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The Launchpad

Shenzhou 18 astronauts return to Earth after 6 months

(CCTV)

China's Shenzhou 18 crew have returned home after more than six months in space. Astronauts Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu lived on board China's Tiangong space station since April 25 this year. They concluded their mission on Sunday (Nov. 3), touching down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China.

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Space Quiz! What is the name for the mysterious force driving the acceleration of the universe's expansion?

Learn the answer here!

Dark matter

Coronal mass ejections

Rogue planets

Dark energy

This Week In Space: Episode 135 - The Spacer Pipeline

(TWiS)

On Episode 135 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Dr. Rick Jenet of Expanding Frontiers about how the space workforce of the future will be educated and, perhaps more importantly, engaged. Located in Brownsville, Texas, just a stone's throw away from SpaceX's Starbase, expanding Frontiers works with underprivileged communities to bring them into 21st-century space-related trades and to encourage individual entrepreneurship. Dr. Jenet has a fascinating history as well, attending MIT as an undergraduate and earning his PhD in astrophysics from Caltech, then progressing through his work at various places, including NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, before founding Expanding Frontiers. Join us!

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Skywatching

Astronomers urge FCC to halt satellite megaconstellations

(SpaceX)

Over 100 astronomers from leading U.S. universities have signed an open letter calling for an assessment of potential impacts of satellite megaconstellations on Earth's environment. The researchers urge the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which approves satellite deployments in the U.S., to halt megaconstellation launches and conduct a thorough assessment of their possible environmental impacts before awarding further licenses.

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Spaceflight

Japan launches military satellite on 4th H3 rocket launch

(JAXA)

Japan's new H3 rocket flew for the fourth time ever on Monday morning (Nov. 4). The H3 launched Kirameki 3, a military communications satellite also known as DSN-3, from Tanegashima Space Center on Monday at 1:48 a.m. EST (0548 GMT; 3:48 p.m. local Japan time).

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Science & Astronomy

'Reverse Big Bang replays' could account for dark energy

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Scientists have strengthened the potential connection between dark energy and black holes. New research suggests that as more black holes were born in "little Big Bang reverse replays" in the 14.6 billion-year-old cosmos, the strength of dark energy grew to dominance and continues to change to this day.

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SpaceX

Crew-9 astronauts fly Dragon to new ISS parking spot (video)

(NASA)

Four astronauts moved their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to a new space station docking port on Sunday (Nov. 3) to make way for an incoming cargo ship. The SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts, including two crew members formerly aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, moved their Crew Dragon capsule Freedom to an unused parking spot on top of the International Space Station ahead of the planned Nov. 4 launch of an uncrewed Dragon resupply ship by the company.

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Technology

Space isn't all about the race. Countries must work together

(David Meltzer/NASA)

In recent years, a new "space race" has intensified between the United States and China. At a campaign rally last weekend, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump invoked this rivalry when declaring the US will "lead the world in space," echoing Democratic counterpart Vice President Kamala Harris. But what is this latest "race" about, and are there pathways to common ground? History suggests these do exist. As a space governance specialist, I argue our future depends on it.

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Star Trek

Explore a ghost ship in 'Lower Decks' comic (exclusive)

(IDW)

Paramount+'s "Star Trek: Lower Decks" has been an unmitigated success as a riotous take on the lives of the unsung junior members of the crew of the USS Cerritos, and now with its fifth and final season airing on the streaming platform it's time to explore alternate means of enjoying Boimler, Mariner, Tendi, Rutherford, and T'Lyn.

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