Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory flew a 3D‑printed titanium spring — the JPL Additive Compliant Canister (JACC) — which successfully deployed aboard commercial smallsat Proteus Space's Mercury One on Feb. 3, 2026. Onboard video captured the device popping from its canister as the satellite passed over the Pacific in LEO.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: Launch of Space One's Kairos rocket is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET today (March 3).
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: When space is hot, Washington holds a match.
Space.com
• Tereza Pultarova
By Space.com: "There are plenty of opportunities for many satellites to do space science.".
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Redwire has introduced a new solar array product designed for mass-produced satellites that require high performance while minimizing mass.
New York Times
• Robin George Andrews
By New York Times: Hardy bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.
Reuters
By Reuters: Russia's space agency said on Tuesday that repair work had been completed at a damaged section of a launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan that is critical to Moscow's space programme, Russian state media reported.
NASA Spaceflight
• John Sharp
By NASA Spaceflight: Five missions are expected to launch this week, with Falcon 9 scheduled to launch four….
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
