This week in space: Blue Origin flies science payloads, rocket launch from Scotland, China looks at kilometer scale space stations, and loads more...

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Blue Origin flies science payloads

SpaceX launches Dragon cargo capsule to space station, nails rocket landing at sea | Space

Rocket launches begin from Scotland's Western Isles ahead of planned spaceport opening (msn.com)

Soar with Dawn Aerospace's space plane on its 1st-ever test flights (video) | Space

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Planet Aqua

Artificial gravity?

A tour of node 2 on the ISS:

Reading material:

China researching challenges of kilometer-scale ultra-large spacecraft - SpaceNews

Landsat 9 Prepared For Launch - SpaceRef

Astra rocket fails to reach space during test launch for US military | Space

Moon-in-a-jar recreates the hazy atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's largest moon | Space

Scientists puzzling out secrets of Venus' 30-year-old 'Giant Dark Cloud' | Space

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Blue Origin flies science payloads

SpaceX launches Dragon cargo capsule to space station, nails rocket landing at sea | Space

Rocket launches from Scotland's Western Isles ahead of planned spaceport opening (msn.com)

Soar with Dawn Aerospace's space plane on its 1st-ever test flights (video) | Space

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Planet Aqua

Artificial gravity?

Reading material:

China researching challenges of kilometer-scale ultra-large spacecraft - SpaceNews

Landsat 9 Prepared For Launch - SpaceRef

Astra rocket fails to reach space during test launch for US military | Space

Moon-in-a-jar recreates the hazy atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's largest moon | Space

Scientists puzzling out secrets of Venus' 30-year-old 'Giant Dark Cloud' | Space

This week in space: Mars' moon Deimos, Taikonauts go on an EVA, Chinese military satellite is damaged in a collision, and loads more...

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Perseverance rover spots tiny Mars moon Deimos

Arianespace Soyuz rocket launches OneWeb satellites

Vega launches second Pléiades Neo imaging satellite - SpaceNews

MLM module tour:

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This Week at NASA - Landsat 9 and More - SpaceRef

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Chinese astronauts out of spacecraft for second time EVA (spacedaily.com)

Chinese military satellite damaged by Soviet rocket is the ‘first major orbital collision in a decade’ (msn.com)

Satellite reveals before-and-after images of historic megadrought on Colorado River (msn.com)

Wildfires Ravage The Greek island Of Evia - SpaceRef

Green Seaweed In The Yellow Sea - SpaceRef

SpaceX superheavy rocket seen by satellites

GAO report details rejection of HLS protests - SpaceNews

A technique to predict radiation risk during ISS Missions (spacedaily.com)

Planetary scientists find evidence of solar-driven change on the Moon (moondaily.com)

This week in space: Mars by nuclear power, mining metal and oxygen on the Moon, ESA flies past Venus and loads more...

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S.S. Ellison Onizuka Cygnus mission launches safely to ISS - NASASpaceFlight.com

India's GSLV fails on long-delayed EOS-03 mission - NASASpaceFlight.com

NASA test fires SLS engine:

How SpaceX designed a heat shield for Starship:

NASA Weekly ISS Space to Ground Report for 13 August, 2021 - SpaceRef

ESA - Sights and sounds of a Venus flyby

ESA - Earth from space: Tarso Toussidé

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Oxygen And Metal Powder Extracted From Moonrocks - SpaceRef

Satellites Reveal How Forests Increase Clouds And Cool Climate - SpaceRef

Satellite photos show Dixie Fire's devastation to California town in before-and-after views | Space

Martian crust could sustain life through radiation | Space

SpaceX's 1st private astronaut mission, Inspiration4, is just one month from launching into history | Space

NASA says Russian media allegations US astronaut drilled hole in ISS 'not credible' (spacedaily.com)

Purdue-designed heat transfer experiment arrives at International Space Station (spacedaily.com)

This week in space: The tallest rocket ever, a huge man-made shooting star, details of a Russian movie to be shot in space and loads more...

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Astronaut captures sparkling 'shooting star' video as Russian space station module falls to Earth | Space

NASA Weekly ISS Space to Ground Report for 6 August, 2021

 

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SpaceX's Starship becomes the tallest rocket ever 

 

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NASA identifies likely locations of the early molten Moon's deep secrets 

New details of Russian “movie in space” emerge as producers seek funding - SpaceNews

Bullying and harassment in astronomy and astrophysics

Op-ed | China’s Success in Space Calls for Caution in Pursuing a New Treaty for Outer Space - SpaceNews

Moon mantle mystery may shed light on habitable planet evolution | Space

SpaceX lifts huge Super Heavy rocket onto launch stand (photos) | Space

Modern civilization would be lost without GPS - SpaceNews