A round up of space news and opinion...

I am John Freeman, and once a week I present a round up of random (but very cool) space news and opinion... and here it is:

Main Engine Cut Off Podcast, Episode T+121: Artemis, Blue Moon, Starship, and Politics

Jeff Bezos: Going to Space to Benefit Earth

Japan's first private space company has it's first succesful launch

Prototype of a Future Interstellar Probe was Just Tested on a Balloon

Why This Martian Full Moon Looks Like Candy

 

Here's How Blue Origin's New Lunar Lander Works

Northrop Grumman, NASA test Cygnus-derived lunar gateway habitat

Beanie Babies, the Invention of CubeSat and Student-designed and Built Satellites

 

 

A black hole eats a neutron star, a new kind of commercial space service is planned, Proxima Centauri could yet host life and more...

A bit more explanation of that black hole image...

 

Grub's up: LIGO detects a black hole devouring a neutron star...

A translation of the JAXA report on Haybusa-2's bombing of an asteroid

The Proxima Centauri star system might yet host life, new study says

How to watch Rocketlab's pre-dawn launch 

Blast site of a 2000 year old explosion discovered

2019 Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Peaks This Week

  

Blue Origin’s New Shepard Flies Again, a Week Before Their Mysterious Announcement

 See the sun set blue from Mars, via  NASA's Insight robot

A new kind of space service: In space propulsion and satellite delivery

A new kind of beamed energy propulsion?