5 things to know for Aug. 27: SpaceX launch, Presidential debate, Campus homicide, Ukraine, Ice cave collapse

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Wall Street went into a tailspin earlier this month when stocks plunged due to fears that the US economy is slowing faster than expected. Now, all three major stock indexes — the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq — have clawed back those losses and are on track to notch monthly gains. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and on With Your Day. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. SpaceX will soon attempt a nail-biting, five-day trek into orbit with a crew of private astronauts traveling into Earth’s radiation belts. No human has traveled so far into space or passed through the radiation environment since NASA’s Apollo program. The four-person crew on the Polaris Dawn mission is also preparing for a high-risk spacewalk, making use of Extravehicular Activity, or EVA, suits that SpaceX developed in just 2 ½ years. If successful, the spacewalk, which could take place Friday, would mark the first time that civilians (or nongovernment astronauts) have carried out such an endeavor. The daring excursion is slated to take off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida between 3:38 a.m. and 7:09 a.m. ET on Wednesday — a 24-hour delay from the company’s previous launch target due to a helium leak. Former President Donald Trump is casting fresh doubt on his September 10 ABC debate against Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump’s team would like for the microphones to be muted throughout the debate except for the candidate whose turn it is to speak, as was the case during the first debate with President Joe Biden. On the other hand, the Harris campaign is requesting that ABC and other networks keep microphones on. Analysts say the Harris campaign wants to give Trump the opportunity to hurl insulting interruptions that could upset or deter some of his potential voters. The ex-president on Monday undermined the position of his team, saying he’d be fine with losing the mute button. A student at Rice University in Houston was found dead in her dorm room Monday in an apparent murder-suicide, prompting a campus-wide lockdown on the first day of classes. The body of a junior female student was discovered by university police after a concerned family member asked for a wellness check and officers saw she had missed class. The suspected shooter, a male who doesn’t appear to be affiliated with the university, was also found dead in the room from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. Based on a note from the suspect found at the scene, authorities believe the pair had been in a troubled romantic relationship. The university lifted the lockdown Monday evening and said they will pursue a comprehensive investigation.(Editor’s Note: If you or someone you know needs help, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988.) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said rescue operations are ongoing at the sites impacted by a barrage of Russian strikes this week. “We will undoubtedly respond to Russia for this and all other attacks. Crimes against humanity cannot go unpunished,” Zelensky said, vowing retaliation. Russia aimed some 200 missiles and drones at energy infrastructure and communities across Ukraine overnight into Monday, marking the biggest air attack since the war began, Kyiv said. Ukraine had been bracing for a major Russian attack for weeks in response to Kyiv’s incursion into the border region of Kursk — the first foreign invasion of Russia since World War II.