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Space.com • Mike Wall

NASA rolls Artemis II moon rocket 4 miles to LC‑39B in up-to‑12‑hour second rollout ahead of April 1 launch

NASA rolled the Artemis II moon rocket from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Complex 39B in a second rollout — a roughly 4‑mile transfer expected to take up to 12 hours. The movement returns the crewed vehicle to the pad for final launch preparations ahead of an April 1 liftoff attempt.

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