China Details Lunar Orbit Rendezvous Architecture as ESCAPADE — November 3, 2026

China has disclosed a two-launch architecture for a crewed lunar landing before 2030, with a sequence of uncrewed tests ahead. We also cover NASA’s ESCAPADE flybys, SES airline connectivity deals and Tumbleweed’s reentry-vehicle funding. China Plans “Two Launches, Lunar Orbit Rendezvous” to Land Taikonauts on Moon — SpacePolicyOnline.com Flight 99, 100% mission success — Peter Beck on X NASA ESCAPADE Probes Attempt First-Ever Powered Earth Flyby on Way to Mars This Week — Tech Times ESCAPADE Trans-Mars Injection post — Rocket Lab on X SES Wins Multi-Orbit IFC Deals for Finnair and Air Astana — Via Satellite Tumbleweed Raises €6.9M to Build its Own Reentry Vehicle — Payload Chapters 00:00 Today's headlines 00:43 ESCAPADE probes fire engines near Earth 02:07 SES won deals with Finnair, Air Astana 03:25 Tumbleweed closed seed round for Oasis Beta 04:16 China's plan for a crewed lunar landing 06:41 Lunar race deadlines and test plans Source links @RocketLab on X @RocketLab on X 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 .