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Shenzhou 19 crew enters Tiangong space station after docking: 

SpaceX catches giant Starship booster with 'Chopsticks' on historic Flight 5 rocket launch and landing (video) | Space:

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (video, photos) | Space :

Liftoff! Vulcan's Second Trip to Orbit: 

SpaceX rocket launches Europe's Hera planetary defense probe to visit asteroid smacked by NASA | Space:

A mission back to the Dimorphos system:

Satellite images capture Hurricane Milton intensifying into Category 5 storm (videos) | Space:

 

A Star Appears to Have Come Closer to Earth Than the Voyager Probes: 

Reading material:

Shijian-19 reusable satellite lands after 2 weeks in space - SpaceNews

Vast releases design of Haven-2 commercial space station - SpaceNews

D-Orbit enters GEO in-orbit servicing market - SpaceNews

Boeing Satellite Exploded Into at Least 500 Pieces of Debris

NASA's solar-sailing spacecraft has a bent boom and is still tumbling in Earth orbit (photo) | Space

SpaceX launches next-gen US spy satellites on 100th Falcon 9 flight of the year | Space

China launches new set of classified Yaogan spy satellites (video) | Space

Scientists found one of the largest carbon-based space molecules ever. Here's why that's a big deal | Space

Could Life at TRAPPIST-1 Survive the Star's Superflares? - Universe Today

What satellite images reveal about strikes on Iran - BBC News

Airbus to cut up to 2,500 jobs amid space segment losses - SpaceNews

Is Boeing considering selling its space business and NASA deals?

Lockheed Martin completes acquisition of smallsat manufacturer Terran Orbital - SpaceNews

NRO shows continued interest in orbital transfer vehicles and spacecraft multimanifesting - SpaceNews

Earth-observation startup emerges from stealth with $12 million - SpaceNews

Astronauts to grow livers in space, where microgravity might help them thrive