SpaceWeekly News Summary March 20 – March 27, 2026

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

Artemis II astronauts work out on the flywheel : NPR

The Artemis II crew — Christina Koch (left), Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman —…

Graphene and lasers for space propulsion

Science & Exploration 07/04/2026 1458 views 25 likes Lasers could one day steer solar sails and…

Pointing in the (b)right direction

Attached to the top of a floating platform at the European Space Agency’s Orbital Robotics Laboratory…

ESA – Moon joy, Earth love

On flight day six of the Artemis II mission, the Orion spacecraft was captured in a…

Elecraft Donates Amateur Radio Station to W1AW

04/09/2026 ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® has welcomed a new high-performance Elecraft station to Studio 3 at…

What is the Earth’s most distant spacecraft?

View larger. | On February 14, 1990, the Voyager 1 spacecraft – most distant spacecraft from…

In tight quarters, Artemis II astronauts stay fit with the flywheel

The human body isn’t meant to exist without gravity. The astronauts aboard Artemis II are combatting…

Solar Eclipse of the Heart

The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026,…

Daylight fireball seen from New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania

A daylight fireball was widely observed across the northeastern United States at 14:34 EDT (18:34 UTC)…

Walking robots on Mars could speed up life search

View larger. | Ready for this? It’s a prototype for walking robots on Mars at the…