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What's Launching This Week

How to watch today’s Starship Test Flight 11 launch

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Blue Origin’s NS-36 to carry six passengers to space

Today in the History of Astronomy

Oct. 6, 2010: Chang-e 2 arrives at the Moon

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Rocket Lab’s Justin mission headlines slow week of launches

Robotic Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

Sept. 26, 2005: Cassini visits Saturn’s weirdest moon

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NASA revives VIPER moon rover, taps Blue Origin for lunar landing

Robotic Spaceflight, Today in the History of Astronomy

Sept. 24, 1970: Luna 16 brings back regolith

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NASA’s IMAP solar observatory mission leads week of launches

Solar System

1998 KY26: Hayabusa2’s 2031 target is the same size as its spacecraft visitor

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Shepard’s science flight leads week of launches

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Sept. 15, 2017, Cassini’s Grand Finale

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Sept. 13, 1994: Ulysses at the Sun’s south pole