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⋅ October 13, 2024
NEWS
The New York Times

SpaceX Advances Starship Program With a Launch and a Catch
The New York Times
It occurred during the fifth test flight of the Starship rocket and was a huge step forward for the ambitions of SpaceX and its founder, Elon Musk, which include one day transporting people to Mars. In …
CNN

SpaceX is about to attempt its most ambitious Starship test flight yet. Here’s what to know
CNN
Liftoff of the Super Heavy rocket booster, topped with the uncrewed Starship spacecraft, is expected to occur during a 30-minute launch window that opens at 8 a.m. ET from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas.
Space.com

SpaceX catches giant Starship booster during historic Flight 5 rocket launch and landing (video)
Space.com
The biggest and most powerful rocket ever built has taken to the skies again. And this time, it came back. SpaceX launched its 400-foot-tall (122 meters) Starship vehicle for the fifth time ever today (Oct. 13), sending the giant rocket aloft from its …
Spaceflight Now

SpaceX pulls off mid-air launch pad capture of descending Super Heavy booster
Spaceflight Now
Super Heavy Booster 12 returns to the pad it launched from just seven minutes earlier. Image: Adam Bernstein / Spaceflight Now. In one of the most dramatic, high-risk space flights to date, SpaceX launched a gargantuan Super Heavy-Starship rocket on an …
The New York Times

Live Updates: SpaceX Prepares for Launch and Landing of Starship Rocket
The New York Times
This is the fifth test flight of the vehicle, which could carry people to the moon and Mars. The company may attempt an unusual ‘chopsticks’ landing of the booster stage. Share full article. Image The giant Starship spacecraft on the launchpad at dusk.
Space.com

SpaceX’s Crew-8 astronauts to depart ISS for trip home on Oct. 13
Space.com
SpaceX’s Crew-8 astronaut mission begin the trip home to Earth Sunday morning (Oct. 13), and you can watch the action live. Crew-8’s Dragon capsule, named Endeavour, is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) at 7:05 a.m. EDT …
PBS NewsHour

Two comets from the spooky Oort Cloud are passing by our planet as Halloween approaches
PBS NewsHour
The human mind may find it difficult to conceptualize: a cosmic cloud so colossal it surrounds the Sun and eight planets as it extends trillions of miles into deep space. The spherical shell known as the Oort Cloud is, for all practical purposes, …
Reuters

NASA spacecraft to study whether Jupiter’s moon Europa can harbor life
Reuters
Robotic probe to launch on SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket · Mission to study Europa’s ice, composition and geology · Subsurface ocean may have more water than Earth’s seas.
CNN

SpaceX gets approval for Starship launch amid standoff with FAA
CNN
The US Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches, announced Saturday that SpaceX had “met all safety, environmental and other licensing requirements for the suborbital test flight.” The …
BBC News

Stargazing photographers capture ‘comet of the century’
BBC News
People from around the UK have been taking pictures of the “comet of the century”, which was spotted streaking across the sky on Saturday night. Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was last month seen from Earth for the first time since the Neanderthals were …