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This week at Starbase, construction continues on Giga Bay and the Flight 12 vehicles at the build site, work continues on the Pad 2 launch mount and launch tower hardware, and teams aren't wasting any time demolishing the Pad 1 launch mount and reconfiguring the supporting infrastructure. Meanwhile in Florida, SpaceX launches another pair of Starlink missions as Blue Origin, Stoke Space, and ULA are all hard at work preparing infrastructure and vehicles for upcoming operations. 2026 Is Going To Be An Incredible Year For Starship - Spaceflight Weekly #191 | 10:16 LabPadre Space | 249K subscribers | 13,984 views...

The International Space Station’s first visitors from India, Poland and Hungary headed back to Earth on Monday, wrapping up a private mission and catching a ride home with SpaceX. Their capsule undocked from the orbiting lab and aimed for a splashdown the next morning in the Pacific off the Southern California coast. The short, privately financed mission marked the first time in more than 40 years that India, Poland and Hungary saw one of their own rocket into orbit. The three astronauts were accompanied by America’s most experienced space flier, Peggy Whitson, who works for Axiom Space, which chartered the...