Off world, over Christmas & New Year: Record breaking spacewalk, a newly discovered Martian volcano and loads more....

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  Pick o' the podcasts:

225: A newly discovered Martian volcano with Dr. Lee — Spacepod

2025 AI, space industry outlooks: Market Domination Overtime

 

From the video store:

SpaDex (that's not a typo) launch: 

SpaceX's last Starlink launch of 2024: 

Animals Reacting to Zero Gravity - YouTube

 

Shenzhou-19 astronauts complete first spacewalk

From GOES to GeoXO: Past Highlights to Future Horizons

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Reading material:

2025 will be a year of slow but steady progress for climate monitoring satellites - SpaceNews

EU launches €10bn space programme to rival Musk’s Starlink | Aerospace industry | The Guardian

Will 2025 be the year of Starship? SpaceX's megarocket is growing up. | Space

A New Mission Watches Meteoroids Hit the Far Side of the Moon - Universe Today