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Ars Technica • Eric Berger

NASA cancels SLS Block 1B and rewrites Artemis roadmap to target lunar landing by 2028

NASA administrator Jared Isaacman has cancelled the SLS Block 1B and overhauled the Artemis roadmap to accelerate a crewed lunar landing by 2028. The revision aims to speed lunar return by pivoting architectures and schedules, with NASA keeping open the possibility of two landings in 2028.

Also: sirotinintelligence.com
2026-03-01T12:55:19.577731-08:00
Supply Chain   Europe   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space   Space Policy & International Cooperation  
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Universe Today • Mark Thompson

German Aerospace Centre study: How Europe could respond to SpaceX’s Starship

By Universe Today: SpaceX's Starship is the most powerful rocket ever built and it may be about to change everything. But researchers at the German Aerospace Centre have been asking a question: does Europe have an answer? Their new study, built on meticulous analysis of Starship's own flight data, suggests the answer is yes although it will require a fundamentally different approach, and a willingness to think differently.

2026-03-01T15:11:39.670476-08:00
China   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space  
SpaceNews.com • Andrew Jones

CAS Space schedules late-March inaugural flight of reusable Kinetica-2 carrying prototype cargo spacecraft

By SpaceNews.com: CAS Space to launch Kinetica-2 in late March carrying prototype cargo spacecraft Chinese launch firm CAS Space is preparing for the inaugural launch of its reusable Kinetica-2 liquid rocket in late March, carrying a prototype cargo spacecraft.

2026-03-01T01:02:21.464053-08:00
Satellite   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space  
Spaceflight Now

SpaceX to launches 25 Starlink Satellites from the West Coast

By Spaceflight Now: ![](http://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260301-Starlink-17-23-Launch.jpg) SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket early Sunday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying another batch of satellites for the company’s Starlink internet service.

Also: keeptrack.space and keeptrack.space
2026-02-28T18:52:07.390550-08:00
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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