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🚀 Spacefarer Update 🚀 Number of people currently in space: 10 Comings and Goings This Week ISS change of command: Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov accepted command from NASA astronaut Jessica Meir on

Today in space history, three October elevenths. The Path Reopens Stardate 394.5062 (11 October 1968) A Saturn IB rose from Launch Complex 34 carrying Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walt Cunningham.

So the question of the day is: Does 21 November 2033 still hit the mark for the first human landing on Mars? Arcadia Planitia. CSD 3819.0300. 15 December 2031, CSD 3717.2265, is the early what-if, not

The Isaacman Effect - Week 38 Crew-13 momentum builds as Isaacman hits the road in Alaska, inspiring students and researchers. Crew-13 and Artemis confidence Crew-13 launched October 1 aboard SpaceX Falcon

So the question of the day is: Starlink is planning an interplanetary mesh. Moon constellation, then Mars, and maybe more. What do the other comms firms and NASA do now? Build their own link. Ride the

Today in Space History - The Hidden Face Revealed 🚀 Stardate -80.3890 (OCTOBER 7, 1959) On this day in 1959, a small Soviet probe turned its cameras toward a landscape no human eye had ever seen. For

Today in space history, four October fifths across nearly seven decades. Color Above the Desert Stardate -343.2455 (5 October 1954) On this day in 1954, a Naval Research Laboratory Aerobee left White Sands

While there is a lot of discussion about what SpaceX Starship is doing on the next test flight, there still is not enough about how radically Starship will change the face of space once it is fully

Today in space history, two October fourths, three years apart. The Beep That Changed the Sky Stardate -186.9328 (4 October 1957) On the evening of 4 October 1957, a modified R-7 rose from the Kazakh steppe

Today in Space History - Names New to Orbit 🚀 Stardate 1602.7559 (OCTOBER 2, 1991) On the morning of 2 October 1991 a Soyuz-U2 left Baikonur with Alexander Volkov, Franz Viehböck, and Toktar Aubakirov.

The Isaacman Effect - Week 37 | Starship reaches orbit, Artemis Accords expand to 76 nations, Starliner plots its return, and Crew-13 launches today. Commercial momentum and international coalition building

Some dates stack. 29 September keeps returning with the same kind of first: not a parade, just a craft that opened a door and left a habit behind. Today in Space History - A Skylark Above the Ionosphere

Some dates stack. 28 September keeps coming back with the same kind of moment: not a parade, just a craft that did what it said it would, and left a habit behind. Today in Space History - A Private Rocket

Where is Starship 40 today 28 Sep 2026? Ship 40 remains aboard the Boskalis Forte. She's well west of last week's mid-ocean track. Latest AIS puts her in the equatorial South Atlantic, roughly 7°S 31°W,

KiwiThinker's log, stardate 3442.9855. 🌌 "When you look at the Earth from the vantage point of space, our planet looks like a little blue marble. Seeing our world from that vantage point cognitively

Today in Space History - A Flag Above the Earth Stardate 2496.2920 (SEPTEMBER 27, 2008) On the morning of 27 September 2008, Zhai Zhigang opened the hatch of Shenzhou 7 and became the first Chinese astronaut

A Slow Path to the Moon

KiwiThinker's log, supplemental - stardate 3442.8065 🌌 The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is a storm that's been raging for at least 400 years. #Q1Ls

NASA is building toward a nuclear space engine. Their photos are free. So will the engine be free too? No. NASA pictures taken by staff as part of the job usually sit in the public domain. That is copyright.

Today in Space History - The Tower That Fired Stardate 1181.2057 (SEPTEMBER 26, 1983) About ninety seconds before a planned night launch to Salyut 7, a valve on the Soyuz-U failed. Pressurant gas spun