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Space.com • Mike Wall

Artemis II SLS and Orion to roll to Launch Pad 39B tonight ahead of April lunar‑flyby

NASA will roll the Artemis II Space Launch System and Orion from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at 8 p.m. EDT on March 19; crawler‑transporter 2 will make the four‑mile move, which can take up to 12 hours, to position the stack for an April 1 lunar‑flyby launch window.

Also: Leonard David, Economic Times and mynews13.com
2026-03-19T03:09:44.789352-07:00
Satellite   Europe   ESA   Commercial Space   Space Policy & International Cooperation  
ESA

ESA awards OHB Sweden contract to build 20 Sterna Arctic weather satellites

By ESA: Thanks to the success of the Arctic Weather Satellite prototype and Eumetsat’s recent greenlight to develop a full constellation of similar satellites called Sterna, the European Space Agency has awarded OHB Sweden with the contract to build 20 satellites.This marks a major step toward better monitoring rapidly evolving weather, improving forecasts of severe events in vulnerable regions such as the Mediterranean, and closing critical data gaps over the Arctic – the fastest-warming region on Earth and a key driver of Europe’s weather systems.

Also: Satellite Evolution
2026-03-18T05:40:59.210681-07:00
Space Exploration & Science Missions   Human Spaceflight & Space Stations   NASA  
Space.com • Robert Z Pearlman

Meir and Williams complete 7‑hour EVA to prep ISS for new solar arrays — NASA’s first spacewalk in 10 months

By Space.com: Jessica Meir and Chris Williams spent 7 hours and 2 minutes on EVA today (March 18).

2026-03-18T13:35:29.516201-07:00