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Saturday, 15 March 2025

This week, off world: A close up of Mars' moon Deimos, private missions are on the Moon and loads more...

    

 Decades of conflict have devastated the Central African Republic, with especially harsh effects on children. To help alleviate the suffering if this mostly forgotten conflict, you can donate here...

...here is (one) place you can donate to help children in Afghanistan, caught under the Taliban...

Thank you!


Pick o' the podcasts:




From the video store:


Blue Ghost Has Been Very Busy On The Moon's Surface:


See Firefly's Blue Ghost moon lander drill, vacuum and deploy electrodes:


Firefly's Blue Ghost moon landing captured with NASA stereo cameras:


Remarkable Footage of Solar Eclipse from Moon's surface by Blue Ghost lunar lander:


Totality! Moon turns blood red in this lunar eclipse time-lapse:


New Images Show The Athena Lunar Lander In A Crater:


Rocket Lab’s Commercial Solution to Mars Sample Return:


W-2 (In-Space Manufacturing) Reentry: Capsule View (9 minutes):

Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe's Hera asteroid probe (photos)



Reading material:


European space giants unite to challenge Musk's dominance


Multi-orbit operators highlight growth outside Starlink’s spotlight - SpaceNews


German military could launch intelligence satellites from Scotland


UAE Space Agency completes critical design review for Emirates Mission to Asteroid Belt


Argotec announces modular satellite platform - SpaceNews


Join or die: How satellite manufacturers approach competition with SpaceX - SpaceNews


ESA lays foundations for the future of data transmission - SpaceNews


RBC Signals adds 10 antennas to global ground-station network - SpaceNews




Saturday, 22 February 2025

This week, off world: Rocket Lab launches high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite, Blue Ghost moon lander flies closer to the lunar surface and loads more...

   

 Decades of conflict have devastated the Central African Republic, with especially harsh effects on children. To help alleviate the suffering if this mostly forgotten conflict, you can donate here...

...and here is (one) place you can donate to help children in Afghanistan, caught under the Taliban.

Thank you!


Pick o' the podcasts:





From the video store:


Blastoff! Rocket Lab launches high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite


Archive: Apollo 15 - Lonely rover camera takes its last photos


Lowlight Camera Captures 15 Starlink Satellites passing by Comet Atlas all in a row


4K video of Dubai. Filmed from space by Sen's cameras on the International Space Station

Lightning filmed from space by Sen's 4K cameras ⚡


JWST Captures Space in Motion


Blue Ghost moon lander lowers its orbit to fly closer to the lunar surface (video) | Space



Reading material:


Musk and Trump repeat inaccurate claims about Starliner astronauts - SpaceNews


Report: Space Force strategy, resources insufficient to counter China - SpaceNews


Now more expensive: the role of government tariffs in spacecraft supply - SpaceNews


Trump orders $50 billion cut from 2026 defense budget, shields ‘Iron Dome’ initiative - SpaceNews


Airbus secures UK defence deal for revolutionary radar satellites


"Stranded" NASA astronaut on International Space Station photographed from Earth in world first


CanSat: A tiny, can-sized, Raspberry Pi-powered satellite - Raspberry Pi


Rockets made in Lanarkshire should reach space next year, company says
























Friday, 31 January 2025

This week, off world: Key molecules of life found on an asteroid. a balloon for exploring Venus and loads more....

 

 Decades of conflict have devastated the Central African Republic, with especially harsh effects on children. To help alleviate the suffering if this mostly forgotten conflict, you can donate here...

...and here is (one) place you can donate to help children in Afghanistan, caught under the Taliban.

Thank you!


  Pick o' the podcasts:





From the video store:


What BepiColombo heard


SpaceX deploys SpainSat NG1 


Chinese spacewalk


Chang’e-6 samples reveal reinforced lunar dynamo

NASA's Newly Released Images Of MARS #60 (2025)


NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here's what that means | Space



Reading material:


UK's first video call via satellite made from Welsh mountain - BBC News


Russia withdraws military equipment from Syria's Tartous port, images show - BBC News


Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 | Space

 

Juno Sees a Massive Hotspot of Volcanic Activity on Io - Universe Today


Evidence of Recent Geological Activity on the Moon - Universe Today


A Balloon Mission That Could Explore Venus Indefinitely - Universe Today


There's more than just gravity at work in the solar system


Commercial weather startups forecast increased funding under Trump - SpaceNews


China embraces commercial participation in moon mission for the first time - SpaceNews


Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander snaps its 1st photos of the moon (images) | Space


Blue Ghost moon lander sees Earth as a 'blue marble' from orbit (photo) | Space


Belfast-built lander is heading to the moon


A tether covered in solar panels could boost the ISS's orbit


Move over Starlink: China’s Tiantong-1 brings direct satellite-to-cell communication 


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