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

Reading material:

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)