Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of March 3rd, 2025:
Human Space Exploration
- Starship destroyed on second consecutive test flight
- ISS astronauts reject call for early retirement of the station
- Trump renews support for humans on Mars, Golden Dome
- Starliner commander says politics played no role in crew’s extended stay in spaceCoalition Member in the News – Boeing;
- ‘America First’ on the Moon? U.S. must ‘dominate’ in space, acting NASA chief says
- Russia’s Progress MS-30 carrying new suit, equipment, other cargo docks at ISS
Space Science
- Dark matter doesn’t decay, whatever it is
- More potential locations for ice on the Moon discovered
- Hope is all but lost for private asteroid probe in deep space ‘the chance of talking with Odin is minimal
- IM-2 is on the Moon, but IM’s not sure where
- Small and large planets have significantly different upbringings
- NASA delays launch of SPHEREx and PUNCH missions to March 7
- A private spacecraft is about to land on the Moon – the second in less than a week
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NASA still working to restore contact with Lunar Trailblazer
Coalition Member in the News – Lockheed Martin - Private Athena Moon lander beams home amazing video of south pole touchdown site
- NASA powers down two instruments on twin Voyager spacecraft to save power
- Geysers on Saturn’s moon Enceladus may not come from its underground ocean
- NASA uses GPS on the Moon for the first time
- Now is the best time to look at Venus
- Japan’s ispace announces landing date for second Hakuto-R mission
- Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander makes it to the Moon. What’s next?
- Some of Earth’s meteors are probably coming all the way from a neighboring star system
- ‘I think we all know that hope is fading.’ Private Odin asteroid probe is tumbling in space
- Firefly’s Blue Ghost 1 lands on the Moon
Other News
- ULA boss says Vulcan ready for multiple launches in 2025Coalition Members in the News – L3Harris, Northrop Grumman
- Space launch executives warn U.S. infrastructure unprepared for coming launch surge
- Raven Space Systems reveals NASA and AFRL research agreements
- U.S. space resources law needs clarification by Congress
- Space Force chief calls for greater focus on ‘space superiority’
- Aurora alert: Incoming solar storm could spark northern lights as far south as New York tonight
- Arianespace scrubs Ariane 6’s first commercial launch due to ground systems issue
- Texas and Florida rocket toward faceoff over NASA HQ
- NOAA hit hard by DOGE layoffs
Major Space Related Activities for the Week of Feb 10th:
- NASA’s SPHEREx/PUNCH missions, which are to look far back into the history of the universe and observe the Sun’s very hot corona and the solar wind, are set to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California on Tuesday at 10:09 p.m. EST.
- That is to be followed by a landing on the Moon of Intuitive Machines second lunar lander on Thursday at midday, with a touchdown closer to the lunar south pole than any previous mission and with 10 NASA science and technology payloads.
- NASA’s Crew-9 astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are to participate in a NASA news conference on Tuesday at 11:55 a.m. EST to discuss their activities aboard the ISS prior to their departure back to Earth later this month.
- In Washington D.C., President Trump is to deliver a State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
- Meanwhile, the U.S. House and Senate continue to work toward budget resolutions and a spending agreement for the remainder of the 2025 fiscal year that began October 1 of last year without a budget. The current budget continuing resolution expires on March 14. Without a budget agreement for the remainder of the 2025 fiscal year, there could be a government shutdown.
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