moon early this morning. The third of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services or CLPS missions, the commercial lunar lander delivered 10
- Touchdown! Carrying NASA Science, Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lands on Moon NASA · 2 Mar 2025 Carrying a suite of NASA science and technology, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed at 3:34 a.m. EST on Sunday near a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille within Mare Crisium, a more than 300-...
- Firefly’s Blue Ghost 1 lands on the moon SpaceNews · 2 Mar 2025 Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost 1 lunar landed touched down on the surface of the moon March 2.