This week, off world: NASA aims to launch a mission to refuel and repair satellites, 3D printing antenna in space and loads more....

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A tour of Starliner...

...which undocks to come home...

... and lands:

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Mars helicopter flies over rover tracks:

Satellites could 3D print their own antenna:

China launches experimental communications satellites:

SpaceX launches 59 small satellites, lands rocket back on Earth | Space

The Earth gives out a mysterious magnetic wave every 7 years:

Reading material:

NASA is Building a Mission That Will Refuel and Repair Satellites in Orbit - Universe Today

The Moon’s Ancient Volcanoes Could Have Created Ice Sheets Dozens of Meters Thick - Universe Today

Spacesuits are Leaking Water and NASA is Holding off any Spacewalks Until They can Solve the Problem - Universe Today

SpaceX moon and sunrise Starlink satellite launch photos | Space

The Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES) Could Detect Exoplanets Within a few Dozen Light-Years of Earth Using Astrometry - Universe Today

General Dynamics wins ground systems contract for Space Development Agency's megaconstellation - SpaceNews

Ball and Raytheon to develop NOAA ocean sensors - SpaceNews

Starlink approved in Nigeria and Mozambique, says Elon Musk - SpaceNews

China targets permanently shadowed regions at lunar south pole - SpaceNews

Astroscale gets funds for 2024 debris-removal mission - SpaceNews

Space Force rolls out cybersecurity standards for commercial providers of satellite services - SpaceNews

This week, off world: Starliner heads to the ISS, a growing sunspot sparks and flares, China's new lunar program and loads more...

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Starliner OFT-2 launch makes it to orbit, heading to ISS - NASASpaceFlight.com

The spiders of Mars:

Lunar eclipse:

Top 5 astrophysicist's targets for JWST:

Watch sunspot AR3014 get huge and incredibly complex in just 24 hrs:

 

Sun's mysterious pole and a 'solar hedgehog' revealed in closest-ever images of the sun | Space

SpaceX launches Starlink 4-18, third Starlink mission in five days - NASASpaceFlight.com

Reading material:

U.S. Space Force sees future demand for surveillance beyond Earth orbit - SpaceNews

Spacecom plots maritime expansion after netting first customer - SpaceNews

Launcher announces customers for first Orbiter space tug mission - SpaceNews

China has a new Human Lunar Space Program, With Plans for Landers, Orbiters, Rovers, and a Lunar Base - Universe Today

New 'Asteroid Rush' doc looks at peril and promise of space rocks (exclusive sneak peek) | Space

Voyager 1 glitch? NASA working to understand strange data from venerable probe | Space

This week, off world: Plants grown on lunar soil, SpaceX launches 2500th Starlink satellite, first images of our monster black hole and loads more...

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Watch a SpinLaunch test payload soar with on-board camera

Mars, enhanced

The Tonga Eruption Reached Space! - Universe Today

Black hole: First picture of Milky Way monster - BBC News

SpaceX launches 2,500th Starlink satellite in third back-to-back mission - NASASpaceFlight.com

... and another 24 hrs later

Western Isles angler catches fireball meteor in video - BBC News

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Earth from Space - Arc de Triomphe, Paris - SpaceRef

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Moon soil used to grow plants for first time in breakthrough test - BBC News

Ancient microorganisms found in halite may have implications for search for life (phys.org)

Tianzhou-4 cargo craft docks with Chinese space station - SpaceNews

National Reconnaissance Office partners with U.K. on space mission to fly on Virgin Orbit rocket - SpaceNews

Astra to launch from U.K. spaceport - SpaceNews

Mars' Carbon Dioxide Glaciers are on the Move - Universe Today

Astronaut Jessica Watkins Floats Above the Earth in the Space Station's Cupola - Universe Today

Extended Trips to Space Alter the Brains of Astronauts - Universe Today

Spire Global adding high-capacity Ku-band antennas to satellites - SpaceNews

Orbex unveils prototype of rocket preparing for UK’s first vertical launch - SpaceNews

Maxar eyes customers for mobile terminals that downlink satellite imagery in the field - SpaceNews

Globalstar agrees terms with “global customer” for terrestrial connectivity - SpaceNews

China Announces Its New Flagship Space Telescope Mission - Universe Today

CACI to launch experimental satellite to demonstrate alternative to GPS navigation - SpaceNews

Webb is Almost Ready. There's One Last Thing To Do - Universe Today

Canada's Criminal Laws now Extend to Earth Orbit and the Moon - Universe Today

As U.S. blames Russia for KA-SAT hack, Starlink sees growing threat - SpaceNews

Space Force general: Commercial satellite internet in Ukraine showing power of megaconstellations - SpaceNews

Blue Origin targets May 20 for next space tourist launch | Space

Satellites watch devastating fires blaze across northern New Mexico | Space

This week off world: How the war in Ukraine has changed space, Rocket Labs catches a booster, the Sun erupts and loads more...

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Rocket Lab Uses Copter to Catch (and Release) a Rocket (universetoday.com)

Yet another re-useable booster launch and landing from SpaceX

The Sun erupts an X1.1 flare

Dust storm and wildfires seen from space - BBC News

Reading material:

In-space manufacturing could help humanity fight climate change, startup says | Space

Experiments measure freezing point of extraterrestrial oceans to aid search for life (phys.org)

Space Force selects 125 industry proposals for on-orbit servicing technologies - SpaceNews

Calvelli to assume duties as U.S. Air Force’s space acquisition executive - SpaceNews

Astroscale debris-removal demo makes close approach despite thruster issues - SpaceNews

DARPA moving forward with development of nuclear powered spacecraft - SpaceNews