Space.com
• Robert Z Pearlman
On Feb. 21 a Falcon 9 booster completed a record 33rd flight during SpaceX's second Starlink launch of the day, the highest number of re‑flights for a single first stage. The milestone underscores continued operationalization of routine, high‑cadence reuse.
Reuters
By Reuters: NASA is taking steps to potentially roll back the Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft to its Vehicle Assembly Building after observing an interrupted flow of helium, the space agency said on Saturday.
NASA Spaceflight
Bloomberg
• Julie Johnsson, Loren Grush, Sana Pashankar
By Bloomberg: NASA is putting the botched 2024 test flight of Boeing Co.’s Starliner capsule in the same category of disaster as the Challenger and Columbia shuttle accidents, underscoring the dramatic failures that kept a pair of astronauts stuck in space for nine months.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Tory Bruno, former CEO of ULA, said he decided to join Blue Origin to work on important national security projects, including Blue Ring.
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: World’s largest satellite and connectivity conference spanning commercial, government, and defense markets.
Via Satellite
• Ben Ackman
By Via Satellite: Japanese satellite imagery providers Axelspace and Synspective finalized agreements with SKY Perfect JSAT, Mitsui, and Mitsubishi Electric to provide optical and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery.
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
By Universe Today: If humans want to live in space, whether on spacecraft or the surface of Mars, one of the first problems to solve is that of water for drinking, hygiene, and life-sustaining plants.
DefenseNews.com
• Brooke Griswold
Bloomberg
• Fraidoon Poya, Loni Prinsloo, Marissa Newman
Payload
• Austin Corona
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
