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

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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

Reading material:

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