Artemis 2 countdown underway
Tuesday, 31 March 2026 05:23
The two-day countdown for the Artemis 2 mission around the moon started March 30 with NASA officials reporting no major issues for the launch.
Spaceflight captures audiences when it centers on people because human space travel is hazardous
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Second Starlink satellite suffers anomaly, generating debris
Monday, 30 March 2026 22:50
For the second time in just over three months, a SpaceX Starlink satellite has generated debris from an apparent on-orbit malfunction.
Heat shield safety concerns raise stakes for NASA's Artemis II moon mission
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NASA wants to build a base on the Moon by the 2030s, How and why it plans to build up to a long‑term lunar presence
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Rocket Lab wins German approval for Mynaric deal
Monday, 30 March 2026 20:19
Decision clears path for April closing after months of scrutiny over keeping key space technology in domestic hands
Hera aces a massive engine burn on its way to Didymos
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Varda flies navigation payload, heat shield tests on sixth reentry mission
Monday, 30 March 2026 17:48
Rhea Space, Sandia and NASA hardware to gather data during high-speed descent
ESA launches first Celeste satellites to test complementary LEO navigation layer
Monday, 30 March 2026 15:44
SpaceX launches Transporter-16 rideshare mission
Monday, 30 March 2026 15:31
SpaceX launched the latest in its series of dedicated rideshare missions March 30, delivering more than 100 payloads to sun-synchronous orbit.
China’s Kinetica-2 rocket debuts successfully, sending prototype cargo spacecraft to orbit
Monday, 30 March 2026 14:39
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.
What is Smile about to discover?
Monday, 30 March 2026 13:00
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What really happens when the Sun’s charged particles slam into Earth’s magnetic shield?
Smile is about to reveal it for the first time.
This groundbreaking mission will observe Earth’s magnetosphere in X-rays while capturing the northern lights in ultraviolet, offering an entirely new way to see how our planet defends itself from solar storms.
A joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Smile will launch aboard a Vega-C rocket on 9 April.
Learn more about Smile.
Pentagon weighing termination of Raytheon GPS ground control contract after years of delays
Monday, 30 March 2026 12:43
Space Force considers shifting to upgraded legacy ground system
Apollo's impatient old-timers are rooting for NASA's return to the moon with Artemis II launch
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The race to build orbital data centers is missing its biggest variable: power
Monday, 30 March 2026 12:00
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.