Artemis 2 moon rocket rolls back to launch pad | Space photo of the day for March 20, 2026

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket was back on the move overnight ahead of its second mission to the moon, which will be the first time the vehicle carries a crew.
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NASA’s Artemis 2 moon rocket arrives back at the launch pad

NASA’s SLS rocket is back at the launch pad as the space agency gears up to launch Artemis 2 astronauts on a mission around the moon next month.
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NASA won’t give up hope on silent MAVEN Mars probe: ‘We’re still looking for it’

NASA has not reestablished contact with its MAVEN Mars orbiter since a planned communications blackout ended Jan. 16.
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‘A great relief!’ Europe’s Proba-3 solar-eclipse satellite phones home after a month of silence

One of the two spacecraft that make up Europe’s Proba-3 solar-eclipse mission just reestablished contact with its handlers after being incommunicado for a month.
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Private South Korean rocket exploded last December due to hardware failure, investigation finds

The South Korean startup Innospace failed during its first orbital launch attempt, which sent five satellites aloft on Dec. 22 from Brazil.
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An AI cyberattack could trigger a satellite apocalypse in the next 2 years. Are we prepared?

AI could soon be able to hijack satellites and cause them to collide with other spacecraft, triggering a cascade that could render Earth orbit unsafe.
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Rocket Lab launches private Japanese ‘Strix’ satellite

Rocket Lab launched an Earth-observing radar satellite for the Japanese company Synspective to orbit on Friday (March 20).
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Watch NASA roll out Artemis 2 moon rocket tonight ahead of April 1 launch

NASA will roll its Artemis 2 moon rocket out to the launch pad on Thursday (March 19) ahead of a planned April 1 liftoff, and you can watch the action live.
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Astronauts complete prep for new ISS solar array on 1st NASA spacewalk in 10 months

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams prepared the International Space Station for the addition a new solar array during a spacewalk on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
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SpaceX fires up next-gen ‘V3’ Starship for 1st time ahead of April launch (photos)

SpaceX conducted a static fire test with the first stage of its V3 Starship on Monday (March 16), a milestone moment for this bigger, more powerful megarocket variant.
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