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- NASA kills lunar space station to focus on ambitious Moon base Ars Technica · 24 Mar 2026 "Everyone wants to be on the surface."
- OrbitsIQ Global Announces Breakthrough in Space-Based IoT Connectivity SpaceNews · 24 Mar 2026 Washington, D.C., March 24, 2026 – OrbitsIQ Global (OIQ), an innovator in AI-driven secure connectivity across terrestrial and satellite networks, today announced a major technological milestone achieved in collaboration...
- NASA unveils Space Reactor-1 Freedom mission to Mars in 2028 NASASpaceflight · 24 Mar 2026 In a significant NASA announcement, Administrator Jared Isaacman and agency leaders outlined plans for a…
- China’s Astronstone raises $29 million for reusable rocket with chopstick-style recovery SpaceNews · 24 Mar 2026 Astronstone, one of China’s younger launch startups, has secured new funding as it builds toward the first flight of its reusable AS-1 rocket.
- NASA Rolls Out New Moon Plan SpacePolicyOnline.com · 24 Mar 2026 NASA is again revising its plan to return astronauts to the Moon and establish a sustainable presence there. With the launch of the Artemis II crew around the Moon coming
- Space Development Agency slows satellite launches to focus on on-orbit performance SpaceNews · 24 Mar 2026 The agency’s acting director says checkout, orbit-raising and network testing are pacing the program
- NASA halts work on Gateway to develop a lunar base SpaceNews · 24 Mar 2026 NASA is halting plans to develop the lunar Gateway and instead focusing on the development of a lunar base.
- Space Force officer shares intelligence on threats to space systems SpaceNews · 24 Mar 2026 WASHINGTON – Electronic warfare is a growing threat to U.S. space systems, according to a March 23 unclassified briefing by U.S. Space Force Chief Master Sergeant Ron Lerch, senior enlisted advisor to the Deputy Chief of...
- NASA Research Proposes Technology to Seek Earth-Like Exoplanets NASA · 24 Mar 2026 As NASA seeks to understand the mysteries of the universe, the agency is advancing technologies to locate and explore Earth-like planets far beyond our solar system. A key element of this research involves observing refl...
- From missions to systems: The architecture enabling a sustained lunar economy SpaceNews · 24 Mar 2026 The conversation around humanity’s return to the moon is often viewed through launches, landers and national programs. But, industry leaders say that framework is becoming outdated. Instead, they point to […]
- SpaceEye-T: 25 cm Satellite Imagery and Tasking Now Available Through Pacific Geomatics Limited SpaceNews · 24 Mar 2026 Victoria, Canada / Daejeon, South Korea – March 24, 2026 – Canadian and international organizations can now access SpaceEye-T imagery and tasking services through Pacific Geomatics Limited, one of the […]
- NASA’s Water-Hunting Tool Will Help Scout Moon’s South Pole NASA · 24 Mar 2026 NASA is joining international partners to hunt for ice on the Moon in support of future human exploration. The agency is providing a water-detecting instrument, the Neutron Spectrometer System (NSS), to the Lunar Polar E...
- NASA Unveils Initiatives to Achieve America’s National Space Policy NASA · 24 Mar 2026 As part of its “Ignition” event on Tuesday, NASA announced a series of transformative agencywide initiatives designed to achieve President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and advance American leadership in space....
- SES targets 28 satellites with K2 Space for next-gen MEO network SpaceNews · 24 Mar 2026 SES announced plans March 24 to order an initial 28 satellites from manufacturing startup K2 Space for meoSphere, a next-generation MEO network slated to be in operation by 2030.
- Optical Vortex Phase Masks for the Detection of Habitable Worlds NASA · 24 Mar 2026 A team of NASA researchers is developing new types of optical masks that could help enable the many orders of magnitude of starlight suppression needed for future space observatories to pick out very faint habitable exop...
- Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right? Ars Technica · 24 Mar 2026 "This is not physically impossible; it’s only a question of whether this is a rational thing."
- Fusion engine for missile warning lacks a government dataset SpaceNews · 24 Mar 2026 WASHINGTON – National missile warning and tracking could be improved if all government agencies shared the raw data they gather. “There are agencies that have sensors that can provide data that would be very supplemental...
- Smile fuelled for launch ESA · 24 Mar 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- XRISM solves famous star’s 50-year mystery ESA · 24 Mar 2026 An invisible companion consuming material from the naked-eye star gamma-Cas has been revealed as the culprit for curious X-rays coming from the stellar system. This closes the case on a mystery that has puzzled astronome...
- US-Based Katalyst Selects Ariane 6 to Launch Satellite Servicing Spacecraft European Spaceflight · 24 Mar 2026 Arizona-headquartered space operations company Katalyst Space Technologies has signed a contract with Arianespace to launch its NEXUS-1 satellite servicing spacecraft aboard an Ariane 6 in 2027. The NEXUS-1 spacecraft is...
- Tropical Cyclone Narelle Crosses Australia NASA · 24 Mar 2026 The powerful storm lashed the northern edge of the continent with damaging winds and drenching rain as it made landfall multiple times.
- Progress on Starbase Pads ahead of Block 3 Starships NASASpaceflight · 24 Mar 2026 In a flurry of ground activity that underscores SpaceX’s relentless drive for launch cadence, engineers…
- Launch Preview: Russia to debut Soyuz-5; Falcon 9 and Atlas V to launch internet satellites NASASpaceflight · 23 Mar 2026 The United States, Russia, China, New Zealand, and Norway are all set to host launches…
- Space Force adds cyber units to guard rocket launches SpaceNews · 23 Mar 2026 ‘Cyber defense’ squadrons at Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg reflect growing concern over malicious hacks
- NASA Data Hackathon Inspires Community Action NASA · 23 Mar 2026 On Jan. 31, students, library staff, researchers, and community members gathered at the University of Florida’s (UF) Marston Science Library for the Environmental Monitoring through Education, Research, and Geospatial En...
- Amazon Leo targets faster deployment cadence as deadline pressure mounts SpaceNews · 23 Mar 2026 Amazon vowed to double the annual launch rate for its low Earth orbit broadband constellation to more than 20 missions, hinging largely on rockets yet to prove themselves at scale.
- Science Through Shadows: How Astronomical Alignments Reveal the Universe NASA · 23 Mar 2026 When one celestial object passes in front of another, it can cast a shadow that travels across space – and sometimes across Earth. These moments of alignment, known as eclipses, occultations, and transits, allow scientis...
- Parsons unveils new satellite antenna aimed at military market SpaceNews · 23 Mar 2026 Hybrid antenna developed by Parsons and Raven Defense combines a six-meter parabolic dish with an electronically steered phased-array feed
- See NASA’s GUARDIAN Catch a Tsunami NASA · 23 Mar 2026 A new data visualization illustrates how an experimental NASA technology can provide extra lead time to communities in the path of a tsunami. Called GUARDIAN (GNSS Upper Atmospheric Real-time Disaster Information and Ale...
- Sovereign demand and institutional capital reshape space economy SpaceNews · 23 Mar 2026 Large infrastructure funds are “carefully looking” into entering the space sector, Seraphim Space CEO Mark Boggett said March 23, giving early-stage investors more confidence to back ambitious startups that may later nee...
- SWOT Mission Unlocks a New View of Our Waterways NASA · 23 Mar 2026 Explore how rivers move, change, and sustain life across the planet with SWOT data.
- NASA’s Hubble, Webb Telescopes Survey Pinwheel Galaxy NASA · 23 Mar 2026 This March 16, 2026, image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope takes a closer look at the core of Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. At 25 million light-years away, M101 is...
- Celeste: Countdown to Launch 1 ESA · 23 Mar 2026 On 25 March, the first two satellites of the Celeste in-orbit demonstration mission will lift off aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the company’s Māhia Launch Complex in New Zealand.
- Arianespace to launch Katalyst servicing spacecraft SpaceNews · 23 Mar 2026 Katalyst Space Technologies will launch a geosynchronous orbit servicing spacecraft on an Ariane 6 in 2027.
- NASA to Provide Update on Implementation of National Space Policy NASA · 23 Mar 2026 NASA will host a public event at 9 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 24, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters in Washington to outline how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accele...
- NASA’s Hubble Revisits Crab Nebula to Track 25 Years of Expansion NASA · 23 Mar 2026 A quarter-century after its first observations of the full Crab Nebula, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has taken a fresh look at the supernova remnant. The result is an unparalleled, detailed look at the aftermath of a su...
- York Space rides defense demand as procurement changes cloud outlook SpaceNews · 23 Mar 2026 The company points to backlog and commercial wins as it navigates transition in Space Development Agency-led programs
- Tracking Arctic freshwater flow from space ESA · 23 Mar 2026 Arctic rivers and runoff from the land pour vast volumes of freshwater into the Arctic Ocean, influencing seawater salinity, sea-ice formation and ocean circulation, thereby playing an important role in regulating Earth’...
- The software behind Artemis, Gateway and America’s defense in space deserves its own strategy SpaceNews · 23 Mar 2026 When we talk about national space infrastructure, we talk about rockets, launch pads and ground stations. We invest billions in the vehicles that carry astronauts to the moon and the telescopes that peer to the edge of t...
- Watch live: First Celeste launch ESA · 23 Mar 2026 On 25 March, the first two satellites of the Celeste LEO-PNT in-orbit demonstration mission will lift off aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the company’s Māhia Launch Complex in New Zealand.