Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space  
NASA Spaceflight • Justin Davenport

Firefly targets late‑Feb/Mar 1 return-to-flight for Alpha FLTA007 'Stairway to Seven' after April mishap

Firefly Aerospace is returning its Alpha small launcher to flight with FLTA007, dubbed 'Stairway to Seven', targeting a late‑February/1 March launch from California after a ~10‑month standdown following a stage loss during an April 2025 ground test. The mission will be Alpha's seventh flight.

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2026-02-28T06:33:45.233983-08:00
Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Space Exploration & Science Missions   Commercial Space   Space Policy & International Cooperation   Airbus   Boeing   NASA  
Ars Technica • Eric Berger

NASA reorganizes Artemis to accelerate lunar return, targets faster SLS cadence

By Ars Technica: Launching SLS every three and a half years or so is not a recipe for success.".

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2026-02-27T07:12:58.610675-08:00
Satellite   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space  
Bloomberg • Bailey Lipschultz, Eric Johnson, Kiel Porter, Ryan Gould

SpaceX Weighs Confidential IPO Filing as Soon as March

By Bloomberg: SpaceX is targeting filing confidentially for an initial public offering as soon as next month, according to people familiar with the matter, as billionaire Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company moves forward with plans for the biggest-ever listing.

2026-02-27T13:13:06.972967-08:00
JWST   Satellite   Space Exploration & Science Missions   NASA  
Universe Today • Carolyn Collins Petersen

JWST Digs Into the Uranian Ionosphere

By Universe Today: Uranus is a planet that seems to roll around on its side as it orbits the Sun. That's because it's tipped over, with an axial tilt of 97.8 degrees. That weird tilt gave the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) a chance to probe the ionosphere using the Near Infrared Spectrometer (NIRSpec) instrument.

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