Spaceflight News— China’s Mars Sample Return open to International Cooperation (<a href="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-16/China-invites-global-scientific-community-on-its-Mars-mission-1BMvXH8PdlK/p.html">cgtn.com</a>) (<a href="https://spacenews.com/china-opens-2028-mars-sample-return-mission-to-international-cooperation/">spacenews.com</a>)Short & Sweet— Several Russian sats on the move (<a href="https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-russian-eavesdropping-satellite.html">sattrackcam.blogspot.com</a>) (<a href="https://defence-blog.com/russian-space-weapon-shifts-orbit-after-two-year-hiatus/">defence-blog.com</a>)— X-37B lands after record-breaking mission (<a href="https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/after-flying-higher-than-ever-the-us-militarys-x-37b-spaceplane-is-back-home/">arstechnica.com</a>)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: leaked starship photos: (HT The Orbital Index: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXMasterrace/comments/1i2hxta/another_day_another_leaked_starship_internal_view/#lightbox">reddit.com</a>) (HT The Orbital Index: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/1j69zha/possible_leaked_screenshot_of_s34_missing_an_rvac/">reddit.com</a>)This Week in Spaceflight History— 18 Mar, 1980. Plesetsk launch pad disaster (<a href="http://www.plesetzk.ru/index.php?p=1980&d=doc/disaster">plesetzk.ru</a>) (<a href="https://www.russianspaceweb.com/plesetsk.html">russianspaceweb.com</a>) (<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/monitoring/media_reports/705808.stm">bbc.co.uk</a>) (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Plesetsk_launch_pad_disaster">en.wikipedia.org</a>) — Tangent on GRAU indices (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Missile_and_Artillery_Directorate">en.wikipedia.org</a>)— Next week (3/25 - 3/31) in 1972: Much closer, much easier, but 53 years late

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