Space.com
• Space.com Staff
On Episode 234 of This Week In Space, hosts Tariq Malik and Mike Wall speak with Planetary Science Institute researcher Than Putzig about a NASA-backed payload headed for the Marius Hills Pit on the moon. The article provides no further details about the payload or its mission.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Commercial service for six-passenger Delta-class vehicle intended in second quarter of 2027. Virgin Galactic has transported the first of its new generation of spaceplane to its operations base in New Mexico, showing off the craft’s livery.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: SpaceX sent another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from California just after midnight on Halloween (Oct. 31).
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA is restarting a search for commercial missions to reboost or service the Hubble Space Telescope, more than two years after rejecting similar concepts.
Universe Today
• Laurence Tognetti
By Universe Today: Planetary defense is a growing concern among the scientific community, as efforts have been made to design and implement missions meant to deflect incoming threats to the Earth well in advance.
NASA Spaceflight
• Ryan Weber
By NASA Spaceflight: In eight days, SpaceX completed all engine testing for Flight 15, some cryo-proof and catch testing for Flight 16, and lifted the top deck deluge plates onto Pad 1’s Launch Mount.
By Spaceflight Now: The Starlink 15-18 mission will add another 27 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites to SpaceX’s megaconstellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 9:04 p.m.
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
By Universe Today: Astronomers at Queen’s University Belfast have led an international team studying new solar system bodies near Neptune, helping to unravel the mysteries of our solar system’s evolution.
The Daily Debrief
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Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes
Space.com
• Chelsea Gohd, Hanneke Weitering
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
NASA Spaceflight
• Eleanor Day
