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NASA’s ‘stranded’ astronauts finally return to Earth – in a different spacesuit and spacecraft
The ‘stranded’ pair of NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, finally returned to Earth on 18 March bringing an end to their extended stay on the International Space Station (ISS). The venture was supposed to last just eight days but ended up exceeding nine...
Astranis UtilitySat is stranded in transfer orbit – likely total loss
UtilitySat, one of four small communications satellites, launched for Astranis, has failed on its way to its planned geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) operational location, according to industry officials, reported first by Space Intel Report. The craft was launched by...
Commercial Crew Dragon Fram-2 mission carries first astronauts to polar orbit
Rockets have carried humans around the world, mainly in low Earth orbits (LEO), and even, on occasion, to the Moon and back. Yet orbits over the polar regions of the Earth remained unexplored by peopled spacecraft. That was until April when SpaceX launched Fram-2, the...
Launches in March 2025
Seradata’s recommended space stories – March 2025
We are cutting through the orbital debris for you. In other words, we're keeping an eye on space news on the web so you don't have to. Here is our round-up of the most important, and interesting, space news stories of March that we haven't covered on our main stories...
ISAR Spectrum maiden failure: spectacular but not surprising
The maiden flight of Spectrum ended in a spectacular explosion against the dramatic icy backdrop of Andøya Spaceport, Norway. Footage of Spectrum’s fiery explosion punctuating the remote wilderness of Andøya was quickly picked up by news outlets internationally. This...
Satellite and Launch Orders – March 2025
The following construction and launch orders for the space industry were announced in March 2025: Construction Orders: Airbus DS has won a contract to provide a lander for the ExoMars rover – replacing Russia, which was originally supposed to provide the component...
Satellite and launch orders in February 2025
Construction Orders Pair of Oberon radar satellites for UK military to be built by Airbus DS Thales Alenia Space secured lunar Gateway space station airlock module contract DPhi Space Clustergate 1 mission on Transporter 13 to carry Zohar-1 space weather sensor hosted...
Seradata’s recommended space stories – February 2025
We are cutting through the orbital debris for you. In other words, we're keeping an eye on space news on the web so you don't have to. Here is our round-up of the most important, and interesting, space news stories of February (space orders can be found in another...
A tale of two lunar landers: Blue Ghost makes successful landing but IM-2 Athena lands on its side
Firefly Blue Ghost 1, the lunar lander owned and operated by Firefly Aerospace, made a successful touchdown on the Moon on 2 March. Just four days later another commercial lunar lander, IM-2 Athena, made its own ill-fated attempt to land on Earth’s natural satellite....
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