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The 10 · sourced stories, read aloud

1. Space SpaceX Will Try to Catch Both Halves of Starship Next Flight Ars Technica · Eric Berger · Oct 21
   See the photos: Launch photos and video at the source →
   More: NASASpaceflight: Starship Flight 15 and 16 plans →
   More: Space.com: the first double Starship catch →

   See the photos at Ars Technica

2. Space Weather Holds a Falcon 9 on the Pad for a Third Day Spaceflight Now · Will Robinson-Smith · Oct 22
   

   File photo: a Falcon 9 Starlink launch in 2024, not this flight. U.S. Space Force photo by Joshua Conti, public domain.
   More: Noozhawk: the late weather scrub at Vandenberg →
   More: Spaceflight Now launch schedule →
3. Space Japan Sends a Spacecraft to Bring Back Soil From a Moon of Mars Space.com · Oct 19
   

   File photo: an earlier H3 launch from Tanegashima in 2025, not this flight. U.S. Air Force photo, public domain.
   More: Orbital Radar: MMX heads for Mars →

   See the photos at Space.com

4. Space SpaceX Flies Its Starfall Return Capsule on a Rideshare Spaceflight Now · Will Robinson-Smith · Oct 18
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   More: SpaceX launch page →
5. Space Blue Origin Plans New Florida Pads to Fly New Glenn More Often Spaceflight Now · Oct 16
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6. Space SpaceX Launches a Secret Payload for the Space Force Spaceflight Now · Will Robinson-Smith · Oct 15
   

   This launch, USSF-481, from Vandenberg. U.S. Space Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua LeRoi, public domain.
   More: SpaceX launch page →
7. Space Cargo Dragon Heads to the Space Station With New Solar Arrays Spaceflight Now · Will Robinson-Smith · Oct 13
   

   This launch, CRS-35, with its 'jellyfish' plume. NASA/Bill White, public domain.
   More: Spaceflight Now: CRS-35 launch preview →
8. Space Vulcan Gets Ready to Fly Again With Amazon Satellites Ars Technica · Oct 9
   

   File photo: Vulcan's 2024 Cert-2 launch, not this flight. U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Collin Wesson, public domain.
   More: Next Spaceflight: Amazon Leo LV-01 on Vulcan →
   More: Off Planet News: Vulcan targets Oct. 29 →

   See the photos at Ars Technica

9. Space Korea's Nuri Rocket Flies for the Fifth Time DongA Science · Hyewon Moon · Oct 7
   

   File photo: Nuri's first launch in 2021, not this flight. Photo: Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), KOGL Type 1.
   More: Next Spaceflight launch list →

   See the photos at DongA Science

10. Space Falcon Heavy Launches Its First U.S. Spy Satellite Space.com · Mike Wall · Oct 1
    

    This launch, NROL-97, from Kennedy at night. U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daryn Grace Hancock, public domain.
    More: NASASpaceflight: NROL-97 preview →
    More: Spaceflight Now: Falcon Heavy's spy satellite mission →

    See the photos at Space.com

The 4 · main stories

Space

SpaceX Will Try to Catch Both Halves of Starship Next Flight

SpaceX says its 15th Starship test flight, aimed for November, will try to catch both the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage with the launch tower's arms.

Ars Technica · Eric Berger · Oct 21

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See the photos: Launch photos and video at the source →

More: NASASpaceflight: Starship Flight 15 and 16 plans →

More: Space.com: the first double Starship catch →

Space

Weather Holds a Falcon 9 on the Pad for a Third Day

SpaceX called off the Starlink 15-15 launch from Vandenberg for a third straight day. The next try opens Friday, Oct. 23, at 5:30 PM ET, on a booster making its 36th flight.

Spaceflight Now · Will Robinson-Smith · Oct 22

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File photo: a Falcon 9 Starlink launch in 2024, not this flight. U.S. Space Force photo by Joshua Conti, public domain.

More: Noozhawk: the late weather scrub at Vandenberg →

More: Spaceflight Now launch schedule →

Space

Japan Sends a Spacecraft to Bring Back Soil From a Moon of Mars

Japan's H3 rocket launched the MMX spacecraft on Oct. 19. It is due at Mars in 2027, will try to collect soil from the moon Phobos, and should bring it back to Earth in 2031.

Space.com · Oct 19

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File photo: an earlier H3 launch from Tanegashima in 2025, not this flight. U.S. Air Force photo, public domain.

More: Orbital Radar: MMX heads for Mars →

Space

SpaceX Flies Its Starfall Return Capsule on a Rideshare

A Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral carried SpaceX's second Starfall reentry capsule and 31 customer payloads on the Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission.

Spaceflight Now · Will Robinson-Smith · Oct 18

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More: SpaceX launch page →

The 2 · side by side

Two reports, side by side

A · DongA Science

Korea's Nuri Rocket Flies for the Fifth Time

South Korea's Nuri rocket launched five NeonSat satellites and 11 small satellites. One small satellite did not deploy.

DongA Science · Hyewon Moon · Oct 7

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File photo: Nuri's first launch in 2021, not this flight. Photo: Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), KOGL Type 1.

More: Next Spaceflight launch list →

B · Space.com

Falcon Heavy Launches Its First U.S. Spy Satellite

A Falcon Heavy lifted off from Kennedy late on Oct. 1 with NROL-97, its first mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Space.com · Mike Wall · Oct 1

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This launch, NROL-97, from Kennedy at night. U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daryn Grace Hancock, public domain.

More: NASASpaceflight: NROL-97 preview →

More: Spaceflight Now: Falcon Heavy's spy satellite mission →

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