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Starlink Satellite 34343 Suffers On-Orbit Anomaly; SpaceX Confirms No Additional Risks to ISS, Artemis II or Transporter-16

Starlink Satellite 34343 Suffers On-Orbit Anomaly; SpaceX Confirms No Additional Risks to ISS, Artemis II or Transporter-16

On Sunday, March 29, Starlink satellite 34343 experienced an on-orbit anomaly at an altitude of approximately 560 km, resulting in a complete loss of ...
2026-03-31
ESA Member States Call for Cancellation of Earth Return Orbiter, Putting US-European Mars Sample Return in Jeopardy

ESA Member States Call for Cancellation of Earth Return Orbiter, Putting US-European Mars Sample Return in Jeopardy

On March 28, 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced following its 345th Council Meeting that member states have formally proposed the cancell...
2026-03-30
China Breaks Through Key Technologies for Liquid Hydrogen-Fueled Aero-Turbine Power, Megawatt-Class AEP100 Engine Completes Ground Test Validation

China Breaks Through Key Technologies for Liquid Hydrogen-Fueled Aero-Turbine Power, Megawatt-Class AEP100 Engine Completes Ground Test Validation

In March 2026, China Aero Engine Group Corporation (AECC) announced a major technological breakthrough: the AEP100 liquid hydrogen-fueled turboprop en...
2026-03-30
NASA Overhauls Astronaut Medical Evaluation Framework After On-Orbit Medical Incident

NASA Overhauls Astronaut Medical Evaluation Framework After On-Orbit Medical Incident

In January 2026, veteran NASA astronaut Mike Fincke suffered a sudden, unexplained episode of aphasia aboard the International Space Station — the fir...
2026-03-29
Full-Phase Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking Technology for Tianzhou Cargo Spacecraft Supports Efficient Logistics Resupply of the China Space Station

Full-Phase Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking Technology for Tianzhou Cargo Spacecraft Supports Efficient Logistics Resupply of the China Space Station

As the core vehicle for Earth-to-space cargo transportation supporting the China Space Station (CSS), the Tianzhou cargo spacecraft undertakes critica...
2026-03-28
JAXA Develops ABIE-X Air-Breathing Ion Engine to Explore In-Situ Propellant Utilization in Space

JAXA Develops ABIE-X Air-Breathing Ion Engine to Explore In-Situ Propellant Utilization in Space

In the development of aerospace propulsion technology, on-board propellant capacity has long been a core constraint limiting spacecraft orbital lifesp...
2026-03-27
China Space Station Conducts Fourth On-Orbit Extraterrestrial Material Exposure Experiment, Investigating Material Performance in Extreme Space Environments

China Space Station Conducts Fourth On-Orbit Extraterrestrial Material Exposure Experiment, Investigating Material Performance in Extreme Space Environments

The extreme space environment serves as a natural test field for evaluating aerospace material properties, which directly determines the stability, re...
2026-03-27
NASA Unveils Full Coverage Plan for Artemis II, Launching New Manned Lunar Orbit Mission

NASA Unveils Full Coverage Plan for Artemis II, Launching New Manned Lunar Orbit Mission

All times in this article are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).On March 25, 2026, NASA officially released the complete coverage and event schedule for ...
2026-03-26
Nuclear Power Propels Deep Space Exploration: NASA’s SR-1 Freedom Usher in a New Era of Mars Exploration

Nuclear Power Propels Deep Space Exploration: NASA’s SR-1 Freedom Usher in a New Era of Mars Exploration

As the speed bottleneck of chemical propulsion rockets becomes a constraint on deep space exploration, the maturation of nuclear power and propulsion ...
2026-03-25
NASA Shifts Strategy: Abandons Lunar Orbital Station for Permanent Moon Surface Base

NASA Shifts Strategy: Abandons Lunar Orbital Station for Permanent Moon Surface Base

On March 24, 2026, local time, NASA’s new Administrator Jared Isaacman officially announced at the agency’s Washington headquarters that it would paus...
2026-03-25
Extragalactic Archaeology Breakthrough: Astronomers Unlock the 12-Billion-Year Evolutionary Code of NGC 1365

Extragalactic Archaeology Breakthrough: Astronomers Unlock the 12-Billion-Year Evolutionary Code of NGC 1365

What untold stories of growth lie within galaxies beyond the Milky Way? Recently, a team led by Jeff Rich from the Carnegie Institution for Science, i...
2026-03-24
Progress MS-33 Cargo Craft Launches Successfully: Roscosmos Resumes Baikonur Launches 4 Months After Pad Damage

Progress MS-33 Cargo Craft Launches Successfully: Roscosmos Resumes Baikonur Launches 4 Months After Pad Damage

At precisely 11:59 UTC on March 22, 2026, Roscosmos (the Russian State Space Corporation) lifted the Progress MS-33 cargo spacecraft into orbit, marki...
2026-03-22