New York Times
• Jonathan O’Callaghan
On March 16, 1926 Robert H. Goddard, assisted by his wife Esther, launched the first liquid‑fueled rocket from his aunt’s farm in Massachusetts — a roughly two‑second flight that launched modern rocketry. The AIAA has released a special collection marking the centenary.
Bloomberg
• Stephanie Hughes
By Bloomberg: Canadian satellite developer MDA Space Ltd. will use the $300 million raised in its initial public offering to pay down debt and pursue merger opportunities.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: An orbital data center startup is seeking approval from the Federal Communications Commission for a constellation of as many as 88,000 satellites.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: For sixty years, the search for life beyond Earth has been built on the single assumption that alien life will look enough like us to recognise. A radical new idea called Assembly Theory is challenging that assumption.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: Beneath Europa's cracked and frozen shell lies a vast ocean of liquid water and what's seeping up through that ice may be one of the most compelling clues we have ever found about the moon's potential for life.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: In the absence of the National Space Council, the White House OSTP has taken on a lead role in coordinating national space policy.
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
By Universe Today: The spacecraft changed the binary system’s orbit, confirming that a kinetic impactor can be an effective planetary defense technique for deflecting a near-Earth object.
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: IKONOS provides Hi-resolution views of the Pentagon and World Trade Center Attacks.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
CNBC
• Ari Levy, Lora Kolodny
