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The launches include Starlink of Vandenberg, including the 700th Falcon 9 overall on the 31st, plus a couple of Electrons from Mahia and a run of Chinese vehicles. Galactic Energy put the first pathfinder for a low-inclination remote-sensing constellation up on a Ceres-1S from an offshore barge, while CAS Space flew the second Kinetica-2 (the liquid RP-1/LOX tri-core version) with another batch of Qianfan satellites. ISRO’s GSLV got NVS-03 into geosynchronous transfer orbit after the previous one’s failure, and Rocket Lab’s 99th Electron carried an iQPS SAR bird. On the bigger picture side, NASA laid out the Artemis Acceleration plan...

That didn't take long. Democrats had barely clinched Congress last night when their supporters were calling for the execution of Elon Musk for being a "traitor to the west." affordability? "We've begun believing through this ridiculous, unhealthy, and dangerous idolatry of innovators that they get to live by an entirely different standard," Galloway said. "Elon Musk is a traitor to the West." "We lined up the Rosenbergs against a wall," he continued. "This is a traitor to the West, and he should be held to the same standards as every other traitor in the West." And the crowd applauded. This...

Elon Musk’s political gamble is turning into a costly Wall Street headache. Tesla and SpaceX shares plunged nearly 6% in Wednesday’s premarket trading after Democrats swept control of Congress and won major victories in Texas, where Musk has concentrated much of his business empire. The selloff came as broader U.S. stock-market futures recovered from an overnight election shock and turned positive. At their reported premarket lows, Tesla and SpaceX had lost approximately $200 billion in combined market value, although those losses were subject to change when regular trading began.Read Economics Musk spent at least $446 million supporting Republican candidates and...

Ship 42 has fired its engines for the last time on the ground, and Elon Musk just made a promise about it that no Starship has ever kept. The FAA moved Flight 15. SpaceX hasn't said a date. We did, last episode, and the new one doesn't match ours. Musk also posted a launch number for Louisiana that makes the FAA's biggest Starbase plan look small. NASA stacked the Artemis III core stage and said who flies first. And ULA’s Vulcan rocket has a date you'll want to hear. So, when does Flight 15 fly? SpaceX's Starship 42 Fired Its...

The data covers January 22 through October 18, 2026, and includes both retrofitted Model Y robotaxis and purpose-built Cybercabs. Tesla now has more than 300 Cybercabs in Austin, with Dallas next in line. Tesla lists Las Vegas, Jacksonville, Phoenix, and San Antonio as coming soon. Phoenix and Las Vegas aren't surprises. Tesla has been staging for a Robotaxi launch in Phoenix for months, and Las Vegas has been on the roadmap since early this year. Jacksonville and San Antonio are new additions... Update: On the Earnings Call, Tesla shared that it's launching Unsupervised Cybercab rides in Dallas, Texas next month....

With Ship 42 and Booster 22 in the final process flow ahead of launch, the ships and boosters for flights 15 and 16 are moving ahead for a needed ramp up in launch rates. Construction is also winding down on the Giga Bay, and work is just getting started on an expansion at the Massey Outpost.Flight 15 Vehicles Tested Ahead of November Launch! | 9:03 Avid Space | 251K subscribers | 11,929 views | November 1, 2026

Tuesday November 3, 2026 is election day, and sad to say, there is a better than 50% chance that it will be the last real election ever held in the United States. Democratic Party officials have been very clear about what they will do if they gain power tomorrow, packing the Supreme Court to guarantee all decisions will support their agenda, adding DC and Puerto Rico as states as well as open the borders and make all illegal immigrants legal voters in order to cement their majority, and then with that power to go after Republican politicians and ordinary staffers...

Just in time for Halloween in the eastern United States, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 27 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Oct. 31, 2026, at 12:04 a.m. EDT (9:04 p.m. PDT - Oct. 30). [Full Story] The mission marked SpaceX's 118th Falcon 9 launch of the year, with the rocket's first-stage booster completing another successful landing aboard the droneship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean. SpaceX Halloween Blastoff! 🎃🚀 Launches Starlink satellites from California, nails landing | 9:12 VideoFromSpace | 2.17M subscribers |...

Elon Musk posted 102 times on X today (10/31/26) | 36:05 Jacob & Isaac | 48.1K subscribers | 19,078 views | October 31, 2026

Since it's Halloween - here's a story of spacecraft that returned from the grave, spacecraft which died and were abandoned and then somehow, returned from the dead. Well there's also a story about a hacker bringing a spacecraft back to life, with the help of a 'Frankenstein' satellite model assembled after a grave robbing incident.

🎃 SpaceX ramps up preparations for Starship Flight 15 with roaring Raptor 3 engines and loads of other Starship tests. In fact, SpaceX Has Never Moved This Fast With Starship. Meanwhile NASA's Artemis III mission takes shape as SLS stacking progresses, Orion prepares for docking demonstrations, and Blue Origin advances New Glenn and Blue Moon development. We unpack the surprising four-launch lunar lander plan for them, and the challenges of returning astronauts to the Moon with Artemis IV. Falcon 9 launches more Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, the International Space Station faces a permanent change over its Zvezda air leak, and...

In this week's Avid Space industry update, SpaceX launches their second Starfall capsule, we have program updates from PLD Space, Rocket Lab and NASA, and Japan sends a lander to Mars' moon Phobos. NASA Releases New Details on Moon Base Progress | 6:05 Avid Space | 251K subscribers | 11,408 views | October 29, 2026 YouTube transcript reformatted at textformatter.ai *may* follow.

Elon Musk’s shift to the right, support for Trump, and defense of free speech have turned a former liberal darling into a target of the Left’s growing hostility toward billionaires. As the midterms approach, the Left has gone nearly berserk in its hatred of trillionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. Yet its escalating venom would have been almost inconceivable before 2022, when Musk publicly declared that he would be voting Republican. Before Musk’s recent political reversal (he voted for both Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020), he was beloved by the Left as the first successful upstart challenger to...

SpaceX is moving thousands of Starlink satellites closer to Earth, reducing collision risks but increasing their exposure to solar-driven atmospheric drag. According to SpaceX’s orbital plans, existing Starlink satellites are being lowered to 450–490 km (280–305 miles), while next-generation V3 spacecraft will operate as low as 330 km (205 miles). The advantage: failed satellites and debris fall back to Earth much faster, rather than remaining in orbit for years. But there’s a catch. At these altitudes, satellites encounter Earth’s thin upper atmosphere. Solar activity heats and expands that atmosphere, increasing drag, accelerating orbital decay and forcing satellites to burn more...

Booster 22 fired up on Pad 2, and SpaceX wants to catch both halves of Starship on Flight 15. But to reach the tower, the ship has to fly home over land, something no Starship has ever done. Also: where Flight 16 really launches from, Ship 43 at Massey's, Starbase's 456-launch plan and the Louisiana spaceport, NASA's Artemis Acceleration briefing, and Blue Origin's New Glenn date. Booster 22 Just Fired! SpaceX Goes for a Double Catch | 23:36 What about it!? | 674K subscribers | 138,119 views | October 27, 2026

Why Did Apollo Need 1 Launch, But Starship Needs 8? | 14:29 Ellie in Space | 232K subscribers | 49,788 views | October 26, 2026

NEW: Robert Reich calls for the "defunding" of Elon Musk, calls for Democrats to go after Musk's companies."Democrats ought to [start] laying the groundwork for nationalizing Starlink & SpaceX... It should be a public corporation."Does he want Musk to drop another $50M on the Midterms? pic.twitter.com/0jiljf0CtG— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 25, 2026

BREAKING: The Elon Musk hit piece is a box-office flop. Alex Gibney’s “Musk” has made just $588,478 domestically so far and dropped from 472 theaters to 63 in one week, losing 87% of its locations.

Blastoff! SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on 116th Falcon 9 flight of 2026, nails landing | 9:06 VideoFromSpace | 2.17M subscribers | 47,290 views | October 24, 2026

This video, hosted by Marcus House, covers a packed week of space news with a primary focus on SpaceX's Starship program and other aerospace developments. Starship and SpaceX Updates: Flight 14 Recap: The video highlights Flight 14, noting the successful deployment of Starlink satellites and the excellent performance of the new curved heat shield tiles (1:49 - 3:42). Flight 15 Double Catch: SpaceX is preparing for a daring double-catch attempt—retrieving both the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage during the next flight, targeted for November (3:44 - 4:49). NASA Artemis Milestones: Updated plans for the Artemis human lunar...