Spaceflight Now
• Will Robinson-Smith
Today In Space
Last Updated: Sunday, March 9, 2025, 6:52 PM PDT
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Space.com
• Tariq Malik
Rocket Lab unveils plan to land Neutron rockets at sea, 1st launch in 2025
By Space.com: The new Neutron rocket includes a "hippo" mouth fairing that deploys upper stages by spitting them out from inside.
SpaceNews.com
• Mike Gruss
Tracking DOGE’s impact on space and the federal workforce
By SpaceNews.com: The White House and the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency have spent the first weeks of Donald Trump’s new administration looking to reduce the number of federal workers and shrink s….
abqjournal.com
• Algernon D'Ammassa
The Spaceport America Cup, as the event was known since it moved from Utah to New Mexico in 2017, is no more. How Las Cruces New Mexico lost the event to Midland, Texas
By abqjournal.com: LAS CRUCES — For seven years, the world’s largest annual college-level rocket competition drew thousands of visitors to Las Cruces and to New Mexico’s taxpayer-built spaceport in Sierra County —.
Politico
• Associated Press
Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole
By Politico: The Athena spacecraft missed its mark by more than 800 feet, Intuitive Machines said.
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Space.com
• Sharmila Kuthunur
Here's the launch plan for NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions: 'Liftoff is just the beginning'
By Space.com: "We've run into a lot of challenges along the way [that] have caused us some launch delays, but this team has pulled together and worked diligently to get us over that.".
NASA Spaceflight
NASA, SpaceX to launch SPHEREx observatory and PUNCH heliophysics mission from California
New York Times
SpaceX Scrubs Launch of NASA SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions
Bloomberg
• Daniele Lepido
Leonardo Said to Drop BofA for Deutsche Bank on European Space
By Bloomberg: Leonardo SpA, the Italian defense and aerospace company, has replaced Bank of America Corp. with Deutsche Bank AG to advise on talks to forge a new European space and satellite champion, according to people familiar with the matter.
Spaceflight Now
• Will Robinson-Smith
U.S. Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane lands following 434-day orbital mission
By Spaceflight Now: Announced with the thunder of a sonic boom, the secretive U.S. military X-37B spaceplane made its return from orbit early Friday at 2:22am EST (0722 UTC).
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Space Policy Online,
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DefenseNews.com,
Aviation Week,
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DVIDS / U.S. DoD,
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