Spaceflight News— Starship TF7 bounced to pieces (Paywall: <a href="https://aviationweek.com/space/launch-vehicles-propulsion/spacex-details-starship-mishap-findings-changes-next-test">aviationweek.com</a>) (<a href="https://spacenews.com/spacex-completes-investigation-into-starship-flight-7-mishap/">spacenews.com</a>)Short & Sweet— Two payloads on IM-2 launch suffering problems on-orbit (<a href="https://spacenews.com/lunar-trailblazer-odin-spacecraft-suffering-problems-after-im-2-launch/">spacenews.com</a>)— Space capsule lands in Australia while first rocket readies to launch (<a href="https://spacenews.com/varda-space-capsule-lands-in-australia-with-critical-data-for-hypersonic-vehicles/">spacenews.com</a>) (<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-24/gilmour-space-orbital-rocket-launch-announcement/104845582">abc.net.au</a>)— Xona received contract to develop GPS alternative (<a href="https://insidegnss.com/xona-secures-4-65m-contract-with-afrl-to-demonstrate-capabilities-of-low-earth-orbit-leo-gps-alternative-in-commercial-user-equipment/">insidegnss.com</a>)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Blue Ghost lunar landing? (Spoiler: it did!) (<a href="https://www.space.com/the-universe/moon/were-on-the-moon-private-blue-ghost-moon-lander-aces-historic-lunar-landing-for-nasa">space.com</a>) (<a href="https://spacenews.com/fireflys-blue-ghost-1-lands-on-the-moon/">spacenews.com</a>)This Week in Spaceflight History— Feb 26, 1960: Failed launch of MiDAS 1 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_Defense_Alarm_System#MiDAS_launches">en.wikipedia.org</a>) (PDF: <a href="https://www.nro.gov/Portals/65/documents/foia/docs/foia-mda.pdf">nro.gov</a>) (PDF: <a href="https://www.nro.gov/Portals/65/documents/foia/declass/WS117L_Records/209.PDF">nro.gov</a>)— Next week (3/11 - 3/17) in 1976: Two score and nine years ago

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