This week off world: The biggest geomagnetic storm for 6 years, Rocket Lab looks to re-use boosters that splash down, and loads more...

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Rocket Lab launches BlackSky sats, test Electron ocean recovery - NASASpaceFlight.com

Huge solar tornado as tall as 14 Earths hurls plasma cloud into space (video) | Space

Amateurs tracking a Falcon 9:

SpaceX deploys SES-18 and SES-19 deployment

....and then launches more Starlink satellites:

Earth Space View: Nile River (S shape) & Red Sea, from ISS

Spectacular SpaceX video shows Earth in blackness of space | Space

Kuaizhou-1A launches four Tianmu-1 satellites

Relativity Space's 3D-printed rocket fails to reach orbit on historic test flight | Space

The Smallest Rocket - The SS-520-5

Reading material:

No hope of UK rocket launch until 2024 after Virgin Orbit failure (msn.com)

Key molecule found in all living beings detected in near-Earth asteroid (msn.com)

Private Japanese moon lander reaches lunar orbit | Space

Space dust could carry alien life across the galaxy | Space

This week, off world: New Horizons mission looks for a new target, exploring Venus with a fleet of balloons and loads more...

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The Best Way to Learn About Venus Could Be With a Fleet of Balloons - Universe Today

Cargo Dragon CRS-27 docks with ISS - NASASpaceFlight.com

 

...and SpaceX launches another fleet of Starlink satellites  

Rocketlab launches 'stronger together' mission:

Don’t Drop your Tools in Space

Long March-2C launches Horus-2

Long March-3B launches Gaofen-13 02

Reading material:

The Latest from New Horizons (centauri-dreams.org)

Venus is ‘geologically active’, revolutionary new evidence suggests (msn.com)

Telescope on moon's far side will probe universe's 'Dark Ages' | Space

Nasa’s James Webb telescope captures image of star on verge of going supernova (msn.com)

What is the U.S. Space Force and what does it do? (msn.com)

Canadian military orders space surveillance micro satellite - SpaceNews

NASA study assesses costs and benefits of orbital debris removal - SpaceNews

Images: 10 incredible volcanoes in our solar system (msn.com)

U.S. Space Force budget hits $30 billion in 2024 proposal - SpaceNews

Space Force: We expect to see ‘interfering, blinding’ of satellites during conflict - SpaceNews

Firefly wins second NASA CLPS mission - SpaceNews

NanoAvionics to build three more NB-IoT satellites for OQ Technology - SpaceNews

Voyager Space acquires ZIN Technologies to support Starlab development - SpaceNews

LEO constellations are starting to disrupt GEO capacity contracts - SpaceNews

Getting real about space business models - SpaceNews

This week, off world: Lonestar looks to the Moon as a data storage & recovery station, satellites see Antarctic sea ice hit a record low, and loads more...

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Russian filmmakers release trailer for first ever feature-length movie filmed in space (msn.com) 

A Supercut of Hilarious Astronaut Falls during Apollo Moonwalk

Bubbles in Space: Zero Gravity Experiment You Have to See 

Amazing Blue Jet Over Texas !

See SpaceX deploy 'V2 mini' satellites for 1st time in amazing view from space...

....then SpaceX launches 40 OneWeb internet satellites, lands rocket | Space

Exploring Venus with NASA's DAVINCI misison, includes descent probe!

Japan Joins the Stratospheric Balloon Tourism Race (universetoday.com)

Reading material:

Antarctic sea ice hits record low, satellites reveal | Space

NASA scientists push for a treaty to tackle risky 'space junk' | Space

Asteroids may have gotten life building blocks from interstellar clouds | Space

Japanese lunar lander company ispace to go public - SpaceNews 

X-rays reveal how 450-year-old Tycho supernova became a giant cosmic particle accelerator (msn.com)

Bright new comet discovered zooming toward the sun could outshine the stars next year | Space

SpaceX Crew-7, Crew-8 will launch Russian astronauts as well | Space

NASA's Curiosity Rover sees dazzling 'sun rays' over Mars | Space

Lonestar raises $5 million for lunar data centers - SpaceNews

ISS dodges commercial imaging satellite - SpaceNews

Starfish Space raises $14 million for in-orbit servicers - SpaceNews

U.S. Space Force game plan: Compete with China, prevent shooting war in orbit - SpaceNews

U.S. intelligence report: China’s commercial space sector to become global competitor by 2030 - SpaceNews

Tesat-Spacecom establishes U.S. subsidiary - SpaceNews

This week, off world: NASA's DART mission proves it can move asteroids, Chinese spacecraft examines GEO satellites, and loads more...

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Replacement Soyuz arrives at space station - SpaceNews

Long March-2C launches Horus-1

SpaceX launches first Starlink v2 satellites to orbit - NASASpaceFlight.com

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Sun erupts with powerful X2-class flare, NASA spacecraft sees it: 

Moment fireball lights up sky over Japan (msn.com)

A Very Young Star is Forming Near the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole - Universe Today

The first combustion experiment onboard the China Space Station:

Reading material:

Striking satellite images reveal beauty and danger of algal blooms (msn.com)

Satellite pictures claim to show elite Russian unit 'destroyed' around Vuhledar (msn.com)

Chinese spacecraft has been eyeing US satellites high above Earth | Space

NASA astronaut snaps gorgeous photo of auroras from space station | Space

The US vs USSR U-2 incident and more: the shadowy role spy planes and satellites play (msn.com)

Space Force looks to energize industry with next round of launch contracts - SpaceNews

Bullitt unveils satellite-enabled Android smartphones - SpaceNews

New Chinese commercial spaceport to host first launch next year - SpaceNews

NASA plans to start work this year on first Gateway logistics mission - SpaceNews

Secretive military space agency stepping out of the shadows - SpaceNews

Does the moon need its own time zone? We may need to decide soon | Space

Hubble sees odd changes in asteroid dust after DART spacecraft smash | Space

ULA's Vulcan Centaur rocket is flying for the first time in May (spacedaily.com)

Arianespace says faulty carbon component to blame for failed satellite launch (msn.com)

Euclid spacecraft prepares to probe universe's dark mysteries (spacedaily.com)

NASA’s DART mission proves it can save the planet from killer asteroids (msn.com)

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft remains in safe mode after IMU issue (marsdaily.com)

The effects of Aurora Borealis on energy grids with the addition of renewables (spacedaily.com)