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SpaceX plans to attempt catching both the Starship upper stage and its Super Heavy booster during an upcoming test flight, scheduled for Friday the 13th. This would mark the first time the company has tried to recover both rocket stages using its launch tower's mechanical arms in a single mission.
United Launch Alliance announced it plans to resume Vulcan launches on November 13, nine months after a solid rocket booster nozzle failure in February disrupted its schedule. The mission will carry 40 satellites for Amazon's Leo broadband constellation, the first of 38 Vulcan flights booked by Amazon, and will fly with a redesigned booster nozzle pending range approval.
Elon Musk announced during SpaceX's earnings call that the company plans to attempt catching both the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage, known as 'Ship,' using the launch tower's mechanical arms on the vehicle's next test flight, possibly as early as next month. SpaceX shared a simulation video showing how the catch would work, marking the first attempt to recover the upper stage rather than let it splash into the ocean as in previous flights.
Elon Musk said during SpaceX's third-quarter earnings call that the company plans to try recovering both stages of its Starship system—the Super Heavy booster and the Starship spacecraft—during its next flight. The attempt would use launch-tower arms to catch the vehicle mid-air, aiming for what Musk called the first full recovery of an orbital launch system in history.
SpaceX plans to launch its Starship rocket from Starbase, Texas on Monday morning within a 75-minute window opening at 8:15 a.m. EDT. Flight 14 will attempt to send the vehicle's upper stage into Earth orbit for the first time, where it is meant to deploy 26 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites before splashing down in the Pacific near Chile after roughly 10 hours and six orbits.
A writer argues the FAA should revisit its rule requiring parents to remove infants from babywearing carriers during takeoff, landing, and taxiing. The rule traces to a 1995 FAA decision and a 1994 study comparing restraint devices like car seats and harnesses, but that study never tested babywearing carriers against the common alternative of simply holding a baby in arms. The author contrasts this with the FAA's more flexible lap-infant policy, which allows lap-riding because forcing a purchased seat could push some families to drive instead, a riskier option overall.
SpaceX is preparing to launch its fourteenth full-scale Starship test flight on Monday, pending regulatory approval. The plan calls for Starship to orbit Earth six times over ten hours at an altitude of 171 miles before attempting a soft landing, following hardware changes to the Super Heavy booster after only 10 of 13 engines relit during the last landing attempt in July.
Nintendo released Version 4.0.0 for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, adding an eight-player split-screen mode exclusive to the Switch 2, up from the previous four-player cap. The update also brings CameraPlay support for USB webcams during multiplayer, compatibility with higher-resolution TVs, and faster loading times on the newer console.