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Starship Triumphs, Satellite Blitz & a ‘Mother of All Galaxies’: Major Space Highlights (Aug 26–27, 2025)

Key Facts SpaceX’s Starship Soars on 10th Test Flight SpaceX’s Starship mega-rocket achieved a long-awaited breakthrough on Aug. 26, completing its first fully successful test flight after several explosive failures earlier in the program reuters.com spacepolicyonline.com. The 400-foot-tall Starship (comprising the Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage) lifted off from Boca Chica, Texas at 7:30 p.m. EDT, and this time everything ran smoothly. The booster separated as planned about three minutes into flight, and the Starship stage reached space where it deployed eight mock Starlink satellites from its novel “PEZ dispenser” bay reuters.com reuters.com. This marked the first ever payload release

27 August 2025

Secret Spaceplane Launch, 75 Mice in Orbit, and Uranus’ New Moon – Space Highlights (Aug 20–21, 2025)

Satellite Launches & Missions 🚀 Global Space Agency Developments 🌍 (Elsewhere in space agency news: NASA this week opened accreditation for a September event to introduce its 2025 astronaut candidate class and to preview the Artemis II Moon mission nasa.gov nasa.gov. The new astronaut class, selected from over 8,000 applicants, will be unveiled on Sept. 22, while NASA’s Artemis II crew (set to loop around the Moon in 2026) will give press briefings on their training and mission plans. These steps highlight NASA’s ongoing push toward returning humans to the Moon – and eventually Mars – in international partnership.) Private Sector Updates

21 August 2025

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