Blog --- Recap March 2025

My favorite photos, videos, events and stories of the past month.

1. March - Selensky-Trump Meeting

It happend on February 28th, but it has to be mentioned here, video is so nice.

Source: Morgan J. Freeman
https://bsky.app/profile/mjfree.bsky.social/post/3ljebzw2ffc2z

6. March - Blue Ghost landing on the Moon

In Mare Crisium.
Successful and upright, mind you!

Live-Updates + Landing-Video
https://fireflyspace.com/news/blue-ghost-mission-1-live-updates/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpHhEybJdxg&t=17s

6. March - Ariane 6 successfully launched

Second successful launch, first commercial, first one without any problems.

Summary + Press Releases
https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/03/03/live-coverage-arianespace-to-launch-an-ariane-6-rocket...
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Ariane/Ariane_6_takes_flight_for_the_second_time
https://bsky.app/profile/esa.int/post/3lk4g5dqw6k2g
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_6

6. March - IM-2 Landing on the Moon ... somehow

Groundhog day on the Moon.
Second landing of a probe from Intuitive Machines, second time the thing tipped on its side.
More probes are under construction, we will see if there is a learning effect.

Summary + Comments
https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/03/07/intuitive-machines...
https://bsky.app/profile/stim3on.bsky.social/post/3ljskuq4hts2h

6. March - Starship Flight 8 + fireworks

Disappointingly, there was no LPE (Launch Pad Explosion) and the booster was successfully landed, or more precisely, caught.
Instead the Starship - Elon Musk's personal sanctuary - has impressively broken apart and spread its debris over half the Caribbean.
Again.

Who cares, no one lives there.

Live-Streams + News
https://www.youtube.com/live/tUnbnm7OKCw?t=7705s
https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/03/07/starship-upper-stage-lost.../
https://bsky.app/profile/martinseydler.bsky.social/post/3ljqoscg6qs2j

Sightings
https://bsky.app/profile/scrappyaf.bsky.social/post/3ljqomtwwos27
https://bsky.app/profile/keithedwards.bsky.social/post/3ljr5tpfnus2e
https://bsky.app/profile/vincentledvina.bsky.social/post/3ljvpkzw52c24
https://bsky.app/profile/scottmanley.bsky.social/post/3ljr2v46vmk2p

9. March - Start of the balcony season

Finally it's getting warm and green again, the 2025 balcony season can begin. The first purchases have been made.

10. March - First update of Maetes.com in 2025

Hopefully regularly from now on.
So far I have persevered, published a total of 6 blog posts and 4 new pages in the categories this month.
May go on like this.

First Update
Blog - Moon-Renderings 
Astronomy - Moon-Renderings - First results 

14. March - Blue Ghost - Solar eclipse on the Moon

On March 14, a total lunar eclipse took place, which could be seen from the american continent. For the Blue Ghost lander on the Moon, it was a solar eclipse produced by Earth.

Such an event has never been observed by a lunar lander before, making it a real "first" of space exploration.

Source + Video
https://fireflyspace.com/news/blue-ghost-mission-1-live-updates/
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250319.html
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M2P-z_cXsOs

12. March - HERA Mars Gravity-Assist

ESA's Hera asteroid probe has successfully flown past Mars and its moon Deimos. Several instruments were tested and masses of images were transmitted to Earth.
In December 2026, it is scheduled to arrive at its actual destination, the asteroid Didymos.

Infos + Live + News
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_asteroid_mission_spies_Mars_s_Deimos_moon
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Watch_live_Images_from_Hera_s_Mars_flyby
https://bsky.app/profile/andrealuck.bsky.social/post/3lkilgpmja22d
https://bsky.app/search?q=hera+mars

18. March - Egg crisis in the USA

Fear is rife in the most powerful nation in the world.
Eggs are becoming scarce and expensive, and shortly before Easter, there is a threat of total collapse.
Smugglers of drugs and weapons are switching to eggs as a more profitable commodity, arms sales are declining, the NRA is trying to counteract this.

Can Donald save the country?

Information
https://bsky.app/profile/theobaldtiger.bsky.social/post/3lksmehndks2l

29. March - Solar eclilpse

At 12:10 p.m. a partial solar eclipse took place, during which up to 20% of the solar disk was covered in Cologne/Germany. The camera of my inexpensive mobile phone has proven once again that it is not really suitable for astronomy purposes.

Better pictures
https://bsky.app/search?q=eclipse2025

30. March - Spectrum first launch

First launch of the german-made Spectrum rocket in Andoya/Norway. The flight ended quickly, after 15 seconds the rocket went off course, the engines were switched off and it crashed into the sea, about 100 meters from the launch pad. Nevertheless, it was a success in which valuable data could be collected.

The rocket from Isar Aerospace is supposed to transport 1000 kilograms into the LEO or 700 kilograms into an SSO.

Live-Stream + News
https://isaraerospace.com/newsroom-first-test-flight
https://www.youtube.com/live/IKLQxe2MvpQ?si=YZ2xa9GQh_L3QoYW&t=2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUfoS-FrATQ
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68486304

Informations
https://isaraerospace.com/spectrum
https://www.youtube.com/@isaraerospace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isar_Aerospace_Spectrum

31. March - Weather report

Last but not least, the current weather report, of course with an all-time record in terms of temperature.
No need to worry, everything will be fine.

Source
https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_daily/?dm_id=world