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The Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft docking with the Harmony module as seen from inside the International Space Station

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A few hours ago, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft docked with the Harmony module of the International Space Station completing the first part of its Crew-10 or SpaceX Crew-10 mission that began with its launch about 28.5 hours earlier. After checking that the pressure gets properly balanced, the hatch will be opened to allow Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Takuya Onishi, and Kirill Peskov to enter the Station and start their mission, which will last about five months.

The Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft blasting off atop a Falcon 9 rocket to start the Crew-10 mission (Image NASA)

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A few hours ago, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft blasted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in its Crew-10 or SpaceX Crew-10 mission. After almost exactly ten minutes, it successfully separated from the rocket’s last stage and went en route to carry out its mission. This is the 10th crewed mission of the Crew Dragon spacecraft within the normal rotation of the International Space Station crew.

The SPHEREx space telescope and the PUNCH satellites blasting off atop a Falcon 9 rocket (Image courtesy SpaceX)

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A few hours ago, the SPHEREx space telescope and the PUNCH satellites, two NASA astronomy missions, blasted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg base. After about 42 minutes, SPHEREx successfully separated from the rocket’s last stage, and about 10 minutes later, the PUNCH satellites also separated, within about a minute. Both missions will operate from a Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 700 kilometers for SPHEREx and 570 kilometers for PUNCH.

Image captured by Machines’ Nova-C Athena lander during its descent (Image courtesy Intuitive Machines / NASA)

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A little while ago, Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C Athena lander attempted its Moon landing in the Mons Mouton area. This was an autonomous maneuver that was the key step in the IM-2 mission. In the minutes following the end of the maneuver, signals started arriving at mission control with increasing clarity. This allowed them to start understanding Athena’s situation.

Graphic representation of the Blue Ghost M1 lander on the Moon (Image courtesy NASA / Firefly Aerospace)

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A little while ago, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander attempted a Moon landing in Mare Crisium. This was an autonomous maneuver that was the key step in what is known as Mission 1. After completing its braking and touching down on the Moon’s surface, Blue Ghost sent signals from its sensors confirming its success. After just over half an hour, it started sending images of the Moon’s surface.