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Nine launches this week — SLS, Falcon 9, Atlas V and Soyuz lead packed global manifest

Nine orbital launches are scheduled this week from Florida, California and Russian ranges, including NASA's SLS and missions on Falcon 9, Atlas V and Soyuz vehicles. The packed manifest highlights a global spike in launch cadence across government and commercial providers.

2026-03-30T14:10:37.015965-07:00

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X1.4 Solar Flare Sparks Radio Blackouts and Fast CME Days Before Artemis II; NASA Says Mission Unconcerned

2026-03-30T05:10:23.148235-07:00

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How Artemis II differs from NASA's Apollo moon missions

2026-03-30T03:06:25.408239-07:00

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NASA releases report finding defects in Boeing Starliner; crewed flights suspended amid wider Boeing program strains

2026-03-30T00:26:16.562749-07:00

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Nine launches this week — SLS, Falcon 9, Atlas V and Soyuz lead packed global manifest Nine orbital launches are scheduled this week from Florida, California and Russian ranges, including NASA's SLS and missions on Falcon 9, Atlas V and Soyuz vehicles. The packed manifest highlights a global spike in launch cadence across government and commercial providers.

2026-03-30T14:10:37.015965-07:00

Nine launches this week — SLS, Falcon 9, Atlas V and Soyuz lead packed global manifest

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X1.4 Solar Flare Sparks Radio Blackouts and Fast CME Days Before Artemis II; NASA Says Mission Unconcerned An X1.4-class solar flare produced HF radio blackouts and launched a fast coronal mass ejection just days before the scheduled Artemis II crewed lunar flyby. NASA said the event does not currently threaten the mission, but the eruption underscores near-term space‑weather risks to communications and crewed deep‑space operations.

2026-03-30T05:10:23.148235-07:00

X1.4 Solar Flare Sparks Radio Blackouts and Fast CME Days Before Artemis II; NASA Says Mission Unconcerned

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How Artemis II differs from NASA's Apollo moon missions Both programs targeted the Moon, but Artemis II differs markedly from Apollo in goals, architecture, technology, programmatic approach and operational context. This article outlines the principal contrasts between the 1960s Apollo landings and the modern Artemis II crewed lunar flyby.

2026-03-30T03:06:25.408239-07:00

How Artemis II differs from NASA's Apollo moon missions

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NASA releases report finding defects in Boeing Starliner; crewed flights suspended amid wider Boeing program strains NASA released its investigative report into the Boeing Starliner 2024 failures, identifying hardware defects and programmatic weaknesses that led to mission failure and a suspension of crewed Starliner flights pending corrective actions. The findings arrive as Boeing faces broader program pressure, including 777X delivery delays.

2026-03-30T00:26:16.562749-07:00

NASA releases report finding defects in Boeing Starliner; crewed flights suspended amid wider Boeing program strains

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NASA report finds systemic safety and quality failures in Boeing's 2024 Starliner test NASA on Feb. 19 released its investigative report into the 2024 failures of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner, finding systemic safety and quality problems across the spacecraft's design, production and program oversight. The report traces defects that affected the vehicle and its crew and calls for corrective actions before further crewed flights.

2026-03-30T00:20:34.111294-07:00

NASA report finds systemic safety and quality failures in Boeing's 2024 Starliner test

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Solar activity could threaten Artemis crew Elevated solar activity during the Artemis launch window raises the possibility of energetic solar particle events that could increase radiation exposure and disrupt spacecraft systems, prompting reassessment of astronaut shielding, mission timelines and operational protections ahead of the crewed lunar flyby.

2026-03-29T16:30:35.623562-07:00

Solar activity could threaten Artemis crew

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America's Rocket Factory Comes Full Circle as Artemis Restarts Crewed Beyond-LEO Launches NASA is preparing to resume crewed missions beyond low Earth orbit with Artemis, signalling the U.S. rocket industrial base’s return to producing vehicles and systems for human deep‑space launches. The restart closes a multidecade capability gap and refocuses contractors, supply chains and launch infrastructure.

2026-03-29T14:31:11.247735-07:00

America's Rocket Factory Comes Full Circle as Artemis Restarts Crewed Beyond-LEO Launches

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Who Benefits From NASA’s $100 Billion Moon Return — Stakeholders, Strategy and Spending Priorities NASA's $100 billion plan to return humans to the Moon rekindles the single-minded drive that achieved Apollo in 1969 but spreads objectives across agency, commercial partners and international allies. The program's stakeholder mix and spending priorities will determine which companies, technologies and nations capture most economic and strategic value.

2026-03-29T09:02:25.462661-07:00

Who Benefits From NASA’s $100 Billion Moon Return — Stakeholders, Strategy and Spending Priorities

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Nine launches this week — SLS, Falcon 9, Atlas V and Soyuz lead packed global manifest

X1.4 Solar Flare Sparks Radio Blackouts and Fast CME Days Before Artemis II; NASA Says Mission Unconcerned

How Artemis II differs from NASA's Apollo moon missions

NASA releases report finding defects in Boeing Starliner; crewed flights suspended amid wider Boeing program strains

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