/qnotables26/ - ===Q Notables 2026===

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425792 (251618ZMAR26) Notable: NASA/Space

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NASA

@NASA

20h

NASA is advancing nuclear power and propulsion in space to accomplish President Trump’s national space objectives.

With SR-1 Freedom, launching in 2028, we will demonstrate nuclear electric propulsion and deliver SkyFall helicopters to Mars.

In collaboration with @Energy, these capabilities are key to future missions to Mars and beyond.

A new chapter of deep space exploration begins. 🚀

Mar 24, 2026 · 7:31 PM UTC

https://x.com/NASA/status/2036526244418691147

>>32213

>>>/qresearch/24425703

>May the force be with you.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425811 (251625ZMAR26) Notable: NASA/Space

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until the wheels fall off?

UFO mania

@maniaUFO

Curiosity wheels taken yesterday, showing the damages caused during the 13 years it has been on the Red Planet...😮

Fun fact: the rover would be able to drive perfectly fine even if the inner 2/3 of the wheel rim totally breaks off.

There is enough toque in the wheel motors to pull the entire rover up a vertical wall if only one of them was operating. It could drive fine if the wheels were square.

11:13 AM · Mar 24, 2026

https://x.com/maniaUFO/status/2036506666624303469

https://mars.nasa.gov/raw_images/1568753/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425817 (251628ZMAR26) Notable: Why Mohammad Ghalibaf Could Be A Critical Cog In Trump's Iran Project

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Why Mohammad Ghalibaf Could Be A Critical Cog In Trump's Iran Project(1/2)

The world is now 26 days into a war it did not want and cannot afford - one that has devoured over 3,000 lives across the Middle East, burned through hundreds of billions of dollars, and shocked global energy markets into a crisis underlined by benchmark Brent crude holding above the US$100 red line for 12 consecutive days.

It has also triggered a humanitarian catastrophe, displacing over four million people across the region.

On Monday Donald Trump teased an end to the US-led war. "Nobody knows who to talk to, but we're actually talking to the right people… they want to make a deal so badly" he said,throwing another curveball into a wartime narrative that has zigged as often as it has zagged.

He would not reveal the identity of Washington's potential partner, or even future head of state,in this, another of the US' barely-disguised regime change operations. But such information rarely stays a secret.

Reports =named Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf – the 64-year-old who reportedly called Trump a "filthy criminal==" in a televised statement and vowed to make him "beg for mercy" – as the President's 'right person' in Tehran.

Trump told CNN's Kaitlan Collins his 'partner' is a "very reasonable, respected" person.

Ghalibaf has personally denied any talks with Washington.

On X he said, "No negotiations have been held with the US, and fake news is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the US and Israel are trapped."

Screenshot from X post by @mb_ghalibaf

But then again he would say that, forto admit to a power grab that displaces the current tegime paints a bright red bullseye on his back.

Who is Mohd Ghalibaf?

Born to Kurdish-Persian parents in 1961 near Mashhad, a Shiite pilgrim hub in Iran's northeast,Ghalibaf is an expert in human and political geography. He married Zahra Sadat Moshir in 1982 – their wedding officiated by Khomenei - and has three children.

CNN describedhim as a 'war veteran with a record of suppressing dissent', marking him out straight away as a choice at odds with Trump's professed support for civilians targeted by the Iranian regime in the December-January protests.

But his standing for presidential elections five times between 2005 and 2024 indicates he is looking for a position of power, and could, therefore, be open to cutting a deal with Washington.

The choice, though, may have been driven by necessity rather than idealism, having assassinated a clutch of senior Iranian leaders over the past 26 days, beginning with Khamenei and his right-hand man, national security chief Ali Larijani.

Multiple Middle East experts have said Ghalibaf has connections across various power centres, including the IRGC thatmany believe is waging war on autopilot, functioning off a decentralised playbookestablished by Khamenei, and a political base at the Parliament."He is the guy running the show," Hamidrez Azizi from the Berlin-based German Institute for International and Security Affairs told CNN.

The war hero + mayor past

A battle-hardened combat pilot and military intelligence operative,Ghalibaf fits the ;conservative Iranian' stereotype– wartime past, served in the Revolutionary Guards Corps, and loyal to Khamenei.But he is also seen as a pragmatist and a technocrat.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-iran-war-donald-trump-ghalibaf-iran-war-peace-talks-regime-change-11264325

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425820 (251630ZMAR26) Notable: Why Mohammad Ghalibaf Could Be A Critical Cog In Trump's Iran Project

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>>32218

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Three degrees, including a doctorate in political geography, and a past role as Mayor of Tehran for 12 years, indicating familiarity with governance and administrative issues.

His time as Mayor saw positive progress on the city's infrastructure and housing fronts, improving and expanding urban transportation and building entire residential neighbourhoods.

But it was also marred by corruption scandals that dented his 'competent manager' image.

He is a "quintessential insider: ambitious..yet fundamentally committed to the preservation of Iran's Islamist order", Ali Vaez, a senior analyst at Brussels-based International Crisis Group told Politico.

But that simultaneously makes him an unlikely option for Washington, andcertainly not if Trump expects to extract concessionsaround Iran's nuclear programme and/or the Strait of Hormuz. On March 17 he told an Iranian TV channel theStrait of Hormuz “cannot return to its previous legal and operational conditions”.

His is a "security first" approach, Azizi said, pointing toviolent putdown of student-led, pro-reform protestsin 1999 and again in 2003.

And even if Ghalibaf would want to deal with the US over Hormuz,he would almost definitely be held back by Tehran power centres that have become even more deeply distrustful of the Americans since Feb 28.

The Trump-Ghalibaf fit

For Trump,Ghalibaf is a critical cog in his Iran project, the pivot from prolonged military aggressionthat is drawing heat back home to a point where the US could potentially walk away from the Middle East after another 'successful' regime change operation.

Ghalibaf,a Trump administration official told Politico,could also be the President's Delcy Rodriguez in Tehran. Rodriguez was installed by Washington as the Venezuela President after US forces captured Nicolas Maduro.

"It's all about installing someone like a Delcy Rodríguez. … we say, 'We're going to keep you there. We're going to not take you out. You're going to work with us.You're going to give us a good deal, a first deal on the oil,'” the official said.

Trump wants Ghalibaf to be Iran's Delcy Rodriguez, officials claimed (File)

Could that work? Maybe.

But Ghalibaf would certainly not be as pliable in Washington's hands as Rodriguez appears to be. And that assumes Trump can make good on any promise to install Ghalibaf as the new Iranian leader, particularly with the IRGC and the regime's hackles raised.

There have also been suggestions Ghalibaf may be a smokescreen, a way for Trump and the US to buy time to get oil prices down and get some of the domestic and international pressure off the White House's back.

"He's definitely buying time…" a Gulf official told Politico,"What's harder to knowis if he's serious about an off-ramp or if he's putting unrealistic demands out there so that Iran will say no."

In any event,Ghalibaf may not be the only 'right person' Washington is talking to.

The New York Times, citing unnamed officials, alsosaid there had held "direct communication" betweenIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff"in recent days" – although neither side has confirmed this.

Both the Foreign Minister and the Speaker have reportedly been offered 'immunity' by the US during the five-day pause in hostilities.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-iran-war-donald-trump-ghalibaf-iran-war-peace-talks-regime-change-11264325

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425822 (251631ZMAR26) Notable: ⚔️ #OTD in 1238, the heroic Defence of #Kozelsk began.

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Russia 🇷🇺

@Russia 1h

⚔️ #OTD in 1238, the heroic Defence of #Kozelsk began.

A small Russian town put up a fierce resistance to the unstoppable Batu Khan forces during his invasion of Rus' – it held out for SEVEN weeks.

🤬 The Mongols dubbed it the “Evil City” for the losses it inflicted on them.

Mar 25, 2026 · 2:49 PM UTC

https://x.com/Russia/status/2036817845875847329

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425826 (251633ZMAR26) Notable: "The revenue per day to Iran is $300M from oil… that they used to sponsor terrorism around the world for 47 years… whose mission was to end the Western way of life," says SDNY U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton.

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Rapid Response 47

@RapidResponse47

"The revenue per day to Iran is $300M from oil... that they used to sponsor terrorism around the world for 47 years... whose mission was to end the Western way of life," says SDNY U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton.

"It is one of the most well-financed terrorist organizations that the world has ever known that showed no remorse."

9:23 AM · Mar 25, 2026

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https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2036796134803358119?s=20

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425827 (251634ZMAR26) Notable: Mamdani: construction of a thousand additional affordable units on city-owned land across our city."

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NYC Mayor Mamdani announces initiative to speed affordable housing development: "New Yorkers cannot afford to wait any longer…What this means, in a tangible sense, is the construction of a thousand additional affordable units on city-owned land across our city."

https://x.com/Breaking911/status/2036841147272696038

https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/55433f4378ea48f3bb900ecb89897fac

not good

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425833 (251636ZMAR26) Notable: TRUMP WINS IN COURT: The 8th Circuit has just OVERTURNED an activist judge ruling and upheld ICE's mass detention policy of illegal aliens

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TRUMP WINS IN COURT: The 8th Circuit has just OVERTURNED an activist judge ruling and upheld ICE's mass detention policy of illegal aliens

This is a MASSIVE victory for the deportation mission 🇺🇸

2-1, the court held that illegal aliens already residing in the US CAN be detained without bond during removal proceedings

This deals another devastating blow to leftist judges' attempt to force DHS into simply unleashing invaders into the country only to commit more crimes.

LFG.

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2036828892804059497

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425836 (251637ZMAR26) Notable: NASA/Space

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NASA PC-12 Aircraft Makes Move to Support Flight Research Across Agency

Mar 24, 2026

A NASA Pilatus PC-12 aircraft will now be based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, in order to support flight research efforts across the agency.

The PC-12 was acquired in 2022 by NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland for use in advanced technology development.

The PC-12 will continue to support research at NASA Glenn while also helping expand flight research capability by supporting other agency efforts.

“NASA Armstrong is proficient in supporting a deployed aircraft concept, where our aircraft goes to another part of the country or world to complete a specific mission,” said Darren Cole, capabilities manager for the Flight Demonstrations and Capabilities project at NASA Armstrong. “That’s exactly what we are going to do with the PC-12, to continue a wide range of flight research.”

Over four years of service at Glenn, the PC-12 has proven a valuable research asset, with contributions such as supporting a communications relay experiment with the International Space Station.

Using a portable laser terminal, the PC-12 sent a 4K video stream relayed through a ground network and a satellite to the space station, which was able to send information back. The system helped effectively penetrate cloud coverage.

The aircraft also was used to study surveillance systems that could help handle the air traffic demands of future air taxis flying in cities.

From its new home at NASA Armstrong, the plane will support a variety of agency, industry, and academic research, including continued technology development research led by Glenn and conducted in conjunction with Glenn’s Aerospace Communications Facility.

A NASA T-34 aircraft from Glenn also arrived at Armstrong in February to be evaluated for use.

The T-34 can allow NASA pilots to either conduct flight research or train to fly the PC-12 when that larger aircraft is undergoing maintenance or modifications.

“The T-34’s design allows for future pod-mounted flight research efforts,” Cole said. “This could include ideas in development by researchers within NASA or through external partnerships — to get something quickly into the air for flight testing at a low cost.”

The T-34 from Glenn joins another already housed at NASA Armstrong, part of a fleet that has recently grown with new assets, including two F-15s. These help Armstrong remain the agency’s home base for breakthrough flight research and test projects.

The aircraft are supported through NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-pc-12-aircraft-makes-move-to-support-flight-research-across-agency/

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/armd/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425839 (251640ZMAR26) Notable: @SecRollins: Since @POTUS was sworn in, we moved 3.3M people off of food stamps, into work, and into better life of dignity.

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Rapid Response 47

@RapidResponse47

.@SecRollins: Since @POTUS was sworn in, we moved 3.3M people off of food stamps, into work, and into better life of dignity.

We're making progress. We have a lot more to do. Obviously,Minnesota, California, New York are ground zero for massive fraud, but we're working on it, and I think we're going to make great progress in the years to come.

8:37 AM · Mar 25, 2026

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https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2036784525196308699?s=20

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425844 (251641ZMAR26) Notable: @realDonaldTrump I am so proud of our ICE Patriots! They were unfairly maligned by the Lunatic Democrats for years, and now, at the Airports, in addition to what they are supposed to be doing, they are helping people with bags, even picking up and cleaning areas.

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Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 03/25/2026 12:39:34

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Truth Social: 116290799193660420

I am so proud of our ICE Patriots! They were unfairly maligned by the Lunatic Democrats for years, and now, at the Airports, in addition to what they are supposed to be doing, they are helping people with bags, even picking up and cleaning areas. They are so proud to be there! The fact is, they shouldn’t have to do this, but they are rehabbing a fake image given to them by Radical Left Democrat politicians. The Public is loving ICE, so the Democrats, unwittingly, did us a favor — They are Great American Patriots, they just happen to have much larger, and harder, muscles than most — which is what they’re supposed to have. Thank you to ICE for the GREAT job you are doing. America very much appreciates it! President DONALD J. TRUMP

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116290799193660420

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425846 (251642ZMAR26) Notable: Traveler at Newark Airport welcomes ICE's help: They're here to help. They're not bothering nobody. As long as they can get me on my flight, I'm good to go.

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Rapid Response 47

@RapidResponse47

Traveler at Newark Airport welcomes ICE's help: They're here to help. They're not bothering nobody. As long as they can get me on my flight, I'm good to go.

4:43 PM · Mar 24, 2026

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https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2036544340164579537?s=20

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425854 (251645ZMAR26) Notable: Brennan talkin shit

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Steve Guest

@SteveGuest

Beyond Parody: Obama's Communist CIA Director John Brennan on MSNow runs cover for the world's leading sponsor of terror.

@SymoneDSanders: "Iran, they are an authoritarian regime who’s known to lie."

John Brennan: "Well, I tend to believe Iran more than I do Donald Trump, because he could not acknowledge the truth even when it—he's slapped in the face with it repeatedly."

11:25 AM · Mar 24, 2026

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https://x.com/SteveGuest/status/2036464524878848211?s=20

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425878 (251653ZMAR26) Notable: @realDonaldTrump Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune have been working to pass a clean extension of FISA Section 702, a Law that was passed many years ago by Congress to collect Intelligence on Foreigners and Noncitizens. When used properly, FISA is an effective tool to keep Americans safe. For these reasons, I have called for a clean 18-month extension, HOWEVER, the Critical and Common Sense Reforms that were made in the last Reauthorization of FISA must remain intact to protect the American People from abuses.

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Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 03/25/2026 12:51:38

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Truth Social: 116290846597255331

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune have been working to pass a clean extension of FISA Section 702, a Law that was passed many years ago by Congress to collect Intelligence on Foreigners and Noncitizens. When used properly, FISA is an effective tool to keep Americans safe. For these reasons, I have called for a clean 18-month extension, HOWEVER, the Critical and Common Sense Reforms that were made in the last Reauthorization of FISA must remain intact to protect the American People from abuses. Nobody understands this better than me, as I was a victim of the worst and most illegal abuse of FISA in our Nation’s History, by Radical Left Lunatics who lied to the FISA Court to spy on my 2016 Presidential Campaign in their attempt to RIG the Election in favor of Crooked Hillary Clinton. That is why, since the first day of my already Historic Second Term, my Administration has worked tirelessly to ensure these Reforms are being aggressively executed at every level of the Executive Branch to keep Americans safe, while protecting their sacred Civil Liberties guaranteed by our Great Constitution. With the ongoing successful Military activities against the Terrorist Iranian Regime, it is more important than ever that we remain vigilant, PROTECT our Homeland, Troops, and Diplomats stationed abroad, and maintain our ability to quickly stop bad actors seeking to cause harm to our People and our Country. The fact is, whether you like FISA or not, it is extremely important to our Military. I have spoken to many Generals about this, and they consider it vital. Not one said, even tacitly, that they can do without it — especially right now with our brilliant Military Operation in Iran. Thank you for your attention to this very important matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116290846597255331

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425880 (251654ZMAR26) Notable: @realDonaldTrump We are asking for expedited Judicial Review because they are robbing our Country blind, “Centers” that don’t exist are being paid tremendous amounts of money, and yet we have Court Orders not letting us proceed. They are being protected by our unbelievably Corrupt and OUT OF CONTROL Court System! Billions of Dollars are being “handed over” to CROOKS, and the Courts won’t let us do anything about it. Again, EXPEDITE! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 03/25/2026 12:53:10

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Truth Social: 116290852675177057

We are asking for expedited Judicial Review because they are robbing our Country blind, “Centers” that don’t exist are being paid tremendous amounts of money, and yet we have Court Orders not letting us proceed. They are being protected by our unbelievably Corrupt and OUT OF CONTROL Court System! Billions of Dollars are being “handed over” to CROOKS, and the Courts won’t let us do anything about it. Again, EXPEDITE! President DONALD J. TRUMP

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116290852675177057

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425884 (251655ZMAR26) Notable: NASA/Space

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NASA X-Ray Mission Gets Fresh Look at 2,000-Year-Old Supernova

Mar 24, 2026

NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission has taken a new observation of a supernova, RCW 86, helping fill in a fuller picture of what other telescopes have observed.

When astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory previously targeted RCW 86, they discovered that a large “cavity” region around the system led the supernova to expand more rapidly than expected.

The low-density cavity region could have led to RCW 86’s unique shape as well. Now, IXPE has observed the outer rim of this supernova, where its expansion is suspected to have halted at the edge of the “cavity,” creating the reflected shock effect highlighted in purple.

The full image combines IXPE’s data with legacy observations from two other X-ray telescopes: NASA’s Chandra and the ESA (European Space Agency) XMM-Newton telescope.

The yellow represents low-energy X-rays, while blue shows high-energy X-rays detected by Chandra and XMM-Newton.

The starfield in the image comes from the National Science Foundation’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab).

More about IXPE

The IXPE mission, which continues to provide unprecedented data enabling groundbreaking discoveries about celestial objects across the universe, is a joint NASA and Italian Space Agency mission with partners and science collaborators in 12 countries.

It is led by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. BAE Systems, Inc., headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, manages spacecraft operations together with the University of Colorado’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics in Boulder. Learn more about IXPE’s ongoing mission here:

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-x-ray-mission-gets-fresh-look-at-2000-year-old-supernova/

https://www.nasa.gov/mission/imaging-x-ray-polarimetry-explorer-ixpe/

extra

Reminders of Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/reminders-of-where-weve-been-where-were-going/

Kona Storms Flood Oʻahu

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/kona-storms-flood-o%CA%BBahu/

NASA Awards Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2026

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasa-awards-astrophysics-postdoctoral-fellowships-for-2026/

1 week away! NASA gearing up to launch Artemis 2 astronauts around the moon on April 1

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/1-week-away-nasa-gearing-up-to-launch-artemis-2-astronauts-around-the-moon-on-april-1

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425885 (251656ZMAR26) Notable: The House just passed a bill mandating automatic deportation for illegal immigrants convicted of welfare fraud… 231–186.

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The House just passed a bill mandating automatic deportation for illegal immigrants convicted of welfare fraud… 231–186.

Let that sink in.

Crimes covered include Social Security fraud… SNAP fraud… mail fraud… conspiracy to defraud the United States… bribery or theft involving federal funds… ID fraud… and other schemes targeting taxpayer resources.

This is baseline accountability.

Yet 186 Democrats voted against it. Why? WHY?

Not a gray area… not complicated…

If someone enters the country illegally and then defrauds public systems funded by American workers… removal is the logical consequence.

Anything less invites more abuse.

https://x.com/AlBuffalo2nite/status/2036626909971243015

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425886 (251657ZMAR26) Notable: Denmark's PM Mette Frederiksen resigns.

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Olga Bazova

@OlgaBazova 1m

Denmark's PM Mette Frederiksen resigns.

The previous party coalition that she headed got obliterated in a general election.

Mette was known for fully de-militarizing Denmark for Ukraine.

Mar 25, 2026 · 4:54 PM UTC

https://x.com/OlgaBazova/status/2036849091334811777

Another one bites the dust.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425888 (251658ZMAR26) Notable: Scientists at CERN transport antimatter for the first time ever. 92 antiprotons, in a custom designed bottle that trapped the particles using magnetic and electric fields???

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NEW - Scientists at CERN transport antimatter for the first time ever. 92 antiprotons, in a custom designed bottle that trapped the particles using magnetic and electric fields, took a 30 minute journey in the back of CERN’s truck.

https://x.com/disclosetv/status/2036848604292292792

What could go wrong?

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425889 (251659ZMAR26) Notable: NASA/Space

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NASA cancels Northrop Grumman, Lanteris space station in multibillion-dollar expansion

March 25, 2026//

NASA announced on Tuesday it has canceled plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and will instead use components from the project to build a $20 billion base on the moon’s surface, while also planning to send a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars.

U.S. space agency chief Jared Isaacman, an appointee of President Donald Trump who took charge at NASA in December, announced an unprecedented array of changes to the Artemis moon program that would expand humanity’s footprint in space, as the U.S. pushes to return to the moon before China sends its astronauts there around 2030.

The plans for the moon base included an aim to send more robotic landers, deploy a fleet of drones and lay the groundwork for using nuclear power on the lunar surface in the next few years.

“This revised step-by-step approach to learn, build muscle memory, bring down risk, and gain confidence is exactly how NASA achieved the near impossible in the 1960s,” Isaacman said, referring to the U.S. Apollo program.

NUCLEAR-POWERED MARS MISSION

NASA also disclosed plans to launch a spacecraft called Space Reactor 1 Freedom to Mars before the end of 2028 in a mission it said would demonstrate advanced nuclear electric propulsion in deep space.

NASA called this a major step forward in bringing nuclear power and propulsion from the laboratory to space. NASA said the spacecraft, once it reaches Earth’s planetary neighbor, will deploy helicopters for exploring Mars.

The Lunar Gateway station, largely already built with contractors Northrop Grumman and Intuitive Machines subsidiary Lanteris Space Systems, was meant to be a space station in a lunar orbit.

“It should not really surprise anyone that we are pausing Gateway in its current form and focusing on infrastructure that supports sustained operations on the lunar surface,” Isaacman told a crowd of foreign delegates, companies and members of Congress at a day-long event at NASA’s headquarters in Washington.

Repurposing Lunar Gateway to create a base on the moon’s surface – a difficult undertaking – leaves uncertain the future roles of Japan, Canada and the European Space Agency in the Artemis program, three key NASA partners that had agreed to provide components for the orbital station.

“Despite some of the very real hardware and schedule challenges, we can repurpose equipment and international partner commitments to support surface and other program objectives,” Isaacman said.

European Space Agency chief Josef Aschbacher, who attended the event, told Reuters he will study the new plans and continue talking to NASA about them.

Lunar Gateway was designed to serve as both a research platform and a transfer station that astronauts would use to board the moon landers before descending to the lunar surface. NASA’s current plans call for landing astronauts on the moon’s surface in 2028.

The changes made by Isaacman in recent weeks on the flagship U.S. moon program are reshaping billions of dollars’ worth of contracts under the Artemis umbrella, sending companies scrambling to accommodate the extra U.S. urgency as China makes progress toward its own planned 2030 moon landing.

LUNAR LANDER PROJECTS BEHIND SCHEDULE

Central to the Artemis program is its astronaut lunar lander program, with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin both racing to develop moon landers for NASA.

The two companies, each targeting an initial crewed landing on the moon in 2028, have fallen behind schedule.

Isaacman and other senior NASA officials on Tuesday made little mention of the two companies’ plans to accelerate development of their landers to meet a 2028 astronaut landing deadline.

But NASA’s acting associate administrator Lori Glaze suggested the companies want to dock with the Orion astronaut capsule in a different orbit between Earth and the moon than planned, before ferrying the astronauts to the surface.

Glaze said “SpaceX has been considering alternatives of their current Starship design” for the moon lander, “while implementing a more streamlined approach to try and speed things up and pull things forward.”

NASA’s inspector general this month said SpaceX, tapped in 2021 for the first astronaut moon lander under the program, is two years behind schedule, while the company and Blue Origin face a list of complex engineering challenges before they can fly humans.

But as part of the agency’s Artemis shakeup, Glaze said it would use whichever lander is ready first instead of sticking to a pre-determined order of mission assignments.

The Artemis program, begun in 2017 during Trump’s first term as president, envisions regular lunar missions as NASA’s long-awaited follow-up to its first moon missions in the Apollo program that ended in 1972.

https://virginiabusiness.com/nasa-opens-artemis-moon-base-nuclear-mars-spacecraft/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425896 (251700ZMAR26) Notable: I'm told Trump intel czar Tulsi Gabbard will soon declassify an explosive top-secret document former House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff locked away in a Capitol SCIF several years ago

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DEVELOPING: I'm told Trump intel czar Tulsi Gabbard will soon declassify an explosive top-secret document former House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff locked away in a Capitol SCIF several years ago and wouldn't let even members of Congress see ... developing ...

https://x.com/paulsperry_/status/2036850161385619968

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425900 (251702ZMAR26) Notable: NASA/Space

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NASA Research Proposes Technology to Seek Earth-Like Exoplanets

March 25, 2026

The Hybrid Observatory for Earth-like Exoplanets concept combines an orbiting starshade with a large ground-based telescope to image planets outside our solar system.

As NASA seeks to understand the mysteries of the universe, the agency is advancing technologies to locate and explore Earth-like planets far beyond our solar system.

A key element of this research involves observing reflected light from exoplanets, which can reveal indicators of Earth-like features such as water and oxygen.

However, detecting this faint reflected light with current telescope technology remains a significant challenge due to the overwhelming brightness of nearby stars and other celestial objects.

NASA’s Hybrid Observatory for Earth-like Exoplanets (HOEE) concept presents a potential solution by combining an orbiting starshade with a large ground-based telescope to suppress starlight and enable direct imaging of exoplanets.

To read more about recent research on this concept, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/nasa-research-proposes-technology-to-seek-earth-like-exoplanets/

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-research-proposes-technology-to-seek-earth-like-exoplanets/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425908 (251706ZMAR26) Notable: There's only one oil and gas executive I trust enough to re-open the Strait For The Keks!

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There's only one oil and gas executive I trust enough to re-open the Strait

https://x.com/blondesnmoney/status/2036824486012485939

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425915 (251710ZMAR26) Notable: NASA/Space

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U.S. Office of Space Commerce publishes framework for certifying ‘novel’ space operations

March 25, 2026

NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce today proposed a new method of certifying on-orbit operations, ranging from spacecraft servicing to debris removal, that don’t neatly fit into existing regulations.

Currently, spacecraft operators must secure multiple approvals from various agencies, from an FAA license for launch and reentry to a Federal Communications Commission license for radiofrequency communications.

As a result, “often this is a ‘no’ by default” for experimental activities “due to unclear regulations,” said OSC Director Taylor Jordan during remarks at SATShow Week here.

“OSC needs to change that through our mission authorization work,” Jordan said. “We’re working on a framework that allows the government to say ‘yes’ to innovative space activities that don’t fit into [a] traditional process.”

OSC today issued a proposal creating “an opt-in Space Commerce Certification” for “‘novel activities’ such as in-space manufacturing, orbital computing, satellite servicing, lunar operations and commercial inhabitable stations,” all of which “fall outside of the existing legislative authorities.”

Under this framework, OSC would oversee coordinating communication and approvals from the relevant agencies. Applications would be evaluated based on “a light-touch set of requirements,” with a 120-day review timeline.

Additionally, FAA and FCC “may choose to incorporate a Space Commerce Certification into their regulatory processes,” the proposal reads.

However, depending on the specific mission, the OSC certification may not entirely replace these other approvals: “For example, where an activity is subject to an existing licensing or authorization requirement, such as a requirement for a license from FCC for earth or space station communications, such requirement remains applicable and controlling, and participation in Space Commerce Certification would not relieve an operator of the obligation to obtain and comply with such authorizations.”

The OSC proposal stems from an August executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at reducing regulation of commercial space activities.

“We’re creating a process for which the Office of Space Commerce can be your belly button for the U.S. government,” Jordan said. “We aim to streamline regulations, have interagency conversations and approvals.”

https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/u-s-office-of-space-commerce-publishes-framework-for-certifying-novel-space-operations/

https://space.commerce.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Space-Commerce-Certification-OSC-Proposal-March-2026.pdf

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425920 (251712ZMAR26) Notable: Prince William and Princess Kate, representing King Charles, arrive for the "enthronement" ceremony of new Archbishop of Canterbury/this why we keeps guns

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NOW - Dame Sarah Mullally is officially "enthroned" as the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England, becoming the first woman to take the role in 1,400 years.

@disclosetv

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24425926 (251716ZMAR26) Notable: NASA/Space

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NASA astronaut shares a photo of a bizarre tentacled object growing on the International Space Station – as disturbed fans quip 'kill it with fire!'

Updated: 10:11 EDT, 25 March 2026

A NASA astronaut has shared a photo of a bizarre tentacled object growing on the International Space Station (ISS).

Don Pettit snapped the photo during Expedition 72, which took place from 23 September 2024 until 18 April 2025.

The unusual object almost looks like an egg, with black tentacles erupting from the base.

Responding to the astronaut on X (formerly Twitter), one user said: 'Kill it with fire!!!'

Another wrote: 'Bro I genuinely thought this was some kind of egg hatching.'

And one joked: 'Looks like a mimic hatching out of an egg,' in reference to the 2017 film, Prey.

While the object undeniably looks strange, there's actually a rather mundane explanation – it's a potato.

'Spudnik–1, an orbiting potato on @Space_Station!' Mr Pettit explained.

On X, Mr Pettit explained how the potato ended up on the ISS.

'I flew potatoes on Expedition 72 for my space garden, an activity I did in my off–duty time,' he said.

'This is an early purple potato, complete with spot of hook Velcro to anchor it in my improvised grow light terrarium.'

'Potatoes are one of the most efficient plants based on edible nutrition to total plant mass (including roots).

'Recognized by Andy Weir in his book/movie "The Martian," potatoes will have a place in future exploration of space.

'So I thought it good to get started now!'

In response to the photo, one fan asked Mr Pettit how it compared to growing potatoes on Earth.

The astronaut responded: 'The roots would grow in all directions absent gravity, and all plants I have ever grown in space have grown far slower than they would have on Earth.'

His post has garnered huge interest, with almost 100,000 views at the time of writing.

'someone needs to figure out a zero–g fryer asap,' one X user joked.

Another added: 'Nice Velcro docking adaptor!'

And one quipped: 'I hope you brought actual fertiliser this time,' in reference to The Martian, in which the lead character is forced to grow potatoes in his own waste.

To date, astronauts have grown a huge range of fruits, vegetables, and even flowers on the ISS.

'Our team at Kennedy Space Center envisions planting more produce in the future, such as tomatoes and peppers,' NASA explained.

'Foods like berries, certain beans and other antioxidant–rich foods would have the added benefit of providing some space radiation protection for crew members who eat them.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15678139/NASA-tentacled-object-International-Space-Station.html

https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/2035090957570281813

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24426606 (252036ZMAR26) Notable: #29785

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DOUGH

https://fullchan.net/?5005978630cf9829#FA19CMzUf6J9uaUprVm7N5jBMcoU1DVfYt53f6Am3B6Z

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24426612 (252039ZMAR26) Notable: @WhiteHouse - Pass the SAVE America Act and SAVE AMERICA'S ELECTIONS.

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Pass the SAVE America Act and SAVE AMERICA'S ELECTIONS.

https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2036905048957956172

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24426626 (252044ZMAR26) Notable: Grandiose Iran Lies

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Iran Says "No Talks With US... Which Has Failed In War Goals" - Warns Of "Relentless" Response To Any Island Campaign

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-warns-it-wont-be-fooled-again-negotiations-attacks-continue-us-troops-en-route

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24426627 (252044ZMAR26) Notable: President Trump on reauthorizing FISA Section 702 FISA = START

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George Papadopoulos

@GeorgePapa19 3h

President Trump on reauthorizing FISA Section 702

Mar 25, 2026 · 5:25 PM UTC

https://x.com/GeorgePapa19/status/2036857010424340543

FISA=START

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24426639 (252048ZMAR26) Notable: Applying total systemic friction on the cartels. #SOUTHCOM Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations.

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Applying total systemic friction on the cartels.

On March 25, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Four male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear

https://x.com/Southcom/status/2036900417347707303

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24426648 (252052ZMAR26) Notable: Update from CENTCOM Commander on Operation Epic Fury: WATCH

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Update from CENTCOM Commander on Operation Epic Fury:

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2036908415956521033

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24426657 (252055ZMAR26) Notable: JUST IN: The House just PASSED the Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act

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kek good for them....assholes

JUST IN: The House just PASSED the Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act

This bill establishes a federal “District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission” to crack down on crime, enforce federal immigration laws, clean up the streets, and restore order in Washington, D.C.

It codifies key parts of President Trump’s executive order, bringing enforcement to the nation’s capital after years of Democrat mismanagement and chaos

https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2036899912164487627

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24426697 (252113ZMAR26) Notable: @CBP - The wall works! Expansion of the border wall [near Tucson] will further enhance our nation’s border security.

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Construction of the border wall system is underway near Sonoita, Arizona, featuring black-painted, prefabricated bollard panels. This border wall section within the Tucson Sector is aiming to curb illegal entry and smuggling.

The wall works! Expansion of the border wall will further enhance our nation’s border security.

https://x.com/CBP/status/2036846837764665358

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24426709 (252118ZMAR26) Notable: @kadmitriev - 🕊️ "The U.S. has offered security guarantees for a peace deal in Ukraine"

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Kirill Dmitriev

@kadmitriev 48m

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Clash Report

@clashreport 1h

The U.S. has offered security guarantees for a peace deal in Ukraine on the condition that Kyiv cedes the Donbas region to Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky told Reuters.

"The Americans are prepared to finalise these guarantees at a high level once Ukraine is ready to withdraw from Donbas," Zelensky said.

Source: Reuters

Mar 25, 2026 · 8:27 PM UTC

https://x.com/kadmitriev/status/2036902703998108055

>>>/qresearch/24426686

Peace is the prize.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24426717 (252121ZMAR26) Notable: Biden officials pushed COVID-19 booster harder after surveillance found stroke increase

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By Greg Piper

Published: March 25, 2026 2:19pm

The Biden administration pushed COVID-19 boosters for elderly people even harder after its vaccine safety surveillance systems discovered, as early as November 2022, "statistically significant safety signals for ischemic stroke" in that age group following uptake of the Pfizer bivalent, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy in a letter Monday, disclosed Wednesday.

The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations chair released nearly 2,000 pages of "relevant HHS records" in conjunction with the letter, in 10 batches, documenting the stroke signal and internal communications between officials "acknowledging significant statistical limitations in their ability to detect safety signals through their data analyses."

The Biden White House next made edits to a draft Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration "communications plan" to increase booster uptake, in January 2023, that "downplayed the significance of the safety signal, changing a sentence that stated that the 'signal is moderately elevated' to the 'signal is slightly elevated,'" Johnson told Kennedy.

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/biden-officials-pushed-covid-booster-harder-after-surveillance-found-stroke

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24426718 (252121ZMAR26) Notable: Grandiose Iran Lies

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Confidential Information on the Maker of the F-35 and THAAD to Be Released

25 March 2026 11:05 PM

WANA (Mar 25) – The Handala hacking group has announced that it will release sensitive and exclusive information in the coming hours from Lockheed Martin, the U.S. defense giant behind some of America’s most advanced fighter jets and missile defense systems.

In a message attributed to the group, Handala claimed that confidential material related to Lockheed Martin would soon be made public.

The group wrote:

Lockheed Martin IL

“Are your eyes ready to see a truth that has remained hidden until now? In a world where technology and power are deeply intertwined, a company whose name has become synonymous with military advancement now stands on the verge of exposing secrets that could alter the balance of power.

In the dark of night, and in the silence where only the wind can be heard, a new face of power is slowly emerging. Is Lockheed Martin, the unrivaled giant of the military industry, ready to reveal its true face?

Those who move in the shadows will soon see the light. The hidden secrets behind smoke and mirrors are now ready to be exposed. Those in search of the truth will soon confront a reality they have only seen in their nightmares.

The maker of the F-35, the F-22, the THAAD missile defense system, and advanced electronic warfare systems could not even protect its own identity.

https://wanaen.com/confidential-information-on-the-maker-of-the-f-35-and-thaad-to-be-released/

https://x.com/RedPandaKoala/status/2036913552448250367

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24426758 (252134ZMAR26) Notable: Biden officials pushed COVID-19 booster harder after surveillance found stroke increase

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Senator Ron Johnson

@SenRonJohnson

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2h

I just released nearly 2,000 pages of

@HHSgov

records showing the Biden administration’s failure to immediately warn the public about a serious safety concern linked to the Pfizer COVID-19 booster that they discovered as early as Nov. 2022.

Below is a clip from a Jan. 2023 HHS “communications plan” with edits from Biden officials downplaying the significance of the ischemic stroke safety signal.

https://x.com/SenRonJohnson/status/2036874574491459967

Senator Ron Johnson

@SenRonJohnson

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2h

I sent

@SecKennedy

a letter with preliminary findings based on

@HHSGov

records showing that the Biden administration was aware of a statistically significant safety signal for ischemic stroke in individuals 65 years and older following receipt of the Pfizer bivalent booster.

https://x.com/SenRonJohnson/status/2036874576500494536

Senator Ron Johnson

@SenRonJohnson

Read the full letter here⬇️

https://ronjohnson.senate.gov/services/files/CA500350-195E-472C-9F26-BE93B290B9D9