Artemis III: Blue Moon Goes First, SLS Waits — November 1, 2026

NASA's planned Artemis III sequence puts Blue Origin's lander checkout before the SLS and Orion crew launch, while NASA says an orbital rehearsal is needed even if the landers are ready. Falcon 9 flights milestone — Elon Musk on X NASA asks industry for Hubble rescue ideas — Ars Technica MDA Space's IRIS2 antenna agreement — European Spaceflight Living in Lunar Caves — Space.com Isaacman outlines Artemis III sequence — NASASpaceFlight.com Artemis III reaction — @LunarCitizens on X Chapters 00:00 Today's headlines 01:02 NASA asking companies to reboost Hubble 02:18 MDA Space antenna agreement with Thales 03:57 Marius Hills Pit may lead to lava tube 04:53 Blue Origin lander before SLS commits 07:49 Lander bottleneck and Apollo 9 rehearsal Source links satellitetoday.com space.com Space Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice. Follow Space Stakes: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify More from Brian Lampert: Quickly Quantum , the daily quantum computing briefing, and Concrete Compute , the daily AI infrastructure briefing. Transcripts and every episode: space-stakes.kngoworld.chatgpt.site .