This week, off world: Karaoke in space, Japan lands on the Moon, and loads more...

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Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) 4.0

Ax-3 crew enters space station after SpaceX Dragon docking

The crew of the Tiangong space station karaoke in their down time, and I am entirely here for the idea. If by any chance they read this: Would you consider doing a broadcast karaoke session, perhaps in tandem with the ISS crew, if willing?

Full-scale Sierra Space inflatable habitat explained - Watch it burst in test!

Reading material:

Venus’ Clouds Contain Sulfuric Acid. That’s Not a Problem for Life. - Universe Today

Albedo raises $35 million for commercial very low Earth orbit constellation - SpaceNews

Final Update for Peregrine Mission One | Astrobotic

Iran conducts satellite launch as the West maintain concerns over ballistic missile capabilities (msn.com)

Guetlein calls for a change in culture in 'responsive space' - SpaceNews

Zeno to recycle decades-old radioactive material to fuel its radioisotope power systems - SpaceNews

Northrop charges on lunar Gateway module program reach $100 million - SpaceNews

Satellites and the specter of IoT attacks - SpaceNews

Lockheed Martin, Boeing win contracts to design U.S. military narrowband communications satellites - SpaceNews

Europe sets up space finance taskforce - SpaceNews

This week, off world: Another private space mission to the ISS, Japan lands robots on the Moon (with a snag) and loads more...

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Japan lands a robot probe on the Moon... though there may be a snag...

SpaceX launches private Ax-3 astronaut mission to space station | Space

Tianzhou-7 launch

Tianzhou-6 undocking

Geosynchronous Orbits are WEIRD: 

First ever space-to-Earth solar power mission succeeds | The Independent

The Satellite Orbit Tier List:

Reading material:

Satellites watch Iceland volcano spew lava towards fishing village (photo) | Space

Plasma Environment, Radiation, Structure, and Evolution of the Uranian System (PERSEUS): A Proposal for a Mission to Uranaus | Space Science Reviews (springer.com)

9 out-of-this-world images of Earth taken by Landsat satellites (msn.com)

The moon once had way more water than we ever imagined, lunar meteorite reveals | Space

Space Development Agency awards contracts worth $2.5 billion for missile-tracking satellites - SpaceNews

SpaceX testing ruggedized terminals for self-driving tractors - SpaceNews

Reflectors in Space Could Make Solar Power More Effective - Universe Today

Viasat showcases navigation capability the UK lost after Brexit - SpaceNews

Water ice buried at Mars' equator is over 2 miles thick | Space

NASA moon orbiter beams laser off Indian lunar lander in historic 1st | Space

This week, off world: The world's most capable SRB takes flight, Vulcan succeeds in it's first launch 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.

    

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Gravity-1 first launch

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Einstein Probe launch

Building Satellites At Scale

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on 3rd mission of 2024, nails landing

REAL TIME - Artemis 1 Orion Re-Entry

Vulcan Centaur rocket launches private lander to the moon on 1st mission | Space

Europe's future of space travel

Record setting SpaceX booster lost at sea:

Peregrine lunar lander would have taken 10 to 60 days to reach moon - why?

Japan Launches Rocket Carrying Intelligence Satellite | Watch (msn.com)

Reading material:

Astrobotic gets payloads working on ailing Peregrine lander - SpaceNews

D-Orbit raises $110 million to expand space logistics services - SpaceNews

NASA Selects Bold Proposal to "Swarm" Proxima Centauri with Tiny Probes - Universe Today

Greener plants can tell when a volcano is about to erupt (interestingengineering.com)

Man captures moment he speaks to astronaut after making contact with space station using homemade device (unilad.com)

NASA adds funding to Blue Origin and Voyager Space commercial space station agreements - SpaceNews

Space Force wargames potential satellite refueling plans - SpaceNews

Strike on Crimea: Satellite image reveals consequences (msn.com)