--- title: Hackaday Links: October 3, 2026 | daily.dev description: A roundup of odd technology and aerospace news: rumors that NASA may try to restore an SR-71 Blackbird for its revived X-Plane program, SpaceX's Crew-13... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-october-3-2026-vhio0wimy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Hackaday Links: October 3, 2026 | daily.dev og:description: A roundup of odd technology and aerospace news: rumors that NASA may try to restore an SR-71 Blackbird for its revived X-Plane program, SpaceX's Crew-13... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-october-3-2026-vhio0wimy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VHIO0wiMy.png og:image:alt: Hackaday Links: October 3, 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Hackaday Links: October 3, 2026 **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A roundup of odd technology and aerospace news: rumors that NASA may try to restore an SR-71 Blackbird for its revived X-Plane program, SpaceX's Crew-13 mission setting a record for the fastest Crew Dragon rendezvous with the ISS (just under eight hours, still slower than Soyuz's roughly three-to-six-hour approach), an ongoing Christie's auction for a framed physical packet from the 2001 RFC 1149 carrier-pigeon IP demonstration (bidding at $2,600 with nine days left), a story about a Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU banned from Valorant due to a previous owner's cheating history, and a link to a browser game called Hole Punch where players steer a spacecraft indirectly using black holes. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How long did SpaceX Crew Dragon's Crew-13 mission take to dock with the ISS and is that the fastest ever for a US vehicle? Crew-13 docked with the International Space Station just under eight hours after launch, setting the record for the fastest rendezvous by an American spacecraft. It lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 11:10 AM Eastern and docked at 7:05 PM the same day, though Russian Soyuz capsules can still reach the ISS faster, in around three to six hours. _Space enthusiasts tracking crewed launch milestones can follow mission updates like this on daily.dev._ ### Why can Soyuz capsules reach the ISS faster than SpaceX Crew Dragon despite Dragon being a newer and arguably more capable spacecraft? The speed difference comes down to logistics and orbital mechanics rather than raw vehicle capability. Soyuz can dock in around three hours under ideal conditions, or about six hours using its slower rendezvous profile, while Crew Dragon's record-setting Crew-13 mission still took just under eight hours, despite Dragon being a more modern spacecraft overall. _Engineers curious about orbital mechanics trade-offs can dig into mission details like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Hackaday Links: September 20, 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-september-20-2026-v8lb3xpj5) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hackaday Links: March 22, 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-march-22-2026-obg4t1mlu) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hackaday Links: January 18, 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-january-18-2026-quthktgbx) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Rocket Report: Engines installed for Artemis III; Long March 6C breakup in LEO](https://daily.dev/posts/rocket-report-engines-installed-for-artemis-iii-long-march-6c-breakup-in-leo-xvqjjfjeh) · Ars Technica · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#spacex](https://daily.dev/tags/spacex), [#nasa](https://daily.dev/tags/nasa) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-october-3-2026-vhio0wimy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Hackaday Links: October 3, 2026","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-october-3-2026-vhio0wimy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-october-3-2026-vhio0wimy"},"datePublished":"2026-10-04T23:13:05.116Z","dateModified":"2026-10-04T23:13:27.050Z","description":"A roundup of odd technology and aerospace news: rumors that NASA may try to restore an SR-71 Blackbird for its revived X-Plane program, SpaceX's Crew-13...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/7b7f0fc189d91e36b5b9e0d6ad7eb93b?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/7b7f0fc189d91e36b5b9e0d6ad7eb93b?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hackaday","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hackaday","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--JhDfhy70--/f_auto,q_auto/v1767541814/logos/hackaday","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-october-3-2026-vhio0wimy","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,spacex,nasa","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hackaday","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Hackaday Links: October 3, 2026"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/hackaday-links-october-3-2026-vhio0wimy#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How long did SpaceX Crew Dragon's Crew-13 mission take to dock with the ISS and is that the fastest ever for a US vehicle?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Crew-13 docked with the International Space Station just under eight hours after launch, setting the record for the fastest rendezvous by an American spacecraft. 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