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Should humans colonise space? We asked 5 experts

For roughly 4.5 billion years, the Moon has kept Earth company. In the much shorter span of time that humans have been around, we’ve admired the great silver beacon in the night sky.

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SpaceX Launches Milestone Starlink Mission, Falcon 9 Booster Flies For 31st Time

Elon Musk’s commercial space flight company SpaceX reached two major milestones on Oct. 19, launching its 10,000th Starlink satellite while setting a new record for its Falcon 9 booster's 31st mission.

Benzinga

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites to orbit on Falcon 9 rocket's record-breaking 31st flight (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set a new reuse record today (Oct. 19) on a Starlink satellite launch, flying for the 31st time.

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Secret SpaceX satellites are transmitting mysterious signals on the wrong spectrum — a classified network caught sending data on the uplink frequency

An amateur satellite tracker stumbled upon classified SpaceX satellites that are sending data down a frequency band reserved for uplinks.

Tom’s Hardware

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 182 — The Dream is Alive

On Episode 182 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Terry Hart to discuss his career from a fighter jet pilot to a NASA astronaut.

Space

SpaceX lofts 10,000th Starlink satellite to orbit on record-tying 132nd Falcon 9 launch of the year (video)

SpaceX launched its 10,000th Starlink satellite to orbit from California today (Oct. 19), on the company's record-tying 132nd Falcon 9 mission of the year.

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Japanese astronaut snaps stunning aurora photo from orbit | On the International Space Station Oct. 13 - 17, 2025

Science and maintenance work continue on the International Space Station, but updates are still halted due to the U.S. government shutdown. A JAXA astronaut's social media posts are the exception.

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Russian Official Asks Elon Musk To Build A 'Putin-Trump' Tunnel

A Russian representative for foreign investment has urged Elon Musk and his tunneling company, The Boring Company, to construct a "Putin-Trump" tunnel beneath the Bering Strait, linking Alaska and Russia.

Benzinga

Elon Musk Welcomes NVIDIA's DGX Spark: The World's Smallest AI Supercomputer Lands at SpaceX

NVIDIA's ultra-compact DGX Spark lands at SpaceX in a symbolic union of AI and aerospace, delivering petaflop performance in a desktop form and marking a new era for local AI development.

International Business Times UK

US military greenlights up to 100 SpaceX launches per year from California

The U.S. Air Force has approved SpaceX's proposal to launch up to 100 rockets per year from Vandenberg Space Force Bas, which sits on California's rugged, beautiful and often cloudy central coast.

Space

China launches internet satellites on 600th mission of Long March rocket (video)

A Long March 8A rocket lofted another batch of China's Guowang internet satellites on Wednesday evening (Oct. 15). It was the 600th launch overall for a Long March vehicle.

Space

Elon Musk Ally Jared Isaacman Back In Running For NASA Administrator Role Under Trump: Report

SpaceX and Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk's close aide, Jared Isaacman, who was earlier nominated and then snubbed for the NASA administrator job by President Donald Trump over previous political ties, is reportedly a top candidate for the job after meeting with key White House officials, including Trump.

Benzinga

Nine Years After Delivering 1st DGX, Nvidia's Jensen Huang Hand-Delivers New DGX Spark To Elon Musk

Nine years after gifting Elon Musk the first DGX AI supercomputer, Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang personally delivered the company's latest innovation — the DGX Spark, dubbed the "world's smallest AI supercomputer" — to Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO at SpaceX's Starbase facility in Texas.

Benzinga

Rocket Lab USA Receives Wall Street Validation: Time to Buy?

Baird and Morgan Stanley issued bullish upgrades as Rocket Lab extended its flawless Electron launch streak and secured new JAXA contracts.

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Watch SpaceX's Super Heavy Starship booster hover in mid-air before plunging into the sea (video)

SpaceX video from Starship's Oct. 13 launch shows the rocket's Super Heavy booster hovering over the gulf before its dive into the deep.

Space

Vast gearing up to launch its Haven-1 private space station in 2026

Vast's Haven-1 is poised to become the first privately built space station, marking a turning point in the post-International Space Station era.

Benzinga

Elon Musk's Starlink Wi-Fi Now Available On United Airlines Flights

United Airlines Inc. (NASDAQ:UAL) will offer Elon Musk-owned Starlink’s WiFi onboard its mainline flights, after the company received approval from the FAA to offer the service onboard a Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) 737 aircraft last month.

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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit on 130th Falcon 9 flight of the year

SpaceX launched 28 more of its Starlink broadband satellites on Thursday morning (Oct. 16), sending them up from Florida's Space Coast.

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Jeff Bezos Sees Millions Living In Space In Coming Decades, Elon Musk Says Mars Colony Needs 100K People

Billionaire and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos, who also backs commercial space flight company Blue Origin, thinks humans are a "couple of decades" away from living in space.

Benzinga

Elon Musk Says 100K People, 1 Million Tons Of Cargo Needed To Sustain Mars Colonies, Reiterates Starship's Importance: 'Will Land Humans On Mars'

Billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says that he is "confident" that the company's Starship rocket would land humans on Mars.

Space

Watch a charred SpaceX Starship land in the ocean after acing Flight Test 11 (video)

New SpaceX footage from Starship Flight 11 shows the final moments of Oct. 13 mission, which ended with a picture-perfect splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

The Independent UK

Awkward moment Elon Musk gatecrashes SpaceX launch livestream

Watch the awkward moment Elon Musk makes a surprise visit to his team in the middle of a livestream.

Space

A new private moon lander rises: Impulse Space throws its hat into the lunar ring

Impulse Space — which was founded by Tom Mueller, SpaceX's second-ever employee — just announced that it plans to build a robotic moon lander to help open the lunar frontier.

Space

SpaceX launches 21 communications satellites for the US military (video)

SpaceX plans to launch 21 satellites for an advanced new U.S. military constellation this evening (Oct. 15), and you can watch the action live.

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says ‘millions of people’ will be living in space by 2045—and robots will commute on our behalf to the moon

No one enjoys the dreaded commute to work, and by 2045, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicts we’ll have robots to do that for us. After all, in his vision we’ll be venturing to other planets for our 9-to-5's.

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