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Monday, November 13, 2023

SpaceX says its 2nd Starship test flight could launch on Nov. 17 (video)

SpaceX says 2nd Starship test flight could launch Nov. 17 | Space Quiz! What is it called when a planet lies opposite the sun from Earth? | This Week In Space podcast: Episode 87 - One Lunar Fizz

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The Launchpad

SpaceX says 2nd Starship test flight could launch Nov. 17

(SpaceX)

SpaceX has launched a website for its Starship Second Flight Test, as it does for each mission, and will share a live webcast on the page on Nov. 17 -- if the launch does indeed occur on that date.

Full Story: Space (11/11)

Space Quiz! What is it called when a planet lies opposite the sun from Earth?

Learn the answer here!

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 87 - One Lunar Fizz

(TWiT)

As more people take tourist jaunts into space, and eventually into orbit for longer stays, social drinking will become part of the experience - even if it's just that bottle of congratulatory champagne.

Full Story: Space (11/10)

Skywatching

See Uranus tonight in a dark sky, thanks to the new moon

(Chris Vaughan/Starry Night)

Uranus will be opposite the sun on Monday (Nov. 13), making the ice giant easier to see than usual. Skywatchers will get a helping hand to spot Uranus from the New Moon, which will appear absent from the night sky, thus providing dark conditions.

Full Story: Space (11/13)

Spaceflight

ISS dodges orbital debris hours before cargo ship arrival

(NASA/ESA–T. Pesquet)

A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft attached to the ISS fired its engines Friday (Nov. 10) in a space debris avoidance maneuver, Russian federal space agency Roscosmos officials wrote on Telegram.

Full Story: Space (11/10)

Science & Astronomy

These small galaxies were shredded by their larger siblings

(NOIRLab)

While galaxies appear to be lonely wanderers in the vast universe, many in fact huddle closely in clusters, held together by their collective gravity. And sometimes, it would appear, they also munch on one another.

Full Story: Space (11/11)

SpaceX

SpaceX launches O3b satellites on 84th mission of 2023

(Space.com / Josh Dinner)

The two Boeing-built spacecraft that were aboard the flight will expand the O3b constellation of communication satellites operated by provider SES S.A. of Luxembourg.

Full Story: Space (11/12)

Technology

US taps Lockheed Martin to develop nuclear spacecraft

(LANL)

JETSON aims to launch a fission reactor that will be started up once in space. The reactor will generate heat, which is then transferred to Stirling power converters to produce electricity. This can then be used to power spacecraft payloads or electric thrusters for propulsion.

Full Story: Space (11/11)

Entertainment

Season 4 of 'For All Mankind' debuts with alternate history

(Apple TV+)

The fourth season of the acclaimed drama, which began streaming on Apple TV+ on Friday (Nov. 10), picks up in 2003 - eight years after North Korea became the first country to (crash) land astronauts on Mars, followed by a joint U.S. and Soviet crew and a commercial expedition.

Full Story: Space (11/11)