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NASA Advances Plans for Dedicated Mars Communications Orbiter On March 1, 2026, NASA released draft objectives for its upcoming Mars Telecommunications Network—a dedicated orbiter designed to provide robust, continuous communications

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Rocket Lab Flies Hypersonic Testbed in Rare Public Mission On February 27, 2026, Rocket Lab launched its “That’s Not A Knife” mission from Wallops Island, Virginia, marking a rare public

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Ship 39 Rolls Out for Critical Starship Testing Ahead of Flight 12 On February 26, 2026, SpaceX’s Starship Ship 39—dubbed “V3 SN1” by Elon Musk—rolled out from Mega Bay 2

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Canada’s New Radiation Watchdog Heads to the Moon As global space agencies gear up for sustained human presence beyond low Earth orbit, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is tackling one

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Artemis II SLS Rolls Back for Repairs, Launch Now No Earlier Than April 1 On February 25, 2026, NASA began the slow, 10- to 12-hour journey of rolling the Artemis

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Starlink Fleet Approaches 500 for 2026 with Wednesday Launch SpaceX is scheduled to launch its 500th Starlink satellite of 2026 this morning from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The

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Artemis II SLS Rolls Back as March Launch Window Closes On February 24, 2026, NASA confirmed the rollback of the Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Launch Complex

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ESA Funds Studies for Lunar Remote Camps—Canada Watching Closely On February 23, 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed it has awarded one of two contracts for its Lunar Remote

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Artemis II Likely Rolling Back Amid Helium Glitch Just one day after NASA optimistically targeted March 6, 2026 as the launch date for Artemis II, the agency is now preparing

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