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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Redwire unveils lightweight, high-performance solar array for mass-produced LEO satellites

Redwire introduced a lightweight, high-performance solar array aimed at mass-produced LEO satellites, promising high specific power while minimizing mass and easing integration for volume-built spacecraft. The product targets constellations and smallsat programs seeking reduced launch mass, lower lifecycle costs and faster production cycles.

2026-03-03T04:53:22.963798-08:00
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New York Times • Robin George Andrews

Lab Study Shows Some Bacteria Survive Asteroid-Scale Shock — Implications for Mars‑to‑Earth Transfer

By New York Times: Hearty bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.

2026-03-03T05:33:53.198238-08:00
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Reuters

Russia says damaged launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome has been repaired

By Reuters: Russia's space agency said on Tuesday that repair work had been completed at a damaged section of a launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan that is critical to Moscow's space programme, Russian state media reported.

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