Starship Upper Stage Catch, Artemis 2028 & First Exosatellite Candidate
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Starship Upper Stage Catch, Artemis 2028 & First Exosatellite Candidate
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(00:01:12) NASA Artemis 2028 Moon Push
(00:02:25) Starship Flight 15 Testing
(00:03:06) Possible First Exosatellite Found
(00:03:42) China Space Military Buildup
(00:04:04) Key Watchpoints Ahead
This episode covers four of the most consequential stories in space right now, each with real stakes and open questions worth tracking.
SpaceX completed critical pre-flight tests for Starship Flight 15 this week, including a full 33-engine static fire of Booster 22 and a six-engine deorbit burn simulation for Ship 42. If FAA licensing clears around mid-November, this will be the first-ever attempt to catch the upper stage using the Starbase launch tower's mechanical arms — an operation Elon Musk puts at 50–60% success probability on the first try.
NASA has officially redefined the Artemis roadmap. Artemis III in 2027 becomes a critical docking test with commercial landers in Earth orbit, not a surface mission. The first actual lunar south pole landing moves to Artemis IV, targeting early 2028. With China aiming for a crewed lunar landing before 2030, NASA Administrator Isaacman has framed 2028 as the hard deadline for U.S. leadership. SpaceX lander readiness and unresolved rescue capability gaps remain the key risk variables.
Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope have detected a possible exosatellite — roughly Jupiter's mass — orbiting a brown dwarf in the CD-35 2722 system. If confirmed, it would be the first moon-like body ever identified beyond our solar system.
Finally, asteroid 2025 TF passed closer to Earth than the ISS on October 1 — and no one detected it until hours after the flyby. The episode explains why that's not a system failure but a hard limit of current planetary defense coverage for small objects.
This episode includes AI-generated content.
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