The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) successfully launched its eighth batch of satellites as part of its proliferated architecture constellation. The mission, carried out by SpaceX, also marked a new record for the company’s Falcon 9 rocket program, with the fastest-ever turnaround time for a reused first-stage booster.

NASA is carefully considering an additional test flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft before it is approved for regular crew rotation missions to the International Space Station (ISS). The agency is assessing whether this next test should be crewed or uncrewed, aiming to ensure all necessary improvements have been validated.

Starlab Space LLC has reached a significant milestone in its ambitious commercial space station project, successfully completing the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) in partnership with NASA. This achievement marks a crucial step toward full-scale production, validating the station’s architecture, systems, and integration plans as technically sound and safe for future astronaut operations. The PDR, coupled with a rigorous Level 1 safety review, confirms that Starlab’s design is on track for certification, positioning the company to compete for future NASA contracts for astronaut activity and station utilization.

In a precisely timed splashdown, the four astronauts of the Crew-9 mission safely returned to Earth on Tuesday evening, marking the end of an extraordinary chapter in their spaceflight journey. The crew’s Dragon Freedom spacecraft descended into the Gulf of Mexico near Tallahassee, Florida, at 5:57 p.m. EDT (2157 UTC), concluding a roughly 17-hour journey home from the International Space Station (ISS).

Firefly Aerospace has confirmed the successful conclusion of its Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander mission, which met 100% of its objectives. The mission ended with a final transmission at approximately 7:15 p.m. EDT on March 16, following 346 hours of operations — nearly 14.5 days in sunlight and an additional five hours after sunset at its Mare Crisium landing site.

Rocket Lab successfully launched the final five satellites for French company Kinéis' Internet of Things (IoT) constellation on March 17, completing a series of five dedicated missions. The Electron rocket carrying the payload lifted off from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 9:31 p.m. EDT (0131 GMT on March 18), or 2:31 p.m. local time.

India's space program marked a series of significant achievements in March 2025, as the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully executed three critical operations. From a landmark in-orbit maneuver with the SPADEX satellite duo to advancements in cryogenic engine testing, these accomplishments highlight India's growing expertise and self-reliance in space technology.

After more than nine months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), two U.S. astronauts will finally return to Earth on Tuesday evening, NASA has confirmed.

Elon Musk has unveiled an ambitious new timeline for SpaceX’s Starship program, declaring that the first interplanetary voyage of the world’s most powerful rocket will launch for Mars at the end of 2026. The mission will carry Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot, designed to perform autonomous tasks on the Red Planet ahead of future human landings.

Rocket Lab successfully launched a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellite for a Japanese customer on March 14, marking the first of eight planned missions under contract with the company.

After an extended nine-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are finally on the cusp of returning home. Their long-awaited departure was made possible by the successful launch of SpaceX’s Crew-10 mission, which lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on Friday evening, marking a crucial step toward normalizing crew rotations on the orbiting laboratory.

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission, designed for planetary defense, has achieved a major milestone during its journey through deep space. In a historic first, the spacecraft activated its suite of scientific instruments beyond the Earth-Moon system, capturing images of Mars and its lesser-known moon, Deimos, during a close flyby on March 12.