This week, off world: Space junk rendezvous mission, methane from salt layers on Mars and loads more...

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China launches 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station on Shenzhou 18 mission (video) | Space

 

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Rocket Lab launches new NASA solar sail tech toward orbit (video, photos) | Space

 

Four simultaneous flares on the Sun:

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites, aces 300th rocket landing (photos) | Space

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Wow! Private space-junk probe snaps historic photo of discarded rocket in orbit | Space

US Space Force picks Rocket Lab for 2025 Victus Haze space domain awareness mission | Space

Curiosity rover may be 'burping' methane out of Mars' subsurface | Space

China’s Tiangong space station damaged by debris strike: report | Space

ClearSpace Debris Removal Mission Passes Key Milestone - European Spaceflight

Lift-off! Green light for Scottish spaceport – and seven rocket companies line up to use it (msn.com)

Rocket Lab to refly reusable Electron boosters rivaling SpaceX, China (interestingengineering.com)

Satellite images show tent compound under construction in Khan Younis ahead of possible Rafah op | The Times of Israel

Mutated, drug-resistant bacteria found on International Space Station (qz.com)

Satellite image analyzed by AP shows damage after Iranian attack on Israeli desert air base | The Independent

China launches second Yaogan-42 reconnaissance satellite - SpaceNews

This week, off world: Space delivery, Delta heavy's last launch, ISS space junk hits Florida home and loads more...

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Here comes Chinese Long March-3B rocket debris crashing back to earth

SpaceX Starlink 152 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 5 April 2024

SpaceX Bandwagon-1 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Sierra Space Ghost: The Future Space Delivery System

Blastoff! SpaceX launches new Starlink batch from Florida

Delta IV Heavy NROL-70 Rocket Cam

Reading material:

China to leverage growing commercial space sector to launch megaconstellations - SpaceNews

Astroscale’s ADRAS-J mission enters next phase - SpaceNews

Sierra Space wants to drop cargo from orbit to anywhere on Earth in 90 minutes | Space

SpaceX to Light Up Starlink on Upcoming Private Space Station (pcmag.com)

Startup to build massive stadium-sized inflatable space stations - Interesting Engineering

3D Bioprinting and CubeSats Top Tuesday’s Science Schedule – Space Station (nasa.gov)

Space Force funds development of satellite refueling spacecraft - Interesting Engineering

Secrets of Winchcombe meteorite’s brutal space journey revealed in new analysis (msn.com)

Object that slammed into Florida home was indeed space junk from ISS, NASA confirms | Space

This week, off world: New lunar rover for Artemis astronauts, a time zone for the Moon, Ukraine conflict monitored by satellites and loads more...

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SpaceX launches Eutelsat 36D satellite in first of 3 planned launches in 5 hours, nails landing

3D Galaxy Size Comparison [4K] Animation | 3D Universe Size Comparison

A Robot Hopper to Explore the Moon's Dangerous Terrain - Universe Today

Reading material:

Satellite Images Show Russia Trying to Protect Warships From Ukraine (businessinsider.com)

White House wants Moon to have its own time zone - BBC News

NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes 1st-of-its-kind observation within a coronal mass ejection | Space

Russia, China catching up to U.S. in space weaponry, new report finds - SpaceNews

China launches first of a new series of Yaogan reconnaissance satellites - SpaceNews

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket photobombs the moon in incredible award-winning shot (msn.com)

NASA VIPER Robotic Moon Rover Team Raises Its Mighty Mast - NASA

Thousands of strange white rocks found on Mars. Will they ever be brought to Earth? | Space

NASA picks 3 companies to design lunar rover for Artemis astronauts to drive on the moon | Space

The world's largest digital camera is ready to investigate the dark universe | Space

Scout Space eyes military customers for space domain awareness sensor - SpaceNews

Kratos demonstrates satellite internet tech for U.S. Army - SpaceNews