# Starship V3 Has a Launch Date + Psyche's Mars Flyby + JWST Cosmic Web Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates-5658676/starship-v3-has-a-launch-date-psyche-s-mars-flyby-jwst-cosmic-web Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates-5658676/starship-v3-has-a-launch-date-psyche-s-mars-flyby-jwst-cosmic-web.md Podcast: [Astronomy Daily: Space News Updates](https://stenobird.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates-5658676) Published: 2026-05-14T10:56:36+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spacenutspodcast.com Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/mgln.ai/track/op3.dev/e/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72003956/starship_v3_has_a_launch_date_psyche_s_mars_flyby_jwst_cosmic_web.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates-5658676/episodes/starship-v3-has-a-launch-date-psyche-s-mars-flyby-jwst-cosmic-web Duration seconds: 1269 ## Resource Sponsor Link: Our sponsor this week, NordVPN has put together a great money saving deal for you. Get the best protection for less. We use them and recommend them highly. To check out the details - Click Here Astronomy Daily — S05E102 | Thursday 14 May 2026 In today's episode, Anna and Avery cover six stories spanning the entire space science spectrum — from a record-breaking rocket debut to medieval literary theory. Stories in This Episode 1. Starship V3 Gets a Launch Date — SpaceX confirms May 19 for Flight 12, the debut of the fully redesigned Version 3 Starship and Super Heavy. 2. Psyche Mission: Mars Flyby Tomorrow — NASA's asteroid-bound spacecraft passes just 2,800 miles from Mars on May 15 for a crucial gravity assist. 3. JWST Maps the Cosmic Web — The James Webb Space Telescope charts 164,000 galaxies across 13.7 billion years in the most detailed cosmic web map ever made. 4. Aurora Watch: Coronal Hole Facing Earth — A large solar coronal hole is pointing at Earth; G2 storm conditions expected from May 15 with aurora potential for Southern Hemisphere observers. 5. Dante's Inferno and Impact Physics — New research presented at the European Geosciences Union argues Dante's 14th-century Hell maps the geometry of a planetary impact crater. 6. CRS-34: Dragon Docks at the ISS — After two weather scrubs, SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule successfully delivers 6,500 lbs of science experiments to the space station. Chapter Timestamps 00:00 — Introduction & Headlines 01:00 — Starship V3: May 19 Launch Date Set 05:00 — NASA Psyche: Mars Gravity Assist Flyby 08:30 — JWST Maps the Cosmic Web 12:00 — Aurora Alert: Coronal Hole & Solar Wind 15:00 — Dante's Inferno as Impact Crater Science 18:30 — CRS-34 Dragon Docks at the ISS 21:30 — Skywatcher's Corner: Aurora Tips &… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates-5658676/episodes/starship-v3-has-a-launch-date-psyche-s-mars-flyby-jwst-cosmic-web/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates-5658676/starship-v3-has-a-launch-date-psyche-s-mars-flyby-jwst-cosmic-web.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.