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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From the video store:

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)

Space Florida: $5.9 Billion Economic Impact on Florida’s Economy - SpaceRef

Thales Alenia Space And Partners Sign Contract With European Space Agency For TeQuantS Quantum Satellite Communications Project - SpaceRef

James Webb Space Telescope Identifies Origins Of Icy Building Blocks Of Life - SpaceRef

A Novel Propulsion System Would Hurl Hypervelocity Pellets at a Spacecraft to Speed it up - Universe Today

Astrobotic completes Peregrine testing - SpaceNews

Spaceflight books dedicated Isar Aerospace launch in 2026 - SpaceNews

Plasma thrusters used on satellites could be much more powerful than previously believed (phys.org)