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.
With Voyager’s help, Icarus Robotics to test free-flyer on ISS
Monday, 30 March 2026 12:00
SAN FRANCISCO – Voyager Technologies announced plans March 30 to help Icarus Robotics test a free-flying platform, called Joyride, on the International Space Station.
Starcloud achieves unicorn status with $170 million raise for orbital data centers
Monday, 30 March 2026 10:00
Starcloud has raised $170 million to accelerate development of its next-generation spacecraft, reaching a $1.1 billion valuation as it awaits permission to deploy an 88,000-strong orbital data center network.
Science finds a place on Artemis 2
Monday, 30 March 2026 09:03
While the Artemis 2 mission is primarily a test flight, the four astronauts on board will conduct some science during the nearly 10-day mission.
Apollo vs. Artemis: What to know about NASA's return to the moon
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Satellite imaging industry’s next challenge: getting systems to talk to each other
Sunday, 29 March 2026 20:31
Executives say lack of incentives and interoperability slows ‘tipping and cueing’ across vendors
A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky—for everyone on Earth
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