"September's Spectacular Spaceflight and Astronomy Images: A Visual Journey"

September was filled with exciting moments in spaceflight, including the successful landing of a capsule containing samples from asteroid Bennu collected by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, the capture of images of India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing site by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, the modification of a camera on the Solar Orbiter probe to capture unique images of the Sun's corona, the successful test flight of Stoke Space's reusable second-stage rocket, and the stacking of SpaceX's Starship upper stage for its second flight. Additionally, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio set a new record for the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut, spending over a year on the International Space Station.