Will politics scupper NASA's return to the Moon? A stunning film of a comet core, Lightsail 2 propels itself with only sunlight, and SpaceX to develop fuel depots with NASA help...

Pick o' the podcasts:

Main engine cut off: The gateway space station

Off nominal podcast: How does the media portrayal of space fit the realities?

We Martians podcast: The politics behind NASA's return to the Moon and Mars landing plans
This one is a little out of date, being from June, but a very informative (and, be warned, sobering) listen for manned spaceflight fans 

Time to eat the dogs podcast: Should we colonise Mars?

From the video store:

Austrian filmmaker Christian Stangl combined some of the four hundred thousand plus images of comet 67P, taken over two years by ESA's Rosetta space probe, into this short film: "the Comet." 

'the Comet' from Christian Stangl on Vimeo.

Watch a Japanese probe collect chunks of asteroid


SpaceX lands yet another re-useable rocket, producing yet another stunning video


What's the fuss about the poles of the Moon?

Reading material:

NASA chief: The new Moon landing effort won't mean funding cuts for the ISS or science

The International Space Station will start running experiments on mining space material using bacteria

NASA to help SpaceX develop fuel depots in space...

...as accusations fly that NASA squashed a previous fuel depot scheme for political reasons.

Lightsail 2 proves it can move itself using only sunlight

The Moon is older than we thought... 

Regions of Earth may exceeding the thermal limits of human body, as climate change proceeds

Artificial limb that provides sense of touch

Private space company Orbit Beyond drops out of NASA contract

Princeton develops a miniaturised plasma thruster for cubesats 

NASA may send a probe to asteroid Pallas

China takes a step towards re-useable boosters