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Japanese scientists launch the MMX probe on Tuesday at 4:41 am to retrieve samples from Mars's moon Phobos. The mission, a collaboration with US and European agencies, aims to collect at least 10 grams of material during its three-year journey to reveal how the Solar System formed.
The European Space Agency launched the Hera mission on October 7, 2024, to inspect damage from NASA's September 2022 DART strike. The spacecraft performed a braking maneuver on October 15 and will reach the binary asteroid system in early November. Hera will deploy cubesats Milani and Juventas in January 2027 to study the asteroid's composition and interior structure.
SpaceX and Tesla report third-quarter results on Tuesday and Wednesday, testing if Starlink growth and Tesla profits can fund a merger. SpaceX expects $12.74 billion revenue and 14 cents earnings, while Tesla anticipates $27.88 billion revenue and 43 cents adjusted earnings. SpaceX absorbed Musk's xAI in February and Tesla delivered 486,532 vehicles in third quarter.
Elon Musk pledged on October 19, 2026, to donate one SpaceX share to every US child in 2027, totaling roughly $10.5 billion for 72 million children. The gift equals about 1.1% of his 6.42 billion total holdings as of June 30, with shares going into children's Trump Accounts.
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