Analysis of an interstellar asteroid, the new 'Picard' trailer, SpaceX makes a big hop, a sunlight driven space ship spreads its wings, and loads more...

Pick o' the podcasts:

Spacepod: An interstellar visitor 

We Martians: What motivates deep space exploration?

Planetary Radio: Lightsail 2 spreads its wigs

From the video store:

The new trailer for 'Picard' is out:

India launches lunar lander mission: 

...here's how it should run:

Private solar sail ship spreads its wings

GIF courtesy of The Planetary Society

SpaceX's 'Hopper' prototype rocket scrubs launch test in spectacular fashion....

...then tries again, succeeding at it's first free flight!


Watch Russia's Soyuz spacecraft dock with the International Space Station 

Reading material:

SpaceX launches cargo mission to the International Space Station using thrice re-used capsule and a twice re-used booster - and it just arrived

General relativity passes latest test

Toyota to build Lunar rover for Japan

What happens in intergalactic space? 

NASA fast tracks habitation module for new Lunar space station 

The Milky Way: Cosmic cannibal