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NASA/JPL 3D‑printed titanium antenna spring deploys on Proteus Space's Mercury One

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory flew a 3D‑printed titanium spring — the JPL Additive Compliant Canister (JACC) — which successfully deployed aboard commercial smallsat Proteus Space's Mercury One on Feb. 3, 2026. Onboard video captured the device popping from its canister as the satellite passed over the Pacific in LEO.

2026-03-03T11:35:12.991550-08:00

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Russia says repairs complete on damaged Baikonur launch pad critical to its space programme

2026-03-03T02:11:51.828752-08:00

Ars Technica

NASA overhauls Artemis: cancels Boeing SLS upgrade, defers Artemis III and adds Earth‑orbit lander test

2026-02-27T07:12:58.610675-08:00

Ars Technica

NASA cancels SLS Block 1B and rewrites Artemis roadmap to target lunar landing by 2028

2026-03-01T12:55:19.577731-08:00

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NASA/JPL 3D‑printed titanium antenna spring deploys on Proteus Space's Mercury One NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory flew a 3D‑printed titanium spring — the JPL Additive Compliant Canister (JACC) — which successfully deployed aboard commercial smallsat Proteus Space's Mercury One on Feb. 3, 2026. Onboard video captured the device popping from its canister as the satellite passed over the Pacific in LEO.

2026-03-03T11:35:12.991550-08:00

NASA/JPL 3D‑printed titanium antenna spring deploys on Proteus Space's Mercury One

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Russia says repairs complete on damaged Baikonur launch pad critical to its space programme Russia's space agency announced repairs are complete on a damaged section of a launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, state media reported. The repaired facility is described as critical to Moscow's space programme, with authorities saying the work restores a key ground capability for upcoming missions.

2026-03-03T02:11:51.828752-08:00

Russia says repairs complete on damaged Baikonur launch pad critical to its space programme

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Apollo Moon rocks force a rewrite of lunar history New analysis of Apollo lunar samples — the rocks twelve astronauts brought home fifty years ago — resolves a long-standing debate about the Moon's early history, showing that neither previous explanation was wholly correct and revealing a revised timeline and mechanism for lunar evolution.

2026-03-02T01:41:52.970139-08:00

Apollo Moon rocks force a rewrite of lunar history

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NASA lays out objectives for budget-funded Mars communications orbiter NASA released objectives for a Mars communications orbiter to be procured with funds from last year’s budget reconciliation bill, specifying capability requirements, relay and navigation roles, and a procurement timeline intended to accelerate restoration and modernization of Mars communications infrastructure.

2026-03-01T16:32:37.761242-08:00

NASA lays out objectives for budget-funded Mars communications orbiter

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NASA cancels SLS Block 1B and rewrites Artemis roadmap to target lunar landing by 2028 NASA administrator Jared Isaacman has cancelled the SLS Block 1B and overhauled the Artemis roadmap to accelerate a crewed lunar landing by 2028. The revision aims to speed lunar return by pivoting architectures and schedules, with NASA keeping open the possibility of two landings in 2028.

2026-03-01T12:55:19.577731-08:00

NASA cancels SLS Block 1B and rewrites Artemis roadmap to target lunar landing by 2028

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NASA to fly first Black and first female astronauts on upcoming Artemis lunar mission NASA will send the first Black and the first female astronauts to the Moon on an upcoming Artemis mission, marking the agency's first crewed lunar journey in more than 50 years. The personnel announcement is a historic milestone for NASA's return-to-Moon effort.

2026-02-28T05:11:27.816021-08:00

NASA to fly first Black and first female astronauts on upcoming Artemis lunar mission

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JWST probes Uranus' ionosphere, maps vertical structure and detects faint auroras Uranus' extreme 97.8° axial tilt let JWST's NIRSpec probe the planet's ionosphere, producing the first vertical maps of its upper atmosphere and revealing faint auroral emissions. An international team used near‑infrared spectroscopy to resolve how temperature and charged‑particle densities change with altitude.

2026-02-27T09:17:01.621697-08:00

JWST probes Uranus' ionosphere, maps vertical structure and detects faint auroras

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NASA overhauls Artemis: cancels Boeing SLS upgrade, defers Artemis III and adds Earth‑orbit lander test NASA announced a major revision to Artemis architecture: it is canceling a multibillion‑dollar Boeing upgrade to the SLS, adding a new Earth‑orbit lunar‑lander test mission, and deferring the previously planned Artemis III crewed lunar landing as the agency recalibrates schedule and risk.

2026-02-27T07:12:58.610675-08:00

NASA overhauls Artemis: cancels Boeing SLS upgrade, defers Artemis III and adds Earth‑orbit lander test

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NASA/JPL 3D‑printed titanium antenna spring deploys on Proteus Space's Mercury One

Russia says repairs complete on damaged Baikonur launch pad critical to its space programme

NASA overhauls Artemis: cancels Boeing SLS upgrade, defers Artemis III and adds Earth‑orbit lander test

NASA cancels SLS Block 1B and rewrites Artemis roadmap to target lunar landing by 2028

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