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China’s Kinetica-2 rocket debuts successfully, sending prototype cargo spacecraft to orbit SpaceNews · 30 Mar 2026 Chinese firm CAS Space successfully reached orbit with the first launch of its Kinetica-2 launch vehicle Monday, with a prototype cargo spacecraft among the payloads.
Meet History’s Next Lunar Astronauts Space Scout · 30 Mar 2026 NASA’s Artemis II mission is ready to launch, and, if all goes to plan, will carry four people farther from Earth than ever before.
Last glimpse of Smile ESA · 30 Mar 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Smile meets Vega-C ESA · 30 Mar 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA Seeks Commercial Provider to Transport Payload to the Moon European Spaceflight · 30 Mar 2026 The European Space Agency is seeking a commercial provider to deliver its NILS2 instrument to the Moon to measure negative ions on the lunar surface. On 1 June 2024, ESA’s original Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface (NIL...
What is Smile about to discover? ESA · 30 Mar 2026 What really happens when the Sun’s charged particles slam into Earth’s magnetic shield?
Pentagon weighing termination of Raytheon GPS ground control contract after years of delays SpaceNews · 30 Mar 2026 Space Force considers shifting to upgraded legacy ground system
With Voyager’s help, Icarus Robotics to test free-flyer on ISS SpaceNews · 30 Mar 2026 SAN FRANCISCO – Voyager Technologies announced plans March 30 to help Icarus Robotics test a free-flying platform, called Joyride, on the International Space Station. Under the agreement, Voyager will handle payload inte...
The race to build orbital data centers is missing its biggest variable: power SpaceNews · 30 Mar 2026 Here’s the version of the orbital data center story you keep reading: Elon Musk says space will be the cheapest place to run AI within 36 months. LoneStar announces plans for a lunar data center. NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin Spac...
Starcloud achieves unicorn status with $170 million raise for orbital data centers SpaceNews · 30 Mar 2026 Starcloud has raised $170 million to accelerate development of its next-generation spacecraft, reaching a $1.1 billion valuation as it awaits permission to deploy an 88,000-strong orbital data center network.
Science finds a place on Artemis 2 SpaceNews · 30 Mar 2026 While the Artemis 2 mission is primarily a test flight, the four astronauts on board will conduct some science during the nearly 10-day mission.
European Service Module engines powering Artemis II ESA · 30 Mar 2026 When Artemis II carries astronauts beyond Earth orbit for the first time in 50 years, Europe will be providing the power that makes the journey possible. Built by European industry, ESA’s European Service Module is the p...
Europe's engines powering Artemis II ESA · 30 Mar 2026 When Artemis II carries astronauts beyond Earth orbit for the first time in 50 years, Europe will be providing the power that makes the journey possible. Built by European industry, ESA’s European Service Module is the p...
Seeing Blue During Schirmacher’s Summer Melt Season NASA · 30 Mar 2026 A network of meltwater lakes and drainage channels made an Antarctic ice shelf known for its blue ice areas even bluer.
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 119 payloads on smallsat rideshare mission from California Spaceflight Now · 30 Mar 2026 The Transporter-16 mission is the 21st mission in the company’s smallsat rideshare program. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 4:02 a.m. PDT (7:02 a.m. EDT / 1102 UTC).
Satellite imaging industry’s next challenge: getting systems to talk to each other SpaceNews · 29 Mar 2026 Executives say lack of incentives and interoperability slows ‘tipping and cueing’ across vendors
America’s Rocket Factory comes Full Circle with Artemis NASASpaceflight · 29 Mar 2026 As NASA prepares for its long-awaited return of crewed launches beyond low Earth orbit with…
What’s Happening in Space Policy March 29-April 4, 2026 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 29 Mar 2026 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of March 29-April 4, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in
‘Shots on goal and win the game’: NASA’s effort to accelerate lunar landings SpaceNews · 29 Mar 2026 While NASA outlined plans to increase the cadence of robotic lunar lander missions at a recent event, it said little about accelerating work on crewed lunar landers.
SpaceX to deliver 119 payloads to Sun-synchronous orbit on Transporter 16 NASASpaceflight · 28 Mar 2026 SpaceX is set to launch 119 payloads to Sun-synchronous orbit from California for the Transporter…
Starfish Space finds a new partner for docking demonstration mission SpaceNews · 28 Mar 2026 Starfish Space has changed plans for a docking demonstration mission after its original partner backed out.
Mike Fincke Shares More About His Medical Event SpacePolicyOnline.com · 28 Mar 2026 NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is sharing more about the medical event that caused an early end to the Crew-11 mission aboard the International Space Station. In an interview with the
Celeste’s first satellites launched to explore LEO-based satellite navigation ESA · 28 Mar 2026 On 28 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) took a major step forward in strengthening Europe's ambition for more resilient satellite navigation, as the first two satellites of the Celeste in-orbit demonstration mission...
ESA Member States Call for Cancellation of Earth Return Orbiter European Spaceflight · 28 Mar 2026 European Space Agency Member States have called for the cancellation of the Earth Return Orbiter, a key element of plans to return samples from the surface of Mars. The Earth Return Orbiter was to be ESA’s primary contri...
Celeste liftoff ESA · 28 Mar 2026 At 10:14 CET on 28 March, the first two satellites of ESA’s Celeste LEO-PNT in-orbit demonstration mission lifted off aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Māhia, New Zealand.
Launch of ESA’s Celeste mission 1 ESA · 28 Mar 2026 At 10:14 CET on 28 March, the first two satellites of ESA’s Celeste LEO-PNT in-orbit demonstration mission lifted off aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Māhia, New Zealand.
Artemis 2 astronauts arrive at KSC SpaceNews · 28 Mar 2026 The four Artemis 2 astronauts arrived in Florida March 27 for final preparations ahead of a launch still scheduled as soon as April 1.
U.S.-Canadian Astronaut Crew Ready for Flight Around the Moon SpacePolicyOnline.com · 27 Mar 2026 The four astronauts who will fly around the Moon as soon as next week and their backups arrived at Kennedy Space Center this afternoon. Full of enthusiasm, they also conveyed
I Am Artemis: Erik Richards NASA · 27 Mar 2026 Listen to this audio excerpt from Erik Richards, Near Space Network Mission Manager: For Erik Richards, supporting NASA’s first crewed Artemis mission to the Moon and back is the culmination of a career spent helping spa...
NASA Selects Intuitive Machines to Deliver Artemis Science, Tech to Moon NASA · 27 Mar 2026 NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines of Houston, $180.4 million to deliver NASA-funded science and technology to the lunar surface as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis pr...
NASA’s Environment and Energy “Blue Marble” Awards Categories NASA · 27 Mar 2026 Category I: NASA Environmental Quality Award Recognizes excellence in environmental management and planning, including stewardship of natural and cultural resources. This category highlights achievements in compliance, c...
Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes Two New Associate Members SpaceNews · 27 Mar 2026 March 27, 2026 – Washington, D.C.—The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) is pleased to welcome Astrolab and Zeno Power, two innovative companies advancing planetary mobility and reliable energy in extreme environments. […...
ESA to decide by June on Europe’s Gateway contributions SpaceNews · 27 Mar 2026 MUNICH — For more than a year, questions have swirled about Artemis changes and the Gateway’s role in U.S. lunar ambitions. Following NASA’s March 24 decision to halt work on Gateway, the lunar-orbiting station that had...
NISAR’s View of Mount Rainier NASA · 27 Mar 2026 Description This image captured by U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR on Nov. 10, 2025, shows Washington’s Mount Rainier. The image is cropped from a much larger swath spanning the Pacific Northwest on a cloudy day; NISAR...
NISAR Views Mount St. Helens NASA · 27 Mar 2026 Description This image captured by U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR on Nov. 10, 2025, shows Washington’s Mount St. Helens. The image is cropped from a much larger swath spanning the Pacific Northwest on a cloudy day; NI...
NASA Tech and Science Bound for Low Earth Orbit on Commercial Launch NASA · 27 Mar 2026 Technology and science demonstrations, supported by various NASA industry collaborations and agency developments, are set to launch to low Earth orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of the company’s Transporter-...
NASA Names Scientists to Support Lunar South Pole Science NASA · 27 Mar 2026 NASA has selected 10 participating scientists to help shape a science plan for astronauts to complete on the lunar surface under the Artemis program – including deploying scientific instruments, making critical observati...
I Am Artemis: Michael Guzman NASA · 27 Mar 2026 Listen to this audio excerpt from Michael Guzman, Artemis II main propulsion systems engineer: A clue to what Mike Guzman, main propulsion systems engineer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, loves most can be fou...
India’s Bellatrix raises $20 million following overseas expansion drive SpaceNews · 27 Mar 2026 India-based Bellatrix Aerospace announced March 27 it has raised $20 million to ramp up production of its satellite propulsion systems after securing its first large commercial customer outside the country.
NextSTEP-3 E: Network Extension for User Continuity and Sustainability (NEXUS) Ka-Band Backward-Compatible Relay Broad NASA · 27 Mar 2026 Synopsis | 03/23/26 https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e33cd0cc61064a6497a55fca8e9b30c6/view NASA intends to release a BAA under Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP-3), Appendix E, for Proj...

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