This week in space: SN11 gets ready to fly, how to explore craters of eternal darkness and new species living on the ISS...

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

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

Black and British Professionals in STEM

Skeptoid media

The Association for Science Education

The Smallpiece Trust

SATRO

Arkwright Engineering Scholarships

LabAid

The Space Foundation

Pick o' the podcasts:

Spacepod 183: The solar wind with Dr. JianHangout

Weekly Space Hangout and Q&A.

 

Planetary Radio:

Main engine cutoff:

Off Nominal:

We Martians:

From the video store:

Starship SN11 waits new launch date - Super Heavy BN1 rollout to follow - NASASpaceFlight.com

Falcon 9 Starlink v1.0 L22 launches from Cape Canaveral SLC-40 - NASASpaceFlight.com

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Unexpected 'scratching' noise recorded on Perseverance rover

Getting Ingenuity the Mars helicopter ready to fly

Clouds over Curiosity rover:

Soyuz rocket launches 36 OneWeb satellites into orbit for modified satellite internet constellation | Space

How dangerous are Earth's radiation belts?

Reading material:

Astroscale space debris removal demo set for launch - BBC News

NASA likely to stay the course to the moon under Bill Nelson, if confirmed | Space

Scientists want to build a huge underground ‘Doomsday vault’ on the Moon (msn.com)

Jupiter's Great Red Spot may subsist by gobbling up smaller storms | Space

ASU scientists make new proposal for origin of strange interstellar object

Does Triton's ice cap reveal internal heat and an ocean?

Triton may have been geologically active for billions of years

Three entirely new lifeforms discovered on space station (msn.com)

Mars helicopter Ingenuity carries piece of Wright brothers' famous plane | Space

A Very Powerful Solar Storm Hit the Earth Back in 1582 - Universe Today

Exploring the Moon's Shadowed Regions Using Beamed Energy - Universe Today

Apologies for the break in service... we'll be back next week.

 

This week in space: Starlink satellite internet reviewed, NASA zaps things on Mars with a laser, satellite images show Guinea blast destruction...

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

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

Black and British Professionals in STEM

Skeptoid media

The Association for Science Education

The Smallpiece Trust

SATRO

Arkwright Engineering Scholarships

LabAid

The Space Foundation

Pick o' the podcasts:

Planetary Radio: Space policy edition

We Martians: Landing on Mars

From the video store:

This is Jezero crater, Mars...

Perseverance rover blasts things with a laser on Mars

Starlink satellite internet review: 

And more of them are launched:

China launches Chang Zheng 7A rocket on its Return To Flight mission - NASASpaceFlight.com

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Reading material:

Bata blast: Satellite images show Equatorial Guinea destruction - BBC News

Northrup Grumman's 2nd 'space rescue truck' closes in on ailing Intelsat satellite - SpaceNews

Startup using Soviet-era technology to build satellite servicing vehicle - SpaceNews

Op-ed | Advancing science through human-tended suborbital experiments on commercial vehicles - SpaceNews

Rock that fell from the sky over the UK could change our understanding of the solar system (msn.com)

China, Russia enter MoU on international lunar research station - SpaceNews

LPSC Paper 2344: Did ancient lunar volcanoes give it an atmosphere? And did water from that atmosphere become its polar ice?.PDF (usra.edu)

LPSC paper:2355: How well did the Moon's ancient atmosphere move water vapour?.PDF (usra.edu)

Space Force awards ULA, SpaceX contracts for four national security missions - SpaceNews

Gliese 486b is a Hellish World With Temperatures Above 700 Kelvin - Universe Today

Simulations of the Universe are Getting Better and Better at Matching Reality - Universe Today

Blue Origin to simulate lunar gravity on suborbital flights for NASA - SpaceNews

The Most Recent Volcanic Activity on the Moon? Just 100 Million Years ago - Universe Today

Cold gas pipelines feeding early, massive galaxies -- ScienceDaily

Apollo rock samples capture key moments in the Moon's early history -- ScienceDaily

Astrobotic reveals mission patch for first commercial moon landing | Space

This week, in space: Prices for ISS commercial use go up, SpaceX lands (and then explodes) a prototype, lunar mining ideas, and loads more...

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

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

Black and British Professionals in STEM

Skeptoid media

The Association for Science Education

The Smallpiece Trust

SATRO

Arkwright Engineering Scholarships

LabAid

The Space Foundation

Pick o' the podcasts:

Main Engine Cut-Off x 2:

Weekly Space Hangout:

Planetary Radio:

From the video store:

Aurora from Scotland:

SpaceX launches and lands its gigantic SN10 prototype rocket... 

...although it all goes a bit wrong during post-landing:

SpaceX successfully launches long-delayed Starlink L-17 mission - NASASpaceFlight.com

Rocket labs announces new, semi-reusable rocket, which CEO Beck literally eats his hat over...

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Earth from Space: Galápagos Islands - SpaceRef

Reading material:

Engineers Have Proposed The First Model For a Physically Possible Warp Drive (msn.com)

Mining Water and Metal From the Moon at the Same Time - Universe Today

NASA Invests in a Plan to Build Landing Pads and Other Structures on the Moon out of Regolith - Universe Today

The Mars Helicopter Could Charge up the Atmosphere Around Itself as it Flies - Universe Today

China's Super-Heavy Lift Rocket Will Carry 100 Tons to the Moon - Universe Today

For The First Time, A 'Space Hurricane' Has Been Detected Over The North Pole (sciencealert.com)

NASA hikes prices for commercial ISS users - SpaceNews (seems like an odd move to me)

Mission Commander Thrives as 'Space Gardener' (spacedaily.com)

Mount Etna's fiery eruptions seen from space (satellite photos) | Space

How rain falls on different worlds - Paper

Earth's position and orbit spurred ancient marine life extinction (phys.org)

Spacewalkers finish solar panel prep for station power boost (phys.org)

 

The story of polar aurora just got much bigger: Unknown magnetospheric mechanisms revealed (phys.org)