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

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From the video store:

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

Watch an alien planet orbit its star:

Reading material:

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