In space this week: First fully private ISS mission, a record breaking number of satellites launched, the perfect solar storm and loads more...

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Pick o the podcasts:

Main Engine Cut-Off

From the video store:

What was launched on Virgin Orbit's first flight to orbit?

Stunning lunar tours made from spacecraft data

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Transporter-1 debuts new SpaceX rideshare program, world record - NASASpaceFlight.com

We Now Have a 3D Map of The 525 Closest Brown Dwarfs - Universe Today

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Axiom Space names first private crew launch to space station with SpaceX | Space

What would the perfect solar storm be like? Source papers along this link, and this link

RocketLabs launch demonstrates enhanced kickstage

Rocks Show That Mars Once Felt Like Iceland - SpaceRef

One of the Oldest Stars in the Galaxy has a Planet - Universe Today

Earth's outer shell ballooned during massive growth spurt 3 billion years ago | Space

3-D Printing on the Moon: From Regolith to Paste to Useful Objects and Structures - Universe Today

Apollo landers, Neil Armstrong’s bootprint and other human artifacts on Moon officially protected by new US law | Space

There are Seven Rocky Planets in the TRAPPIST-1 System and They're Surprisingly Similar - Universe Today

A Cubesat Will Test out Water as a Propulsion System - Universe Today

In space this week: SpaceX aims for a record breaking launch, Virgin reaches orbit, a busy year for Rocketlabs and loads more...

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Want to support the future of science and engineering? You can do so through one of these charities:

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Pick o' the podcasts:

Main Engine Cut-Off: SpaceFund

From the video store:

Virgin Orbit reaches orbit on second LauncherOne mission - SpaceNews

Best ever resolution images of the Moon

China opens 2021 with Tiantong-1 launch via Long March 3B - NASASpaceFlight.com

SpaceX launches first Starlink mission of 2021 - NASASpaceFlight.com

Another One Leaves The Crust begins busy year for Rocket Lab - NASASpaceFlight.com

Beautiful fly-by view of Arrakoth by Roman Tkachenko

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Juno to visit Jovian moons

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SpaceX delays launch of a record 143 satellites on a single rocket due to bad weather | Space

Space challenges for President Biden: Four issues for the next four years - SpaceNews

Biden’s Defense nominee embraces view of space as a domain of war - SpaceNews

NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe could make a 2nd stop at infamous asteroid Apophis | Space

Propulsion for Satellite ‘Constellations’ (centauri-dreams.org)

SpaceX acquires former oil rigs to serve as floating Starship spaceports - NASASpaceFlight.com

Did water once flow through meteorites? | Space

Bridenstine leaves NASA, calls for unity in space, science efforts (spacedaily.com)

Biden administration appoints Steve Jurczyk acting NASA chief | Space

Astronomers estimate Titan's largest sea is 1,000 feet deep (spacedaily.com)

This tiny comet photobombed the total solar eclipse of 2020 | Space

This week in space: Balloons to space, the effect of the capitol riots on space policy, ion engines for cubesats and loads more...

Learn the ins and outs of pseudoscience, and debunking it: Read 'Escaping The Rabbit Hole' here.

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Pick o the podcasts:

Cheap Astronomy Podcast, Jan 13th: Hot Air 

From the video store:

From supernova to something much more intriguing at the core of galaxy 253-3 - NASASpaceFlight.com

Blue Origin flies a test mission to space:

SN9 fires up engines:

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Juno probe to visit Jovian Moons:

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Exotrail aims for more in orbit space mobility (spacedaily.com)

The Mystery of Sunquakes is Deep; One Million Meters Deep! - Universe Today

Astronomers see Swirling Weather on the Closest Brown Dwarf - Universe Today

A Forgotten Planet Found in a Triple-Star System – Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System (nasa.gov)

It's really there! Kepler space telescope's 2nd-ever exoplanet candidate finally confirmed. | Space

Scientists Propose Permanent Human Habitat Built Orbiting Ceres (futurism.com)

New Solar Arrays to Power International Space Station Research | NASA

In space this week: A record breaking solar sail, Enceladus has plenty of chemical energy, a test of a prototype rocket and loads more...

Learn the ins and outs of pseudoscience, and debunking it: Read 'Escaping The Rabbit Hole' here.

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Pick o' the podcasts:

Planetary Radio: Record breaking solar sail receives approval

We Martians: 5 years of We Martians

Weekly Space Hangout: What Next For New Horizons?

From the video store:

Roman Tkachenko merges 13 hours of images from New Horizons into this video of the ice-staroid Arrakoth:

Enceladus has plenty of chemical energy sources to support life in its ocean

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SpaceX launch TurkSat 5A (and land booster)...

...and test their newest prototype super-rocket

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A private astronaut explains how Axiom plans to replace the International Space Station and potentially save NASA billions per year

Diverse chemical energy sources on Enceladus:

Industry in near-Earth space hits $385 billion in 2020

SpaceX has won a $150 million contract to launch the U.S. Department of Defense's first batch of hypersonic missile defense satellites

Stellar Flares May Not Condemn a Planet’s Habitability

Optical fibres and satellites combined for first interated quantumn network

Nearest brown dwarf to Earth shows Jupiter like bands

Chinese space enterprise gears up for record-breaking 40-plus launches in 2021

Subscriptions To Satellite Alerts Linked To Decreased Deforestation In Africa

Thales Alenia Space given €296 million contract to build European Gateway module

In space over New Year's: A huge unknown asteroid, NASA's top views of Earth, and what a supernova sounds like...

Learn the ins and outs of pseudoscience, and debunking it: Read 'Escaping The Rabbit Hole' here.

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Pick o' the podcasts:

Space Pod: Space Advocacy with Casey Dreier

We Martians: Lunar Science's next giant leap

Planetary Radio:

From the video store:

Arianespace and Soyuz launch a French military satellite

Our world from 400km up: NASA's top views of the Earth from 2020

Blast from the Past: Japanese mini rover videos the surface of asteroid Ryugu...

...and the sample returns home:

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What does a supernova remnant sound like in radio?

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Lightning strikes seen on Venus?

The sample of asteroid returned by Haybusa 2 has been producing gas since it landed

A steam engine (yes, you read that right) for propelling small space satellites

Could a lunar 'gold-rush' trigger conflict on Earth?

NASA approves two new missions to study space weather

Meteor evidence points to a huge, unknown, asteroid

Life on Earth could have begun from a DNA/RNA mix

Could 'dark matter' be primordial black holes?

When did Earth's plate tectonics start?

What type of beamed energy is the best bet to get a probe out to the solar focus?