Spaceflight News

— Security Space (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com)

Interview -- Joseph Marlin, Deputy Chief Engineer, Blue Ghost Lunar Program

— linkedin.com/in/josephmarlin

— fireflyspace.com

This Week in Spaceflight History

— Apr 4, 1983. Launch of STS-6 (americaspace.com)

— Next week (4/8 - 4/14) in 1979: Stumbling a mile before the finish line

Spaceflight News

— Still sticking with Starliner (spacenews.com) (aviationweek.com) (spacenews.com)

Short & Sweet

— Starlab starts new phase (space.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— Blaise via email: SRTM gravity gradients

This Week in Spaceflight History

— March 31, 1972: Launch of Kosmos 482 (en.wikipedia.org) (spacereview.com) (leonarddavid.com)

— Next week (4/1 - 4/7) in 1983: Orbital structural test article

Spaceflight News

— China’s Mars Sample Return open to International Cooperation (cgtn.com) (spacenews.com)

Short & Sweet

— Several Russian sats on the move (sattrackcam.blogspot.com) (defence-blog.com)

— X-37B lands after record-breaking mission (arstechnica.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: leaked starship photos: (HT The Orbital Index: reddit.com) (HT The Orbital Index: reddit.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 18 Mar, 1980. Plesetsk launch pad disaster (plesetzk.ru) (russianspaceweb.com) (bbc.co.uk) (en.wikipedia.org)

— Tangent on GRAU indices (en.wikipedia.org)

— Next week (3/25 - 3/31) in 1972: Much closer, much easier, but 53 years late

Spaceflight News

— IM-2 lunar landing (intuitivemachines.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (intuitivemachines.com) (youtube.com)

Short & Sweet

— Voyager turns off further instruments (space.com)

— A Falcon 9 loses a leg (spacenews.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: ISS too clean (newsbreak.com) (cell.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 15 Mar, 1976. Launch of Lincoln Experimental Satellite 8 and 9 (LES-8 and -9) (skyrocket.de) (wikipedia.org) (ll.mit.edu)

— Next week (3/18 - 3/24) in 1980: Wait nine years until “openness”

Spaceflight News

— Starship TF7 bounced to pieces (Paywall: aviationweek.com) (spacenews.com)

Short & Sweet

— Two payloads on IM-2 launch suffering problems on-orbit (spacenews.com)

— Space capsule lands in Australia while first rocket readies to launch (spacenews.com) (abc.net.au)

— Xona received contract to develop GPS alternative (insidegnss.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: Blue Ghost lunar landing? (Spoiler: it did!) (space.com) (spacenews.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— Feb 26, 1960: Failed launch of MiDAS 1 (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nro.gov) (PDF: nro.gov)

— Next week (3/11 - 3/17) in 1976: Two score and nine years ago

Spaceflight News

— Stoke Space reveals Andromeda 2 (stokespace.com)

Short & Sweet

— Long March 8A completes first flight (spacenews.com)

— Germany provides funds for new launch facility (europeanspaceflight.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: Blue Origin Layoffs (spacenews.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 24 Feb, 1996. Launch of POLAR satellite (PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov) (eyes.nasa.gov) (nasaspaceflight.com)

— Next week (2/25 - 3/3) in 1960: The copper touch

Spaceflight News

— The most amazing little rocket that will have ever built (spacenews.com) (aas.org) (aas.org) (aas.org) (PDF: hou.usra.edu)

Short & Sweet

— Starbase Update (nasaspaceflight.com)

— Thales Alenia to build an airlock (europeanspaceflight.com)

Vast reschedules Haven-1 (spacenews.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: ThrustMe pushes into US market (spacenews.com) (thrustme.fr)

— Unc’ Willy: Frustums, and NGLR (discord.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 11 Feb, 2000: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission launched on STS-99 (en.wikipedia.org) (airandspace.si.edu VIA web.archive.org) (PDF: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com)

— Next week (2/18 - 2/24) in 1996: Goes where it says on the tin.

Spaceflight News

— Blue Ghost M1 (americaspace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (fireflyspace.com) (gsfc.nasa.gov) (baas.aas.org) (hou.usra.edu) 

Short & Sweet

— Starliner investigation nears completion (spacenews.com)

— AstroForge announces first target (space.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: IRNSS-1K launch failure (thehindu.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— Feb. 6, 1995: STS-63 approaches within 11 meters of Mir (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov) (thespaceabove.us)

— Next week (2/11 - 2/17) in 2000: Tail-first and burning fast

Spaceflight News

— NICER repair on EVA 91 (nasaspaceflight.com) (svs.gsfc.nasa.gov) (science.nasa.gov) (svs.gsfc.nasa.gov) (heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov)

Short & Sweet

— ESA to vote on future of Space Rider spacecraft (europeanspaceflight.com)

— China hops higher, maybe (spacenews.com) (bilibili.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: New Shepard’s lunar gravity mission (spacenews.com)

— Hydraq via email: CH4 hydrodynamics in Starship

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 3 Feb, 1994: The launch of STS-60 (americaspace.com) (americaspace.com) (PDF: nasa.gov) (nss.org)

Next week (2/4 - 2/10) in 1995: Hey, it’s me again. I’m outside.

Spaceflight News

— Starship FT-7 (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (bsky.app/profile/derekdotspace.bsky.social) (space.com) (spacenews.com)

Short & Sweet

— ISRO successfully docks in space (spacenews.com)

— RFA granted license for vertical launch from UK (europeanspaceflight.com) 

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: New Glenn First Flight (nasaspaceflight.com) (americaspace.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)

— DarthMooMoo: Varda launched on F9, not Electron (discord.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 22 Jan 1997: Space debris hits a person for the first and only time on record. (HT SciKyle: en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: deepblue.lib.umich.edu) (PDF: apps.dtic.mil) (foxnews.com)

— Next week (1/28 - 2/3) in 1994: Call before you come over