This week, off world: Rocket Lab launches high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite, Blue Ghost moon lander flies closer to the lunar surface and loads more...

   

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Pick o' the podcasts:

From the video store:

Blastoff! Rocket Lab launches high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite

Archive: Apollo 15 - Lonely rover camera takes its last photos

Lowlight Camera Captures 15 Starlink Satellites passing by Comet Atlas all in a row

4K video of Dubai. Filmed from space by Sen's cameras on the International Space Station

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Lightning filmed from space by Sen's 4K cameras ⚡

JWST Captures Space in Motion

Blue Ghost moon lander lowers its orbit to fly closer to the lunar surface (video) | Space

Reading material:

Musk and Trump repeat inaccurate claims about Starliner astronauts - SpaceNews

Report: Space Force strategy, resources insufficient to counter China - SpaceNews

Now more expensive: the role of government tariffs in spacecraft supply - SpaceNews

Trump orders $50 billion cut from 2026 defense budget, shields ‘Iron Dome’ initiative - SpaceNews

Airbus secures UK defence deal for revolutionary radar satellites

"Stranded" NASA astronaut on International Space Station photographed from Earth in world first

CanSat: A tiny, can-sized, Raspberry Pi-powered satellite - Raspberry Pi

Rockets made in Lanarkshire should reach space next year, company says

1 million 'interstellar objects' — each larger than the Statue of Liberty — may lurk in the outer solar system | Live Science

OQ Technology gets EU funds to accelerate direct-to-smartphone efforts - SpaceNews

War and space: The effect of Russian aggression in Georgia and Ukraine on its space ambitions - SpaceNews

Calculating the energy requirements for using moon dust to create rocket fuel

Life on Mars? It probably looks like something you'd find in your stomach

Cosmic radiation from supernova altered virus evolution in Africa, study suggests

NASA sends experiment to space to study antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Leaving Pluto in the dust: New Horizons probe gearing up for epic crossing of 'termination shock' | Space

Advancing In-Orbit Servicing: Astroscale’s Role in ESA’s CAT IOD Mission - Astroscale