SpaceWeekly News Summary March 20 – March 27, 2026

🚀 Starship Testing Moves Forward SpaceX continued testing of its Starship vehicle this week as engineers…

Starlink satellite breaks up, scatters debris

Artist’s illustration showing a Starlink satellite orbiting Earth. Image via Wikideas1/ Wikimedia. CC BY 4.0. Starlink…

ESA – European eyes on Artemis

Science & Exploration 31/03/2026 334 views 10 likes When the four astronauts of Artemis II lift off…

Godspeed, Artemis II! – NASA

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir took this photo of an Artemis program patch floating in the International…

Godspeed, Artemis II! – NASA

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir shared this photo of an Artemis program patch floating in the International…

Watch live: Artemis II launch

Science & Exploration 31/03/2026 36 views 0 likes The first launch opportunity for Artemis II, the…

Astronauts are ready to return to the moon on Artemis II mission

The Artemis II astronauts and Space Launch System rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida Bill Ingalls/NASA/Getty Images…

Lightning on Jupiter is 100 times more powerful than Earth’s

View larger/full image. | Artist’s illustration of lightning on Jupiter, based on data from the Juno…

Seven missions launched to test optimised data transfer from space

Applications 31/03/2026 127 views 7 likes Eight CubeSats and one payload supported by the European Space…

Launch of ESA’s Celeste mission 1

At 10:14 CET on 28 March, the first two satellites of ESA’s Celeste LEO-PNT in-orbit demonstration mission…

Eight more satellites added to IRIDE space programme

Applications 31/03/2026 77 views 2 likes Eight satellites have been added to Italy’s IRIDE Earth observation…