Today In Space
Last Updated: Sunday, March 9, 2025, 6:52 PM PDT
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Space.com
• Tariq Malik
Rocket Lab unveils plan to land Neutron rockets at sea, 1st launch in 2025
By Space.com: The new Neutron rocket includes a "hippo" mouth fairing that deploys upper stages by spitting them out from inside.
SpaceNews.com
• Mike Gruss
Tracking DOGE’s impact on space and the federal workforce
By SpaceNews.com: The White House and the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency have spent the first weeks of Donald Trump’s new administration looking to reduce the number of federal workers and shrink s….
Politico
• Associated Press
Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole
By Politico: The Athena spacecraft missed its mark by more than 800 feet, Intuitive Machines said.
abqjournal.com
• Algernon D'Ammassa
The Spaceport America Cup, as the event was known since it moved from Utah to New Mexico in 2017, is no more. How Las Cruces New Mexico lost the event to Midland, Texas
By abqjournal.com: LAS CRUCES — For seven years, the world’s largest annual college-level rocket competition drew thousands of visitors to Las Cruces and to New Mexico’s taxpayer-built spaceport in Sierra County —.
Bloomberg
• Daniele Lepido
Leonardo Said to Drop BofA for Deutsche Bank on European Space
By Bloomberg: Leonardo SpA, the Italian defense and aerospace company, has replaced Bank of America Corp. with Deutsche Bank AG to advise on talks to forge a new European space and satellite champion, according to people familiar with the matter.
South China Morning Post
• Sylvie Zhuang
China’s progress on ‘game-changing’ space technology heightens US concerns
By South China Morning Post: US Space Force official points to progress on refuelling satellites in space as an example of the country’s ambitious plans.
Space.com
• Sharmila Kuthunur
Here's the launch plan for NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions: 'Liftoff is just the beginning'
By Space.com: "We've run into a lot of challenges along the way [that] have caused us some launch delays, but this team has pulled together and worked diligently to get us over that.".
NASA Spaceflight
NASA, SpaceX to launch SPHEREx observatory and PUNCH heliophysics mission from California
New York Times
