Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
A Purdue team led by Shirley Dyke publishes a method in Acta Astronautica to construct lunar landing pads from local regolith using minimal prior knowledge of material properties. The approach targets pads robust enough to support landing and ascent of heavy rockets needed for sustained resupply operations.
Wall Street Journal
• Andrew Tangel
By Wall Street Journal: FAA documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal show an explosion of SpaceX’s Starship on Jan. 16 posed a greater danger to planes in the air over the Caribbean than was publicly known.
CBS News
• William Harwood
By CBS News: German engineer Michaela Benthaus is the first person with a significant physical handicap to reach space.
SpaceNews.com
By Spaceflight Now:  In a prelude to the real deal, the four astronauts of the Artemis 2 mission boarded their Orion spacecraft inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday afternoon.
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
By Universe Today: Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of international researchers has discovered chemical fingerprints of gigantic primordial stars that were among the first to form after the Big Bang.
ESA
• European Space Agency
By ESA: Europe’s next solid propellant rocket motor passes review In brief - The P160C solid propellant rocket motor passed its ground qualification review - The upgraded rocket motor will increase performance and competitiveness for the Ariane and Vega rockets - Teams are working on the first four flight units and on industrial ramp-up production to 35 or more motors a year In-depth After firing up on.
NASA
• Jessica Taveau
By NASA: Jared Isaacman was sworn in Thursday as NASA's 15th administrator by District Judge Timothy J. Kelly. The oath was taken during a ceremony held at the.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: During the deployment of new space telescopes that are several critical steps each has to go through. Launch is probably the one most commonly thought of, another is “first light” of all of the instruments on the telescope.
