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Illustration: the night side of North America seen from orbit, city lights under a thin blue atmosphere.

Mars is the finish line.

A Boeing MQ-25 test aircraft, wings folded, being directed across the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush at sunrise on December 13, 2021, with the ship's island and Super Hornets behind it. U.S. Navy photograph.

FEATURE

The Navy's Robot Tanker: What the MQ-25A Stingray Does, and When It Goes to Sea

It flies itself and drops no bombs. The Stingray hands fuel to fighters far out at sea. What it has done, and why no carrier has it until 2029.

THE MORNING DEW

Next milestone: Artemis III (Orion + lander docking test) (Mid 2027).

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TONIGHT

The whole sky

The Moon, the best satellite pass and any launch in sight of you tonight, once your place is read.

The Earth setting behind the Moon's far side, photographed by the Artemis II crew from Orion on April 6, 2026.
Moon Tracker
Artemis II crew, Apr 6, 2026 · NASA
Artemis II (crewed lunar flyby)Apr 2026
Artemis III (Orion + lander docking test)Mid 2027
Artemis IV (crew on the Moon)2028
Sustained lunar presence2029+

NEXT LAUNCHES

Launches today →
Electron | The Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9)
Rocket Lab · TBC
Nov 2
Kinetica 2 | SpaceSail Polar Group TBD?
CAS Space · Go
Nov 2
Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432
SpaceX · Go
Watch on YouTube (SPACE AFFAIRS)
Nov 2
Mir | Demo Flight
Agency for Defense Development · TBC
Nov 4
Ceres-2 | Unknown Payload
Galactic Energy · TBC
Nov 4
Source: Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs) · updated Oct 31 · every launch
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EDITORIAL WATCHLIST

RKLBNeutron hype + ARK accumulation
▼ -7.4%as of Oct 30
LUNRArtemis momentum
▼ -8.7%as of Oct 30
OKLONuclear policy tailwind
▼ -5.8%as of Oct 30
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