Space News from SpaceDaily.com
March 09, 2026
MOON DAILY
Course Correction or Controlled Crash? Inside NASA's Artemis Overhaul - Part 1
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026

NASA says it has finally found the "back to basics" recipe to get Americans back on the Moon by 2028. A new intermediate mission, standardized hardware, a faster launch cadence: on paper, the Artemis overhaul looks like a sober course correction after years of drift. ... more

MOON DAILY
Hostage to the Moon - How Artemis Became Industrial Welfare in a Space Suit - Part 2
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026

NASA says it has finally found the "back to basics" recipe to get Americans back on the Moon by 2028. A new intermediate mission, standardized hardware, a faster launch cadence: on paper, the Artemis overhaul looks like a sober course correction after years of drift. ... more


MOON DAILY
Apollo Cosplay on a 21st-Century Clock - Why Artemis Keeps Slipping Toward 2029 - Part 3
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026

NASA's latest reboot of the Artemis Moon program comes with familiar language: 'back to basics,' 'muscle memory,' 'step-by-step,' and an explicit nod to the Mercury-Gemini-Apollo playbook. ... more

MOON DAILY
Changing the Rules Mid-Race - How Artemis Lets Washington Redefine "Winning" at the Moon - Part 4
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026

In classic Washington style, the United States has found a way to keep 'winning' the new Moon race even as its flagship program slips, bloats and mutates. ... more

EXO WORLDS
Study questions assumptions about hidden alien technosignals
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 09, 2026

For more than sixty years, astronomers have conducted systematic searches for technosignatures, looking for artificial radio emissions, laser flashes, or excess heat that could reveal advanced civil ... more


STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Dusty early galaxies shed new light on how the universe built its first giants
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026

A team of 48 astronomers from 14 countries, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has identified a previously unseen population of dusty, star-forming galaxies located at the far reaches o ... more

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Researchers probe dark matter stars that resemble black holes
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 09, 2026

In 2019, an unusual gravitational wave event labelled GW190521 rippled across the universe and into detectors on Earth, initially interpreted as the merger of two black holes each tens of times more ... more

TECH SPACE
SatService to supply Q V band satcom ground station for Bundeswehr university
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 09, 2026

SatService GmbH, a Germany based provider of advanced satellite ground systems and a subsidiary of Calian Group Ltd, has secured a contract from the Federal Ministry of Defence of Germany to deliver ... more



SPACEMART
Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026

Infleqtion, a provider of neutral atom based quantum computing and sensing systems, has completed its business combination with Churchill Capital Corp X and is now listed on the New York Stock Excha ... more

TECH SPACE
NGA taps Vantor for AI change detection from space
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026

Vantor has secured a 5.3 million dollar Luno B contract with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency to provide AI powered global change detection services that support NGA mapping and intellige ... more

TECH SPACE
Swift observatory changes operations ahead of planned orbit reboost
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026

NASA has adjusted operations of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to reduce atmospheric drag and prepare the spacecraft for a planned orbit-raising mission. On Feb. 11 the mission team temporarily ... more

TECH SPACE
ST Engineering iDirect and G&S SatCom align network and service management on Intuition
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 09, 2026

ST Engineering iDirect has formed a strategic technology partnership with G and S SatCom to create a unified approach to satellite network and service management for operators and service providers. ... more

TECH SPACE
ReOrbit and Google Cloud develop orbital space cloud network
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026

ReOrbit has launched Space Cloud, a multi year initiative to build a distributed network of software enabled satellites that can move and process data securely in orbit, in collaboration with Google ... more



TECH SPACE
AST SpaceMobile deploys record low orbit cellular array on BlueBird 6
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026

AST SpaceMobile has completed the unfolding of its next generation BlueBird 6 satellite, deploying what it describes as the largest commercial communications array antenna yet placed in low Earth or ... more

TECH SPACE
Dynamic terrain model boosts airborne gamma ray survey accuracy
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026

A research team led by Professor Hexi Wu and Dr Weicheng Li has developed a dynamic three dimensional terrain correction method that significantly improves the quantitative inversion accuracy of air ... more

TECH SPACE
Pale Blue opens Tsukuba site to scale satellite propulsion production
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2026

Pale Blue has begun operating its new Tsukuba Production Engineering Base to support mass production of satellite propulsion systems and shorten delivery lead times. The Tsukuba Production Eng ... more

SPACEWAR
BlackSky books major export deal for rapid deployment of Gen-3 imaging satellite
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026

BlackSky Technology Inc. has signed a new eight-figure international contract to deliver a Gen-3 sovereign space-based intelligence capability built around a very-high resolution imaging satellite a ... more

ROCKET SCIENCE
New Wenchang lunar pad completes first Long March 10 test
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2026

At the future departure gate for Chinas crewed lunar journeys at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan, personnel in blue uniforms have been carrying out post ... more