Chinese official calls for prioritizing Neptune orbiter mission
Monday, 09 March 2026 10:28
A senior Chinese space scientist and delegate to the country’s national congress is proposing the prioritization of an unprecedented orbiter mission to ice giant Neptune.
Smile arrives at Europe’s Spaceport
Monday, 09 March 2026 10:00
The Smile spacecraft has arrived at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. During the coming weeks, the spacecraft will go through final preparations for its launch on a Vega-C rocket between 8 April and 7 May.
ESA analysing fireball over Europe on 8 March 2026
Monday, 09 March 2026 09:40
At approximately 18:55 CET (17:55 UTC) on Sunday 8 March 2026, a very bright fireball moving from the southwest to the northeast was observed by many people in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
"She flies satellites. One day, I can too."
Monday, 09 March 2026 06:30
At ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), teams work around the clock to fly spacecraft across the Solar System and monitor Earth from orbit. Among them are women leading spacecraft operations, managing teams and helping shape the culture of ESA’s mission control.
Course Correction or Controlled Crash? Inside NASA's Artemis Overhaul - Part 1
Monday, 09 March 2026 04:07
NASA says it has finally found the 'back to basics' recipe to get Americans back on the Moon by 2028. A new intermediate mission, standardized hardware, a faster launch cadence: on paper, the Artemis overhaul looks like a sober course correction after years of drift. Look a little closer, though, and the same changes read like a managed soft-landing for a program that is structurally broken and Hostage to the Moon - How Artemis Became Industrial Welfare in a Space Suit - Part 2
Monday, 09 March 2026 04:07
NASA says it has finally found the "back to basics" recipe to get Americans back on the Moon by 2028. A new intermediate mission, standardized hardware, a faster launch cadence: on paper, the Artemis overhaul looks like a sober course correction after years of drift. Apollo Cosplay on a 21st-Century Clock - Why Artemis Keeps Slipping Toward 2029 - Part 3
Monday, 09 March 2026 04:07
NASA's latest reboot of the Artemis Moon program comes with familiar language: 'back to basics,' 'muscle memory,' 'step-by-step,' and an explicit nod to the Mercury-Gemini-Apollo playbook. The agency wants to fly more often, change hardware less, and build up capability incrementally, just like the 1960s. The problem is that Artemis is trying to cosplay Apollo in a world with very different politics, partners and rivals - and the gaps are showing. Changing the Rules Mid-Race - How Artemis Lets Washington Redefine "Winning" at the Moon - Part 4
Monday, 09 March 2026 04:07
In classic Washington style, the United States has found a way to keep 'winning' the new Moon race even as its flagship program slips, bloats and mutates. With the latest Artemis overhaul, NASA isn't just re-planning a mission sequence - it's helping Trump's America quietly rewrite the rules of the game so that almost any outcome can be spun as victory. Space launches are changing the chemistry of Earth's atmosphere, studies warn. Here's what can be done
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Air Force lab awards BlackSky contract worth up to $99 million for large optical satellite payload
Saturday, 07 March 2026 10:41
Program will test large segmented optical system for future surveillance satellites
NASA selects Centaur for new SLS upper stage
Friday, 06 March 2026 22:42
NASA has selected the Centaur upper stage currently used on United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket for future flights of the Space Launch System.
Eutelsat completes $5.8 billion refinancing plan
Friday, 06 March 2026 16:16
Eutelsat has completed the last step in a 5 billion euro ($5.8 billion) refinancing plan to refresh its OneWeb constellation and support Europe’s IRIS² sovereign connectivity program, the French satellite operator announced March 6.
