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Friday 27 January 2023

This week, off world: Plasma engines can provide 5x the expected thrust, Chinese new year in space, and loads more...

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Pick o' the podcasts:




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What happened to the Apollo 12 booster? A surprising journey...


Chinese new year in space:



NASA and DARPA-developed nuclear thermal rocket engine could be tested in few years  


Guess what? More Starlink satellites going up....


A closer look at Orbital Reef:


Space weather on the Moon:


This Toxic Liquid Telescope from the 1850s Is Finally Useful



Reading material:


Arrakhis: the tiny satellite aiming to reveal what dark matter is made of | Space


China's lunar rover beams back new images from far side of moon - CGTN


Ingenuity's 40th flight on Mars tracks a rocky road (marsdaily.com)










Saturday 21 January 2023

This week, off world: SpaceX is launching stuff at a 'ludicrous' rate, light pollution woes, how to grow structures on Mars and loads more...

 Here’s where you can donate to help Ukrainian refugees and war victims 

  



Pick o' the podcasts:



204: Light Pollution with Kelly Beatty — Spacepod (listentospacepod.com)








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SpaceX launches United States Space Force mission 67:



SpaceX launches sixth next-generation GPS satellite - NASASpaceFlight.com


SpaceX Starlink 68 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing



Orbital resonance


Spacewalk begins to prep space station for new solar arrays



Reading material:


Light Pollution is Obscuring the Night Sky. RIP Stargazing - Universe Today


Friday 13 January 2023

This week, off world: The Sun gets hyperactive, Virgin Orbit's first UK launch fails just short of orbit, and loads more...

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First Virgin Orbit U.K. launch fails - SpaceNews


See SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule move away from space station after undocking


Hyperactive Sunspot turns towards us:



Aftermath of the Biggest Explosion Ever Caught on Camera | Shoemaker-Levy 9


SpaceX launches 114 satellites, lands rocket in landmark 200th flight | Space

 


What an Astronaut needs to know:


Dublin, Ireland | Earth from Space



Reading material:


Ukraine war: Soledar devastation revealed in satellite images - BBC News


Chinese moon mission's sample haul includes exotic volcanic rocks | Space


Virgin Orbit fails on first mission from the UK with Start Me Up - NASASpaceFlight.com


List of first UK space satellites, the firms behind them and what they're for (msn.com)


Are Chemical Rockets or Solar Sails Better to Return Resources from Asteroids? - Universe Today


Is Space Power a Good Idea? A new Spacecraft is Going to Find Out! - Universe Today


NASA's TESS discovers planetary system's second Earth-size world (phys.org)












Saturday 7 January 2023

I haz bug...

 Apologies folks, my whole family is down with flu, and right now it's keeping myself coherent enough to look after the little 'uns as first priority - I'll be back as soon as I have any focus to finish the current WIP post.