The Hill
• Mark R Whittington
Two major commercial launch providers are accelerating development of heavy‑lift and crewed launch capabilities that could offer NASA operational alternatives to the Space Launch System. Successful commercial options would ease schedule and cost pressure on Artemis‑class missions and force changes to agency procurement and mission architectures.
NASA Spaceflight
• Haygen Warren
By NASA Spaceflight: Using recent data from NASA’s Juno orbiter, scientists have uncovered new details on the thickness….
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
Space.com
• Robert Z Pearlman
By Space.com: The second of two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets launched on Saturday (Feb. 21) completed a record-breaking 33rd re-flight.
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.
spaceanddefense.io
Payload
• Austin Corona
Bloomberg
• Fraidoon Poya, Loni Prinsloo, Marissa Newman
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
