Jeff Foust

@jeff_foust

Senior writer, @SpaceNews_Inc. Tips? DMs open, email jfoust@spacenews.com, or on Signal: jfoust.58. Also @jfoust.bsky.social.

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SpaceX targets Nov. 13 for Starship flight that will attempt to catch both stages

The mission will attempt to catch both stages back at the launch site.

7 Sources, 1d ago, updated 1d ago

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Blue Origin reportedly plans early- to mid-December activation of rebuilt LC-36A

Spaceflight Now quoted Couluris on a year-end first-launch target; Jeff Foust reported a New Glenn return remained possible before then.

6 Sources, 10d ago, updated 10d ago

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Uzbekistan becomes the latest Artemis Accords signatory

An October 19 post identifies Uzbekistan as the newest signatory to the Artemis Accords.

6 Sources, 20d ago, updated 20d ago

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Artemis Accords countries receive plaques with seeds flown around the Moon on Artemis 2

NASA deputy administrator Matt Anderson said countries received the plaques at an October 6 signatories’ meeting, a post reports.

1 Source, 33d ago, first seen 33d ago

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Artemis 3 reportedly expected in late 2027, after NASA's mid-2027 date

A post says an ESA talk at IAC2026 gave the later timeframe while discussing its support for Artemis 3.

1 Source, 34d ago, first seen 34d ago

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Starliner plans put an uncrewed flight no earlier than December 2026 and a crewed flight no earlier than mid-2028

Spaceflight Now reports NASA is paying an additional $359 million for remaining Starliner certification work and to help crew-rate ULA’s Vulcan rocket.

35 Sources, 41d ago, updated 41d ago

A photo of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station.

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Starship flight planned to deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites on September 28

SpaceX said the September 28 flight was planned to deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites. A user said some heat-shield tiles from Ship 40 were being reused on Ship 41.

24 Sources, 39d ago, updated 39d ago

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NASA selects PRIMA as its first probe-class astrophysics mission

NASA says the far-infrared telescope is intended to explore the history and evolution of the universe.

2 Sources, 46d ago, updated 46d ago

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SpaceX targets Nov. 13 for Starship flight that will attempt to catch both stages

Blue Origin reportedly plans early- to mid-December activation of rebuilt LC-36A

Uzbekistan becomes the latest Artemis Accords signatory

Artemis Accords countries receive plaques with seeds flown around the Moon on Artemis 2

Artemis 3 reportedly expected in late 2027, after NASA's mid-2027 date

Starliner plans put an uncrewed flight no earlier than December 2026 and a crewed flight no earlier than mid-2028

Starship flight planned to deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites on September 28

NASA selects PRIMA as its first probe-class astrophysics mission

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SpaceX targets Nov. 13 for Starship flight that will attempt to catch both stages

Blue Origin reportedly plans early- to mid-December activation of rebuilt LC-36A

Uzbekistan becomes the latest Artemis Accords signatory

Artemis Accords countries receive plaques with seeds flown around the Moon on Artemis 2

Artemis 3 reportedly expected in late 2027, after NASA's mid-2027 date

Starliner plans put an uncrewed flight no earlier than December 2026 and a crewed flight no earlier than mid-2028

Starship flight planned to deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites on September 28

NASA selects PRIMA as its first probe-class astrophysics mission