This week, off world: Seeding life with comets, modified gravity may be back in the running to explain dark matter, and loads more...

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ESA Highlights 2022

Sierra space: Tenacity:

Some of the most fascinating asteroids:

ESA's Copernicus satellites aid disaster response:

Ingenuity soars again on Mars! See flight 37 & 36 footage + stats

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Earth From Space: Fucino, Italy

Reading material:

NASA wants ideas to boost the Hubble Space Telescope into a higher orbit with private spaceships | Space

New Measurements of Galaxy Rotation Lean Towards Modified Gravity as an Explanation for Dark Matter - Universe Today

'Atmospheric river' hits US West Coast with as satellites watch | Space

We Could Spread Life to the Milky Way With Comets. But Should We? - Universe Today

Something weird is happening in Jupiter's atmosphere | Space

NeuralAgent and Miratlas jointly address atmospheric impediments to optical communications - SpaceNews

Vega C fails on second launch - SpaceNews

Laser links are great for satellite relay, but challenges abound for taking it to ground - SpaceNews

Omnibus includes budget increases for Office of Space Commerce and FAA commercial space office - SpaceNews

Virgin Orbit receives license for U.K. launch - SpaceNews

NASA's InSight lander sent this final photo before dying after 4 years studying Mars quakes, dust devils, and meteor impacts (msn.com)

Giant mantle plume reveals Mars is more active than previously thought -- ScienceDaily

This week, off world: China launches 7 space missions in 10 days, James Webb sees Titan and loads more...

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Orion splashes down to end Artemis 1 - SpaceNews

Scientists get first-ever sound recording of dust devils on Mars (phys.org)

Kuaizhou-11 launches VDES

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Ariane 5 launches triple satellite mission to geostationary transfer orbit - SpaceNews 

 

SpaceX launches first pair of O3b mPower satellites - SpaceNews

Falcon 9 launches ocean science mission for NASA and CNES - SpaceNews 

SpaceX launches, yep, more Starlink satellites:

China completes seventh space launch inside 10 days - SpaceNews

Dublin, Ireland | Earth from Space

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ThinkOrbital designing platform for in-space manufacturing, debris removal - SpaceNews

First African nations sign Artemis Accords - SpaceNews

NASA postpones spacewalk to support Soyuz investigation - SpaceNews

Quantum Space raises $15 million for cislunar spacecraft - SpaceNews

James Webb Space Telescope captures 'extraordinary' clouds in the atmosphere of Saturn's alien moon Titan (msn.com)

Dart: Asteroid deflection experiment boosted by debris - BBC News

Maxar Technologies acquired by private equity firm in $6.4 billion deal - SpaceNews

Historic first launch of Chinese private methane-fueled rocket ends in failure - SpaceNews

Quantum Space raises $15 million for cislunar spacecraft - SpaceNews

This week, off-world: NASA's huge solar sail mission, a Japanese billionaire reveals a crew to go around the Moon and loads more...

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T+235: Artemis I, 2022 Midterms (with Casey Dreier) - Main Engine Cut Off

203: 11 hours and 23 minutes with Dr. Chabot — Spacepod (listentospacepod.com)

From the video store:

Orion spacecraft’s return powered flyby of the Moon

...some issues it's had...

... and just a stunning view:

Japanese Billionaire Reveals His Round-the-Moon Crew (universetoday.com)

NASA Tests a Solar Sail Segment of its Enormous Solar Cruiser Mission - Universe Today

SpaceX launches first of three missions for OneWeb - NASASpaceFlight.com

NASA Wants to Build Landing Pads on the Moon - Universe Today

Stepping out for a walk and some DIY:

Smart Dragon-3 maiden launch (Jielong-3)

 

A big, green-blue, Geminid over San Antonio:

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The mind-blowing scale of supervoids:

 

Kilonova detected 

What is a quasi-star?

Coming soon: MTG The Next Generation

Strange Matter: So Stable it's Contagious

Fucino, Italy | Earth from Space

Reading material:

Elon Musk's Starlink to help strengthen internet in remote UK places - BBC News

Massive eruption from icy volcanic comet detected in solar system (msn.com)

'Dynamic Soaring' Trick Could Speed Spacecraft Across Interstellar Space (msn.com)

Lunar Volcanoes Are Far More Active Than Expected (msn.com)

Mysteriously bright flash is a black hole jet pointing straight toward Earth, astronomers say -- ScienceDaily

There's a Giant Magma Plume on Mars, Bulging the Surface out Across a Vast Region - Universe Today

NDAA compromise bill wants more focus on satellite protection, responsive launch - SpaceNews

Dawn Aerospace raises $20 million for propulsion and spaceplane work - SpaceNews

Astronomers Have Found Two Temperate Super-Earths Orbiting a Nearby Red Dwarf - Universe Today

This week, off world: Artemis 1 heads for home, air breathing ion engines, the eruption of the Earth's largest volcano from space and loads more...

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Spacewalkers install rollout solar array outside space station

Artemis 1 cubesats: The 10 tiny satellites hitching a NASA ride to the moon | Space

Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft leaves moon's orbit to head home | Space

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Moon occults Mars, giant planets and more in Dec. 2022 skywatching:

SpaceX CRS-26 Dragon docking:

Artemis 1 sees Earth and Moon from record breaking distance:

Satellites watch world's largest volcano erupt in Hawaii (photos) | Space

China finishing busy Space station year with Shenzhou-15 - NASASpaceFlight.com 

China fires up 'domestically-developed' reusable rocket engine for 1st time (no sound):

James Webb Space Telescope view of Saturn's weirdest moon Titan thrills scientists | Space

Central Peak of the Aristarchus Crater: 

The moraines of Malaspina | Earth from Space

Big fireball streaks across skies over at least 12 US states, Canada:

Reading material:

Air-Breathing ion Engines can Continuously Boost Spacecraft Anywhere There's an Atmosphere - Universe Today

China has 6 astronauts in space for the 1st time | Space

Meteorites reveal how they brought space water to Earth | Space

Rocket Lab launches subsidiary focused on national security market - SpaceNews

SpaceX rolls out new business line focused on military satellite services - SpaceNews

Space Force establishes component at U.S. Central Command - SpaceNews

The next and most profound industrial revolution in human history is underway in Low Earth Orbit - SpaceNews

OneWeb aims to deploy a record 40 satellites in SpaceX mission - SpaceNews

FCC grants partial approval for Starlink second-generation constellation - SpaceNews