SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
NASA released objectives for a Mars communications orbiter to be procured with funds from last year’s budget reconciliation bill, specifying capability requirements, relay and navigation roles, and a procurement timeline intended to accelerate restoration and modernization of Mars communications infrastructure.
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
By Universe Today: Simulated lunar dirt can be turned into extremely durable structures, potentially paving the way to more sustainable and cost-effective space missions, a new study suggests.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: A visitor from another star system has just had its portrait taken by a spacecraft on its way to Jupiter and the image is superb. Comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object ever discovered passing through our Solar System, has been captured in stunning detail by ESA's JUICE mission, revealing a glowing halo of gas, a sweeping tail, and hints of jets erupting from its ancient, icy heart.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
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.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: Launching SLS every three and a half years or so is not a recipe for success.".
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Space Force opens secretive space tracking to commercial firms Space Force opens secretive space tracking to commercial firms.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: Shareholder advisers Glass Lewis and ISS issue opposing recommendations on Avio’s proposed bylaw changes ahead of a 3 March vote.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
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.
Universe Today
• Carolyn Collins Petersen
Bloomberg
• Bailey Lipschultz, Eric Johnson, Kiel Porter, Ryan Gould
