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Week in images: 02-06 March 2026

Friday, 06 March 2026 13:15
Counting craters in Mars’s ancient highlands

Week in images: 02-06 March 2026

Discover our week through the lens

Electron launch

Rocket Lab launched a spacecraft March 5 for a confidential customer, most likely Earth observation company BlackSky.

From space to your plate

Friday, 06 March 2026 10:22
From space to your plate  Image: From space to your plate
Proba-3 spacecraft aligned above Earth

An anomaly onboard the Proba-3 mission’s Coronagraph spacecraft led to loss of contact between the spacecraft and ground control. The root cause of the anomaly is under investigation and mission teams are working hard to recover the situation. 

Earth from Space: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Friday, 06 March 2026 08:00
These two views from Copernicus Sentinel-2 reveal the landscape transformation in the area around Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Image: These two views from Copernicus Sentinel-2 reveal the landscape transformation in the area around Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

Meet ESA’s newest female leadership

Friday, 06 March 2026 07:30
Meet ESA’s newest female leadership

This year for International Women’s Day, we showcase some of the women from the European Space Agency’s most recent female leadership recruits: Céline Begon, Christine Boelsche, Céline Folsché and Ildiko Raczne Szoke.

New AI Hub to empower space-enabled connectivity

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The White House’s nominee to be deputy administrator of NASA received bipartisan support at a Senate confirmation hearing March 5.

SAN FRANCISCO – Southern California startup General Galactic plans to launch a 500-kilogram satellite later this year to demonstrate a novel multimode propulsion system.

Illustration of Infinite Orbits' Endurance spacecraft. Credit: Infinite Orbits

LONDON – In-orbit services provider Infinite Orbits announced plans March 3 to acquireLondon-based in-orbit servicing and manufacturing startup Lunasa, marking a step in the company’s expansion into the United Kingdom.

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