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It's almost Friday, and the end of this week is already shaping up to be a big one for spaceflight.
SpaceX launched NASA's Crew-13 mission this morning (Oct. 1), sending four astronauts to the International Space Station for a six-month stay. But the prolific launch provider has not one but two more launches in store for today. The Transporter-18 rideshare mission will launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California this afternoon, and a SpaceX Falcon Heavy will send a classified spy satellite into orbit this evening from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, if all goes according to plan with both launches.
Aside from the busy day of launches, we've got a look at how the risk of casualties on Earth from falling space debris is rising, a deep dive in to the 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' finale, and a good ol' fashioned weird rock on Mars.
We've got all that and more, right here at Space.
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SpaceX will launch three missions to orbit in a 13-hour span today (Oct. 1), if all goes according to plan. And you can watch all the action live.
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If the increase in rocket launch frequency continues as it has for the last several years, the risk of falling space debris killing someone on the ground will rise as well, experts say.
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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch a reconnaissance mission for the U.S. government tonight (Oct. 1), and you can watch the action live.
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Mars is starting up a new year, which will see the planet begin a new 687-Earth-day trip around the sun.
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NASA's Perseverance rover has been busy exploring Mars' "Wild West."
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'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' showrunner Akiva Goldsman told Space that the time-traveling Season 4 finale was "almost the episode to end the show with."
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Are you watching all the SpaceX launches aside us today? If so, you've got quite the busy day ahead of you. But as launch providers worldwide look to build out the infrastructure to support dozens if not hundreds of launches a day, we could be getting used to this new normal.
Looking ahead to the week and weekend, we've got a look at the UAE's planned upcoming mission to the asteroid belt, a lunar occultation of Jupiter and more.
Ad astra,
Brett Tingley, Managing Editor
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