This week, off world: China and SpaceX have busy launch weeks, NASA and DARPA aim to launch nuclear rocket by 2026 and loads more...

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

...and here is (one) place you can donate to help children in Afghanistan, caught under the Taliban.

   

Pick o' the podcasts:

From the video store

Webb and Gaia welcome Euclid to L2:

China launches rockets on back-to-back days, 6 satellites lofted:

Pair of Chinese launches put flat-panel satellite, new spy sats in orbit - SpaceNews:

SpaceX launches, yup, another Starlink Mission:

SpaceX Starlink 95 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 28 July 2023:

SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites from Florida, nails landing:

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Reading material:

NASA, DARPA to launch nuclear rocket to orbit by early 2026 | Space

China details next generation crew launcher; Venezuela joins the Lunar base - NASASpaceFlight.com

Space Force releases NSSL phase three second draft - NASASpaceFlight.com

Spire to devise GNSS-independent aircraft tracking satellites for ESA - SpaceNews

NASA selects companies to advance lunar power and other technologies - SpaceNews

Space Force to further define details of a ‘commercial space reserve’ - SpaceNews

Need To Image An Asteroid Close Up? There's an AMIGO For That. - Universe Today

Falcon Heavy seen from space with satellite operated by company who built satellite launching on Falcon Heavy | Space

Argentina signs Artemis Accords - SpaceNews

This week, off world: Rocket Lab makes the next step towards re-using its rockets, the Sun blasts out radiation storms and loads more...

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

...and here is (one) place you can donate to help children in Afghanistan, caught under the Taliban.

   

Pick o' the pods:

 

From the video store:

China launches 4 commercial weather satellites to orbit (video) | Space 

Electron launches seven smallsats in latest step towards reusability - SpaceNews

India's Moon mission: Watch as Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft launches - BBC News

Striking lightning from 36 000 km away

SpaceX launches ESA's Euclid Telescope to explore the dark universe - NASASpaceFlight.com

Movement In And Around Sunspot 3354 (spaceweathergallery2.com)

A Satellite is Now Continuously Watching Lightning Strikes in Europe - Universe Today

NASA Artemis DIMPLE Instrument Suite to Explore Moon's Mysterious Volcanic Features - Universe Today

SpaceX launches 15 satellites:

Reading material:

First known Boomerang Meteorite? This Space Rock Might Have Come From... Earth | IFLScience

ESA - Lunar solar power satellite

Space Force wants 'Foo Fighter' satellites to track hypersonic missiles | Space

Longshot Space wants to make space launch dumb — and really cheap | TechCrunch

China's methane-fueled rocket achieves global first with successful orbital insertion (spacedaily.com)

New satellite images show unidentifiable shapes at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant | World News | Sky News

Rocket Lab to boost Synspective's satellite constellation with more launches (spacedaily.com)

Astronomers discover ‘shooting stars’ on the Sun (msn.com)

Asteroid Attack On Russia! US Could Be Developing 'Celestial Weapons' To Strike The Country - Russian Expert (eurasiantimes.com)

NASA to add fourth pair of roll-out arrays to ISS - SpaceNews

Defense Innovation Unit solicits proposals for cargo delivery to and from space - SpaceNews

ESA - Europe-wide space-enabled aviation approaches take off

Perseverance Finds a Wealth of Organic Materials on Mars - Universe Today

We Could Get Large Amounts of Water From the Moon by Directing the Sun At It - Universe Today

Hey folks...

... I'm off on my holidays and so, while I may drop the occasional quick post, I'll mainly be going quiet for the next 12 days - see you all in 13 days!