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  1. Artemis 3 Update: Rocket Progress, Landers and the 2028 Plan

    Published: 23 Oct 2026

    NASA leaders at Kennedy Space Center updated progress on assembling the SLS for Artemis 3, a low Earth orbit docking-test mission planned for summer 2027, and on plans for an Artemis 4 crewed lunar…

    View mission: Artemis III
    Launch site
    Kennedy Space Center LC-39B
    Outcome
    In progress
  2. Deep Space Updates: MMX to Phobos, Crew-12 Return, Neutron Delay

    Published: 23 Oct 2026

    A roundup of space news from early to late October, covering launches from Korea, China, the US and Japan, including Japan's H3 launch of the Martian Moons Explorer.

  3. Space Stations from Salyut 1 to Tiangong and Beyond

    Published: 7 Dec 2025

    A five-minute survey of space stations: Salyut 1, Skylab, the Salyut program, Mir, the ISS, Tiangong-1 and Tiangong-2, the Tiangong Space Station, and planned future stations such as the Lunar…

  4. Starship HLS Update: 49 Milestones and a Simplified Artemis 3 Plan

    Published: 30 Oct 2025

    A live read-through of SpaceX's press release on its Starship Human Landing System for NASA's Artemis program, with new renders and hardware photos.

  5. Why the ISS Will Be Deorbited at Point Nemo and What Comes Next

    Mission: 1998Published: 22 Jul 2024

    The video explains why the International Space Station is due to be deorbited by SpaceX around 2030 and sent into the sea at Point Nemo.

    View mission: International Space Station (1998)
    Outcome
    In progress