| |    | | (NASA) | Happy Monday, Space Fans! It's a new week in space (and also on Earth) and today's top story actually includes both: U.S. lawmakers in Congress are pushing to extend the life of the International Space Station beyond NASA's 2030 deadline to deorbit the $100 billion space lab. Find out why in the story here.
And that's not all! (It never is, right?) We've got a stunning meteorite crash through a house on Earth, the risk of privatizing Plan B for humanity and are you excited about 'Project Hail Mary'? Because we're excited about 'Project Hail Mary.' See it all below. | | | Space Quiz! Which workhorse rocket does SpaceX use for Starlink launches? | | |   | | (Lego) | Remember that time Spider-Man went to space in Avengers: Endgame? We sure do, and this LEGO deal will let you rebuild that version of the Iron Spider-Man for 20% off. Here's where you can find it online. | | |  | | (Fireball inset: Marcel W via AMS, background added in Canva Pro) | We've seen some spectacular meteors in the sky, but a meteorite crashing through the roof of a house? That's pretty rare. And it's exactly what happened to these folks in Germany. See what happened here. | | |  | | (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) | Some private companies like SpaceX say humanity needs to settle other planets as a Plan B for survival. But should that project be led by a commmercial company? Some scientists are wondering. So, what do YOU think? | | |  | | (SETI Institute) | The year is 2026, so where are all the aliens? Well, a new study from SETI suggests that space weather around distant stars may be interfering with E.T. calls. Here's what they found. | | |  | | (SpaceX) | Hours after setting clocks forward for Daylight Savings Time, SpaceX went forward with a launch of Starlink satellites on March 8. Chalk up another 25 Starlink satellites for the company's space internet constellation. | | |  | | (Amazon MGM Studios) | Amazon MGM Studios recently released the new final teaser trailer for their interstellar buddy film, with fresh footage that has legions of book fans going joyously berserk over a phrase recited by Rocky. What do you think of his design? | | |  | | (SpaceX) | We're kicking our our week of space photos with this chilly view of SpaceX's Starship Ship 39 vehicle undergoing cryoproof testing ahead of a planned April launch. See what the photo means for SpaceX's next Starship launch here. | |  | | (Smithsonian/Wikipedia) | On March 9, 1961, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 9. This mission was a test flight of the Vostok spacecraft, which would later carry the first cosmonauts into space. Can you guess the mannequin's name? Find it out in our full video here! | | | | And that's a wrap on our first space newsletter of the week. Thanks for reading to the end and keep an eye out for a series of SpaceX and Firefly Aerospace launches week. We'll have that coverage on the main Space.com website. Keep looking up! Tariq Malik Editor-in-Chief, Space.com | | | | Stay up-to-date on all things space science, news, and entertainment by subscribing to our newsletters. | |  | | | | | | | Future US LLC © | | Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036 | | | |
