Starship’s Double Catch Attempt, Euclid Opens Its Sky Survey, a Robot Builds in Orbit...
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Starship’s Double Catch Attempt, Euclid Opens Its Sky Survey, a Robot Builds in Orbit...

SpaceX is targeting today for Starship Flight 15, and for the first time it will try to catch both the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage back at the launch tower, the ship after more than 22 hours and about 14 orbits. We walk through the plan, the timings for both hemispheres, and the three caveats that matter. Also: ESA's Euclid telescope opens about 1,900 square degrees of sky to the world in its first major data release; Caltech's ASTRA robot assembles the first piece of structure ever built autonomously in orbit; Voyager 1 closes in on one light-day from Earth; and Mars and Jupiter draw to 1.2 degrees apart in the pre-dawn sky. In this episode · Starship Flight 15: targeted for Fri 13 Nov, 4:45 pm CT (22:45 UTC; 9:45 am AEDT Sat). First attempt to catch both booster and ship. · Euclid DR1-Foundation: about 1,900 square degrees and 1.8 petabytes, public from 12 November. Cosmology products follow in mid-2027. · ASTRA: a Caltech/DARPA robot assembles a truss bay in low Earth orbit, a first. · Quick hits: Voyager 1 one light-day on 18 Nov; BepiColombo at Mercury 21 Nov; Hera's Dimorphos close-ups 25 Nov. · Skywatch: Mars and Jupiter 1.2° apart on 16 Nov; Venus and Spica; Leonids 17–18 Nov; Saturn in the evening. Sources · Starship Flight 15 awaits FAA green light — NASASpaceflight — https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/11/starship-flight-15-awaits-faa/ · Starship Flight 15 will try to catch both stages — KeepTrack — https://keeptrack.space/x-report/spacex-brief-2026-11-09 · Euclid DR1 MER Catalog — Caltech/IPAC IRSA — https://www.ipac.caltech.edu/doi/10.26131/IRSA673 · Euclid timeline — ESA — https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/euclid/timeline · ESA Datalabs Euclid Hackathon 2026 — https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esa-datalabs-euclid-hackathon-2026 · NOM4D program demonstrates automated in-space assembly — DARPA — https://www.darpa.mil/news/2026/nom4d-program-demonstrates-automated-in-space-assembly · Caltech robotic space demo successfully builds in space — Caltech — https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-robotic-space-demo-successfully-builds-in-space · Voyager 1 to reach 1 light-day — EarthSky — https://earthsky.org/space/voyager-1-1-light-day-from-earth-november-17-18-2026/ · What's Up: November 2026 — NASA — https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/whats-up-november-2026-skywatching-tips-from-nasa/

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