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- What happens next with NASA's plan to replace the ISS? Source: "It could get ugly" Ars Technica · 27 Mar 2026 "It reminds me of sort of Lucy and Charlie Brown with the football."
- Artemis II Crew’s Suits NASA · 27 Mar 2026 The Orion Crew Survival System suits that Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will wear...
- Live coverage: Artemis 2 astronauts head to Florida ahead of April 1 launch attempt Spaceflight Now · 27 Mar 2026 The crew is expected to land in Florida around 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 UTC) on Friday. April 1 at 6:24 p.m. EDT (2224 UTC) is the earliest launch opportunity during a six-day window.
- CNES Publishes Call for Drone Swarm to Monitor Launch Operations European Spaceflight · 27 Mar 2026 CNES has issued a call for proposals to deploy a swarm of autonomous drones at the Guiana Space Centre for several applications, including perimeter monitoring during launch operations. The project forms part of the agen...
- Building a hypersonic pathway to orbit with Mark Bigham SpaceNews · 27 Mar 2026 On this episode of the Space Minds podcast, host David Ariosto speaks with Mark Bigham, the Vice President of Defense Programs at Longshot Space Technologies Corporation, a new hardware startup […]
- ESA’s astronaut reserve begins final training block ESA · 27 Mar 2026 Members of ESA’s astronaut reserve have returned to the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, for the final block of their Astronaut Reserve Training (ART) programme. This phase marks the last step in prep...
- Week in images: 23-27 March 2026 ESA · 27 Mar 2026 Week in images: 23-27 March 2026
- We’re about to see Earth’s magnetic shield like never before ESA · 27 Mar 2026 What really happens when the Sun’s charged particles slam into Earth’s magnetic shield?
- The ‘ground truth’ gap in AgTech: Why satellites alone can’t save supply chains SpaceNews · 27 Mar 2026 The Earth observation sector is experiencing a golden age. Satellite hardware and launch costs have plummeted, and computer power, driven by AI and analytics, continues to improve. That’s led to a genuine revolution in p...
- Industry says proposed NASA changes to commercial space station plans create confusion SpaceNews · 27 Mar 2026 NASA’s proposed changes to its support of commercial space stations have created concern and confusion among companies developing them, the head of an industry organization warned.
- Getting to the core of a medicane ESA · 27 Mar 2026 Everyone knows what a hurricane is, but a lesser-known storm type – a medicane – recently made landfall in Libya. While the arrival of Medicane Jolina, a rare Mediterranean cyclone, brought extreme weather, it also provi...
- How Europe will power the journey to the Moon and back ESA · 27 Mar 2026 Artemis II will send astronauts around the Moon and safely home. At the core of the mission is the European Service Module: providing propulsion, power and life support for their journey into deep space.
- SBQuantum and Spire to send quantum diamond magnetometer into orbit SpaceNews · 27 Mar 2026 SAN FRANCISCO – Canadian startup SBQuantum plans to send a quantum diamond magnetometer into low-Earth orbit March 30 on a Spire Global satellite flying on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare. Spire is providing the satellite, g...
- Where spiral arms and star formation meet ESA · 27 Mar 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Earth from Space: Kimberley, Australia ESA · 27 Mar 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- ispace redesigns lunar lander, introduces lunar communications service SpaceNews · 27 Mar 2026 Japanese company ispace is revising its lunar lander design and further delaying the first mission by its American subsidiary while also unveiling plans for a lunar satellite constellation.
- Satellite Spots a Spawn NASA · 27 Mar 2026 The activity of herring around Vancouver Island in British Columbia brightened coastal waters enough to be detectable from space.
- U.S. GSSAP satellites execute GEO handoff to monitor China’s Shijian-29 spacecraft SpaceNews · 26 Mar 2026 Commercial space tracking data shows U.S. satellites coordinating maneuvers to maintain proximity and continuous observation of a pair of Chinese spacecraft in geostationary orbit.
- Space Command begins phased move to Alabama SpaceNews · 26 Mar 2026 The new headquarters building is expected to be completed by 2031
- What’s Up: April 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA · 26 Mar 2026 Mercury shines at its brightest for the year, the Lyrid meteor shower peaks, and a bright new comet makes an appearance in April’s night sky.
- Government use of commercial procurement models has limitations in space SpaceNews · 26 Mar 2026 While government agencies are increasingly turning to commercial contracting mechanisms for space capabilities, that does not necessarily translate to additional business opportunities for the companies offering them.
- NASA to Unveil Complete Roman Telescope, Host Media Briefing NASA · 26 Mar 2026 Media are invited Tuesday, April 21, to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for a look at the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which recently completed construction and is wrapping up pr...
- NASA Releases Artemis II Moon Mission Launch Countdown NASA · 26 Mar 2026 Before NASA sends its astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on their Artemis II mission around the Moon, the launch team at NASA’s Kennedy Space C...
- Station Nation: Aaron Rose, Cold Stowage Mission Manager NASA · 26 Mar 2026 As a member of the Crew and Thermal Systems Division, Aaron Rose supports critical cargo resupply missions to the International Space Station. In this role, he works with payload developers to safely transport temperatur...
- Turning growth into profits remains a challenge as space demand grows SpaceNews · 26 Mar 2026 While the space economy is expanding across multiple fronts, questions remain about how some of its most promising opportunities could translate growing demand into sustainable profits.
- Xona raises $170 million for satellite navigation network SpaceNews · 26 Mar 2026 The company is scaling up production as it looks to build a 258-satellite network to provide positioning, navigation and timing services
- China sends radar mapping and GNSS augmentation sats into orbit with pair of launches SpaceNews · 26 Mar 2026 China conducted a pair of launches in recent days, adding new satellites to the SuperView and CentiSpace low Earth orbit infrastructure constellations.
- Arctic Winter Sea Ice Ties Record Low, NASA, NSIDC Scientists Find NASA · 26 Mar 2026 For the second consecutive year, winter sea ice in the Arctic reached a level that matches the lowest peak observed since satellite monitoring began in 1979. On March 15, Arctic sea ice extent reached 5.52 million square...
- Arctic Winter Sea Ice Ties Record Low, NASA, NSIDC Scientists Find NASA · 26 Mar 2026 For the second consecutive year, winter sea ice in the Arctic reached a level that matches the lowest peak observed since satellite monitoring began in 1979. On March 15, Arctic sea ice extent reached 5.52 million square...
- NASA’s IXPE Gets Fresh Look at Supernova NASA · 26 Mar 2026 NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission has taken a new observation of a supernova, RCW 86, seen here in an image released on March 24, 2026. This observation helps fill in a fuller picture of what other...
- Live Coverage: SpaceX to launch batch of Starlink satellites from the West Coast Spaceflight Now · 26 Mar 2026 Liftoff of the Starlink 17-17 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California is scheduled during a launch window that opens at 4:03 p.m. PDT (7:03 p.m. EDT / 2303 UTC).
- Satlantis earnings grow alongside demand for Earth-observation satellites SpaceNews · 26 Mar 2026 WASHINGTON – Satlantis reported revenues of 47.8 million euros ($56.4 million) in 2025, with more than 50% of the Spanish company’s income derived from small-satellite sales and operations. Audited earnings before intere...
- HTS Market Set to Reach $76B as Industry Enters Terabit Era SpaceNews · 26 Mar 2026 Paris, France – March, 2026 – Novaspace’s latest High Throughput Satellites (HTS) report shows global demand reaching 218 Tbps by 2034, while service revenues are set to more than double to $76 billion over the same peri...
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4838-4844: Wrapping Up the Boxwork Terrain NASA · 26 Mar 2026 Written by Deborah Padgett, MSL Operations Product Ground System Task Lead at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Friday, March 20, 2026 Curiosity has just concluded a very intense week of science obser...
- We’re going to the Moon | Artemis II ESAxASH ESA · 26 Mar 2026 For the first time in over 50 years, humans are going back to the Moon. This time, Europe is part of that journey.
- Smile pre-launch media briefing ESA · 26 Mar 2026 Watch the replay of the Smile pre-launch media briefing. The briefing covered key details ahead of the mission’s launch aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Smile is a joint mission between ES...
- Norway and Iceland to Join the EU’s GOVSATCOM and IRIS2 Programmes European Spaceflight · 26 Mar 2026 Norway and Iceland have signed agreements to participate in the European Union’s GOVSATCOM and IRIS2 secure communications programmes. The EU’s GOVSATCOM and IRIS2 programmes are intended to provide European governments...
- NASA’s Hubble Detects First-Ever Spin Reversal of Tiny Comet NASA · 26 Mar 2026 Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence that the spinning of a small comet slowed and then reversed its direction of rotation, offering a dramatic example of how volatile activity can affect t...
- Hughes targets sovereign satcom demand with network control software SpaceNews · 26 Mar 2026 Company rolls out AI-enabled modem as militaries shift to hybrid networks
- Golden Dome and the velocity race: Why ground-based optics are the key to mission persistence SpaceNews · 26 Mar 2026 While often described as a moonshot for missile defense, the Golden Dome for America mission is in reality something even more challenging: an exercise in disciplined systems engineering under threat. Hypersonic glide ve...