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National Space Day Competition

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A Starship vehicle on the launchpad at Starbase, Texas

SpaceX Launches Starship, Catches Upper Stage in a Space First

By Jeff Gardner | November 13, 2026

SpaceX returned its Starship super-heavy lift vehicle to space on Friday, Nov. 13, and Saturday, notched another space milestone by capturing the upper stage on its metal launch mount at its Texas space base. The launch and capture bookended a week when NASA unveiled up to $10 billion in contracts to establish a Moon base…

Astronauts Complete ISS Solar Array on 101st Spacewalk

By Jeff Gardner | November 5, 2026

On a seven-hour spacewalk Thursday, astronauts reached a milestone that will benefit space stations now and in the future. NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk installed the station’s eighth and final International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array (IROSA). The mission also marked the 101st U.S. spacewalk. The installation completed a…

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