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Jared Isaacman pledges monthly uncrewed lunar landings from 2027 to support Moon‑base construction

Jared Isaacman announced plans to begin monthly uncrewed lunar landings in 2027 to support construction of a moon base, telling Spaceflight Now, “We are going to plus up for Moon base construction in a huge way.” The comments were made in an interview released late Friday.

2026-03-16T05:37:52.995115-07:00

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Sweden signs FMV–SSC Space deal to enable orbital launches from Esrange in the late 2020s

2026-03-16T05:04:25.704442-07:00

SpaceNews.com

China launches Yaogan‑50 pair into highly retrograde orbit; ExPace Kuaizhou‑11 Y7 rideshare delivers eight satellites

2026-03-16T04:18:13.936371-07:00

New York Times

100 years since Goddard’s 'Nell': the 1926 two‑second test that launched modern rocketry

2026-03-16T02:19:15.103564-07:00

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Jared Isaacman pledges monthly uncrewed lunar landings from 2027 to support Moon‑base construction Jared Isaacman announced plans to begin monthly uncrewed lunar landings in 2027 to support construction of a moon base, telling Spaceflight Now, “We are going to plus up for Moon base construction in a huge way.” The comments were made in an interview released late Friday.

2026-03-16T05:37:52.995115-07:00

Jared Isaacman pledges monthly uncrewed lunar landings from 2027 to support Moon‑base construction

FlightGlobal

Sweden signs FMV–SSC Space deal to enable orbital launches from Esrange in the late 2020s The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and SSC Space have signed an agreement to develop satellite launch capability at Esrange Space Center, clearing regulatory and operational groundwork for commercial orbital launch services from the Swedish site in the late 2020s and expanding Europe’s launch footprint.

2026-03-16T05:04:25.704442-07:00

Sweden signs FMV–SSC Space deal to enable orbital launches from Esrange in the late 2020s

SpaceNews.com

China launches Yaogan‑50 pair into highly retrograde orbit; ExPace Kuaizhou‑11 Y7 rideshare delivers eight satellites China launched Yaogan‑50‑02 on a modified Long March‑6 into a highly retrograde orbit, pairing it with Yaogan‑50‑01 to enable rapid‑revisit remote‑sensing. Separately, ExPace's Kuaizhou‑11 Y7 rideshare placed eight satellites — mostly Earth‑observation — including AI imaging demos and an orbital‑refueling demonstrator.

2026-03-16T04:18:13.936371-07:00

China launches Yaogan‑50 pair into highly retrograde orbit; ExPace Kuaizhou‑11 Y7 rideshare delivers eight satellites

New York Times

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100 years since Goddard’s 'Nell': the 1926 two‑second test that launched modern rocketry On March 16, 1926 Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid‑fueled rocket from his aunt’s Massachusetts farm; the two‑second flight set the technical trajectory from WWII and Apollo to Shuttle and today’s commercial launch era, and remains the subject of historical recovery efforts.

2026-03-16T02:19:15.103564-07:00

100 years since Goddard’s 'Nell': the 1926 two‑second test that launched modern rocketry

Space.com

SpaceX launches 54 Starlink satellites in two missions from California and Florida SpaceX launched 54 Starlink satellites in two missions from California and Florida on Friday and Saturday, March 13–14, adding the batches to its low Earth orbit broadband constellation. The back-to-back, two‑coast operations underscore the company's high launch cadence and steady expansion of Starlink capacity.

2026-03-14T10:14:08.665804-07:00

SpaceX launches 54 Starlink satellites in two missions from California and Florida

Ars Technica

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Payload shortfalls and commercial competition cloud future of NASA’s SLS NASA has told employees it is struggling to find payloads that justify use of the Space Launch System, as program costs climb and commercial heavy‑lift alternatives mature. That manifest shortfall intensifies pressure on SLS's budget, schedule and its future role in Artemis and science missions.

2026-03-13T15:12:24.898341-07:00

Payload shortfalls and commercial competition cloud future of NASA’s SLS

NASA Spaceflight

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SpaceX scales Starbase with Starfactory and GigaBay to mass‑produce Starship for Moon and Mars SpaceX has transformed its Starbase complex in Texas with a new Starfactory and GigaBay, expanding industrial capacity to accelerate Starship production. The build‑out is intended to raise manufacturing throughput and support the company’s push to enable human missions to the Moon and ultimately Mars.

2026-03-13T14:09:52.509740-07:00

SpaceX scales Starbase with Starfactory and GigaBay to mass‑produce Starship for Moon and Mars

NASA Spaceflight

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Inside SpaceX’s Starfactory: From Steel Rolls to Starship Production As SpaceX accelerates its bid to send humans to the Moon and Mars, its Starfactory reveals how raw steel rolls are converted into Starship tanks, sections and flight hardware — an industrial-scale manufacturing push intended to raise build and flight cadence for orbital and lunar campaigns.

2026-03-13T14:00:29.258495-07:00

Inside SpaceX’s Starfactory: From Steel Rolls to Starship Production

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Jared Isaacman pledges monthly uncrewed lunar landings from 2027 to support Moon‑base construction

Sweden signs FMV–SSC Space deal to enable orbital launches from Esrange in the late 2020s

China launches Yaogan‑50 pair into highly retrograde orbit; ExPace Kuaizhou‑11 Y7 rideshare delivers eight satellites

100 years since Goddard’s 'Nell': the 1926 two‑second test that launched modern rocketry

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