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Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica. Likes rockets. Author of the best-selling book on the Falcon 9 and Dragon, REENTRY. https://benbellabooks.com/shop/reentry/
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Proposed flights include a 2028 lunar lander test and a 2029 uncrewed lunar-orbit docking.
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Spaceflight Now describes Artemis III as a four-astronaut orbital test of critical landing systems planned for 2027.
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SciGuySpace attributed the estimate to panel member Charlie Precourt; Musk predicted 6 to 8 launches instead.
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Spaceflight Now reported a November 2026 expectation and quoted Musk saying success on the next flight was not guaranteed.
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Ars Technica reports plans for two more landing ships and production capacity of up to 150 upper stages a year.
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Spaceflight Now says the delay follows discovery of a defect in the forward dome of Neutron’s first propellant tank.
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NASA SpaceOps says the agency is inviting industry to submit plans for next-generation stations in low Earth orbit.
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Infoespacial reports Geneva's selection; a user says Houston bid aggressively to mark Apollo's 60th anniversary.
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NASA said live coverage would continue as Crew-12 and its SpaceX Dragon spacecraft were retrieved from the Pacific.
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A space-focused account says there had been some hope of launching in December 2026.
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A post says Stargaze uses star trackers on Starlink satellites to detect passing objects.
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Ars Technica reports that the final two Defense Support Program satellites raised their orbits before the program’s retirement.
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Ars Technica reports the company also announced a $30 million engine test facility near London, Ontario.
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Spaceflight Now shared a timelapse of the rocket emerging from a hangar and said the launch was planned for Thursday night, October 1.
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A post initially said the space station’s large robotic arm had stopped functioning over the weekend. A later update quoted NASA saying Canadarm2 was operating as expected, while components associated with the mobile transporter had shown communication errors.
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Spaceflight Now reports NASA is paying an additional $359 million for remaining Starliner certification work and to help crew-rate ULA’s Vulcan rocket.
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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.
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A September 25 post says, “Coming Monday on Starliner.”
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Ars Technica reports that NASA’s chief is concerned China may deny access to parts of the lunar south pole.
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SciGuySpace reports that NASA’s Jared Isaacman said the event would discuss plans to bring forward the Artemis IV lunar landing.
