Smile mission set for April 9 launch to image Earth's magnetic field in X-rays
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T-20 days: Smile to launch on 9 April
Friday, 20 March 2026 09:00
The Smile mission is set to launch on a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on Thursday 9 April at 08:29 CEST/07:29 BST/03:29 local time. Follow along as we communicate on the final preparations for launch. Journalists are invited to join online media briefings in English, French, Spanish, Italian and German.
NASA returns moon rocket to pad, eyeing April 1 launch
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Earth from Space: Jostedalsbreen, Norway
Friday, 20 March 2026 08:00
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Ahead of the World Day for Glaciers, Copernicus Sentinel-2 captures the diverse landscape of western Norway with its jagged fjords, fertile valleys, mountain plateaus and Jostedalsbreen, the largest glacier in continental Europe. NASA's Artemis missions promise a return to the moon—but when?
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Blue Origin joins the orbital data center race
Thursday, 19 March 2026 22:30
Blue Origin is the latest company to propose an orbital data center system, filing plans for a constellation of up to 51,600 satellites.
Register now: The energy imperative driving the push toward orbital data centers
Thursday, 19 March 2026 17:37
Kratos wins $446 million Space Force contract for missile-tracking ground systems
Thursday, 19 March 2026 17:03
The agreement is for ground management and integration for the Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking satellite program
'Miracle': Europe reconnects with lost spacecraft
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Portal Space Systems and Paladin Space plan debris removal service
Thursday, 19 March 2026 16:00
Portal Space Systems, a company developing maneuverable spacecraft, is partnering with an Australian startup to offer a commercial orbital debris removal service.
The moon's going to get crowded. We should protect our heritage on it while we still can
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Eileen Collins on what it takes to become Space Shuttle Commander
Thursday, 19 March 2026 14:38
345th ESA Council: Media information session
Thursday, 19 March 2026 13:00
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Watch the replay of the media information session where ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun outline the key decisions and main outcomes of the Council meeting held in Interlaken, Switzerland, on 18 and 19 March 2026.
Proba-3’s Coronagraph is alive!
Thursday, 19 March 2026 13:00
A month after an anomaly onboard the Proba-3 mission caused ground control to lose contact with the Coronagraph spacecraft, the mission team shares great news: the spacecraft has phoned home, re-establishing the lost connection.
NASA considering sharp increase in robotic lunar landings
Thursday, 19 March 2026 11:10