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- Lunar lander developers say they are ready to meet anticipated increased NASA demand SpaceNews · 23 Mar 2026 Two lunar lander companies say they’re ready to meet NASA’s plans for a major increase in the cadence of landings but offered few details about how they would do so.
- A rare encounter: How Juice came to observe 3I/ATLAS ESA · 23 Mar 2026 No matter how much planning goes into space missions, one must always expect the unexpected. But luck favours the prepared. In July 2025, an unexpected visitor entered our Solar System, interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. ESA’...
- Swissto12 to build small optical relay GEO satellite for Space Compass SpaceNews · 23 Mar 2026 Swissto12, the Switzerland-based small geostationary satellite specialist, has signed a contract to build the first optical relay spacecraft using its washing machine-sized HummingSat platform.
- A Fault Line in Full Bloom NASA · 23 Mar 2026 Plains around the San Andreas Fault and across Carrizo Plain National Monument are awash with yellow as wildflowers bloom.
- What’s Happening in Space Policy March 22-28, 2026 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 22 Mar 2026 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of March 22-28, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session
- Transformational Tools and Technologies Resources NASA · 22 Mar 2026 Vision Studies, Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) Studies, and White Papers
- SpaceX offers details on orbital data center satellites SpaceNews · 22 Mar 2026 SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk revealed more technical, but not financial, details about his company’s plans to deploy an orbital data center constellation.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 22 Mar 2026 Liftoff of the Starlink 10-62 mission from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 10:47 a.m. EDT (1447 UTC). The rocket will fly on a northeasterly trajectory.
- ESA Regains Contact With Lost Proba-3 Spacecraft European Spaceflight · 22 Mar 2026 The European Space Agency has regained contact with the Coronagraph spacecraft of its Proba-3 mission after more than a month of silence. Launched aboard an ISRO PSLV-XL rocket in December 2024, the Proba-3 mission’s Cor...
- Some European Launcher Challenge funding remains in limbo SpaceNews · 22 Mar 2026 Nearly 140 million euros ($162 million) that European Space Agency member states allocated to a program to support launch vehicle development remains in limbo and could be lost.
- Progress MS-33 set to resume Russian flights to ISS from repaired pad NASASpaceflight · 21 Mar 2026 Just under four months after Soyuz MS-28 launched from Site 31/6 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in…
- Artemis 2 returns to the pad for April launch attempt SpaceNews · 21 Mar 2026 The Artemis 2 launch vehicle and spacecraft have returned to the launch pad for a launch as soon as April 1.
- Blue Origin ramps up New Glenn manufacturing, unveils Orbital Data Center ambitions NASASpaceflight · 21 Mar 2026 Blue Origin is showcasing the production cadence of its New Glenn heavy-lift rocket at its…
- NASA’s X-59 Experimental Supersonic Aircraft Makes Second Flight NASA · 20 Mar 2026 NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft made its second flight on Friday, kicking off a series of dozens of test flights in 2026. Although the flight duration was abbreviated due to a technical issue, the team was able to...
- SLS enters pad flow ahead of historic Artemis II mission NASASpaceflight · 20 Mar 2026 NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft arrived at Launch Pad…
- Officina Stellare wins $2 million contract for lasercom ground station in Spain SpaceNews · 20 Mar 2026 MILAN – Officina Stellare, an Italian manufacturer of advanced opto-mechanical systems, has signed a 1.84 million euro ($2.0 million) contract with the Barcelona-based Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), the company a...
- Rocket Lab launches eighth Synspective radar imaging satellite SpaceNews · 20 Mar 2026 Rocket Lab launched the latest in a series of satellites for Japanese radar imaging company Synspective on March 20.
- Hangar One Restoration Project NASA · 20 Mar 2026 Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on April 25, 2022 and has been updated to reflect changes including the completion of Hangar One’s restoration. Restoration has been completed on Hangar One, a histori...
- Another GPS launch shifts from ULA to SpaceX as Vulcan investigation continues SpaceNews · 20 Mar 2026 The change affects the GPS III SV-10 satellite, which had been slated to launch on ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket.
- NASA Selects University Finalists for Technology Concepts Competition NASA · 20 Mar 2026 NASA selected 14 university teams from across the nation as finalists in the 2026 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Competition. This NASA challenge tasks students to design innovative...
- How Open NASA Data on Comet 3I/ATLAS Will Power Tomorrow’s Discoveries NASA · 20 Mar 2026 The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will soon leave our solar system, never to return, but the observations of the comet will live on in NASA’s public data archives. More than a dozen NASA science missions turned their instr...
- OHB Sweden wins €248 million contract to build EPS-Sterna constellation SpaceNews · 20 Mar 2026 OHB Sweden has won a record contract for Sweden’s space sector to build 20 satellites to boost Europe’s weather forecasting and climate monitoring capabilities.
- Smiles and Spacesuits NASA · 20 Mar 2026 NASA astronaut Chris Williams smiles at the camera during a spacesuit fit verification on Jan. 2, 2026, inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock. This procedure confirms that the spacesuit is airtight and p...
- NASA Exploration, Science Inspire “Project Hail Mary” Film NASA · 20 Mar 2026 Real-life space exploration and big-screen science fiction will converge on Friday. As NASA prepares to launch Artemis II, the first crewed mission under the agency’s Artemis program and another step toward sending the f...
- Jeff Bezos throws his hat in the ring for an orbital data center megaconstellation, too Ars Technica · 20 Mar 2026 "Space-based data centers will be a complement to terrestrial infrastructure."
- Artemis II rolls again ESA · 20 Mar 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Week in images: 16-20 March 2026 ESA · 20 Mar 2026 Week in images: 16-20 March 2026
- NASA Simulations Improve Artemis II Launch Environment NASA · 20 Mar 2026 Airflow around rockets as they travel from Earth into space can have a dramatic impact on a mission, which is why NASA used advanced simulations to provide the best possible launch conditions for the Artemis II test flig...
- Seven scientific benefits of ESA’s Genesis mission ESA · 20 Mar 2026 Genesis is the European Space Agency’s (ESA) navigation mission to measure Earth down to the millimetre. This precise measurement of Earth will have wide-ranging benefits, from satellite navigation to orbit determination...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 25 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Spaceflight Now · 20 Mar 2026 The Starlink 17-30 mission will be SpaceX’s 30th mission supporting its broadband internet satellites megaconstellation so far this year. Liftoff from pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for a launch w...
- Holistic space observation: the shift from SSA to SDA SpaceNews · 20 Mar 2026 Recent reporting on SpaceX’s proposal to deploy up to one million satellites in low Earth orbit — paired with a vision of AI-enabled, autonomous orbital infrastructure — marks a decisive moment for the space community. R...
- NASA Glenn Opens Applications for Free Summer Engineering Institute NASA · 20 Mar 2026 NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is hosting the 2026 NASA Glenn High School Engineering Institute this July. The hands-on learning experience is designed to help high school students prepare for a future in the...
- ESA to fly dedicated Crew Dragon mission to ISS SpaceNews · 20 Mar 2026 The European Space Agency plans to charter a SpaceX Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station to give more flight opportunities for its astronauts.
- 3 weeks and 3 cargo departures for εpsilon ESA · 20 Mar 2026 This video was published on social media by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot with the following caption:
- Rocket Report: Canada makes a major move, US Space Force says actually, let's be hasty Ars Technica · 20 Mar 2026 "Our security, our prosperity, and our sovereignty will increasingly extend beyond our atmosphere."
- Kayhan targets investors, insurers with expanded orbital intelligence platform SpaceNews · 20 Mar 2026 TAMPA, Fla. — Kayhan Space is branching out from providing orbital intelligence used to coordinate satellite fleets with a new software platform that turns that data into business insights for investors and insurers. The...
- Earth from Space: Jostedalsbreen, Norway ESA · 20 Mar 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- ESA to Purchase SpaceX Crew Dragon Mission to ISS European Spaceflight · 20 Mar 2026 The European Space Agency (ESA) Director General Josef Aschbacher announced on 19 March that the agency intends to purchase a dedicated SpaceX Crew Dragon flight to the International Space Station (ISS) for its astronaut...
- Restless Kīlauea Launches Lava and Ash NASA · 20 Mar 2026 Episode 43 of the Hawaiian volcano’s current eruption was marked by high lava fountains and widespread ash dispersal.
- NASA Convening Artemis International Partners Next Week SpacePolicyOnline.com · 20 Mar 2026 NASA is bringing together the international partners in the Artemis program next week to discuss the program’s new architecture. NASA differentiates Artemis from the Apollo program by emphasizing that this