This week, off world: Artemis 1 loops around the Moon, China to use space station to test space-based solar power and loads more...

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Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft flies past Apollo 13 record distance | Space 

Followed by an update and new images...

Earth's other moons:

SpaceX dodges weather to launch Eutelsat-10B...

...and launches science, solar arrays to International Space Station 

Earth From Space - Zaragoza, Spain

Reading material:

China to use space station to test space-based solar power - SpaceNews

ESA secures 16.9 billion euros at ministerial - SpaceNews

Hungary to spend $100 million on private astronaut mission to ISS - SpaceNews

ESA mulls Solaris plan to beam solar energy from space - BBC News

France, Germany and Italy sign agreement on launch vehicle development - SpaceNews

MISSION 29P – A comet that flares, fades, and flares again – British Astronomical Association (britastro.org)

This week, off world: After 17 years SLS lifts off with Artemis 1, Dreamchaser, Space Rider, and Space Perspectives make progress - and loads more...

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Artemis 1 moon mission heads for lunar orbit after crucial burn | Space / Artemis I is On Its Way to the Moon - Universe Today

Europe is Building a Communications Network Around the Moon - Universe Today

Dream Chaser Spaceplane Nears Flight Readiness| Sierra Space

ESA - Space Rider

 

What Rosetta-Philae Discovered on a Visitor from the Edge of the Solar System

Watch a 'solar snake' slither across the sun in orbiter view:

Mineral remains of ancient salty water on Mars

Antares rocket launches ovarian cells and ISS experiments for NASA | Space

SpaceX CRS-26 mission to space station - Science payloads explained:

56 Miles (90 km) Above Earth - Successful Amateur Rocket Launch:

See SpaceX deploy 'Galaxy' satellites in amazing view from space:

See Tropical Storm Nicole from space as it approaches Florida in time-lapse:

The Solar System, through the telescope of JW Astronomy:

Amateurs tracking a Falcon 9 launch:

 

Atlas V JPSS-2 / LOFTID Launch Highlights:

Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt | Earth from Space:

Reading material:

Check Out the Journey From Raw Data to Beautiful Image - Universe Today:

X-37B space plane completes its sixth mission, lands after nearly 30 months in orbit - SpaceNews:

One Total Lunar Eclipse Photo to Rule Them All - Universe Today

A composite image from this morning's eclipse showing the moon in various stages throughout the night. The size and shape of Earth's shadow is clearly visible here. These events are absolutely magical to witness and quite surreal. pic.twitter.com/mbakrEyCYl

— Andrew McCarthy (@AJamesMcCarthy) November 8, 2022

Satellite unfurls biggest commercial communications array ever | Space:

Betelgeuse's mysterious 'Great Dimming' may have been triggered by a wandering black hole | Space:

 

How would asteroid mining affect the world's economy? (arxiv.org):

UK set to host rocket launches after first British spaceport granted licence (msn.com):

Mars was once covered by 300-meter deep oceans, study shows -- ScienceDaily:

No post this week....

I'm off on a minibreak with the family folks - take care and I'll see you next week.

This week, off world: Hazardous asteroid found hiding in the Sun's glare, China installs a science lab on its Tiangong space station and loads more...

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy lofts USSF-44 on first flight in three years - NASASpaceFlight.com

Astronauts wish world series teams good luck:

China launches Mengtian science module to Tiangong space station - NASASpaceFlight.com

China's Mengtian lab module docks with Tiangong space station

... and the module is moved:

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Listen to the haunting audio of Earth's magnetic field released by the European Space Agency (msn.com)

The spacecraft that wasn't meant to land, but did:

What's it like behind the scenes at a rocket launch?

Space Shot Development Rocket - Avalanche

Testing Galileo for space 

Solar Orbiter Records a Stunning Timelapse of Solar Activity as it Completes its Latest Flyby - Universe Today

Rocket Lab launches satellite, but helicopter booster catch is aborted | Space

Reading material:

A potentially hazardous giant asteroid found hiding in sun's glare | Space

US military's X-37B space plane zooms past 900 days in orbit | Space

Navigation Satellites fly at 23,000 km Altitude. Europe Wants to Build a Constellation That Flies Much, Much Lower - Universe Today

Mars Express Got so Close to Phobos That it Needed to be Reprogrammed to Keep the Moon in Focus - Universe Today

There is an ‘extragalactic structure’ hidden behind our Milky Way, scientists say (msn.com)

 

Is China's mysterious space plane about to return to Earth? (msn.com)

China’s mystery spaceplane releases object into orbit - SpaceNews

Civilian space traffic management office coming along, but 'don’t expect magic' - SpaceNews

NRO to sign deals with commercial providers of hyperspectral imaging - SpaceNews

Millennium Space's Tetra-1 sets new fast-paced precedent for space-based innovation - SpaceNews

Rocket Lab to attempt booster recovery on upcoming Electron launch - SpaceNews

Virgin Galactic Signs Agreement with Axiom Space for Microgravity Research - SpaceRef

This week, off world: Asteroid strike reveals ice near Mars' equator, pillars of creation redux, Svalbard from space and loads more...

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Lucy spacecraft's view of the Moon:

Earth's magnetic field as sound:

Space navigation: Satellite orbits.

Russia launches 4 satellites to orbit in 5th mission of last 2 weeks | Space

Progress MS-21 launches to ISS on resupply mission - NASASpaceFlight.com

China's new space lab:

SpaceX launches still more Starlink satellites:

The pillars of creation:

 

The Earth from space: Svalbard.

Reading material:

NASA's InSight lander detects stunning meteoroid impact on Mars -- ScienceDaily

AFRL jumpstarts early research on cislunar monitoring, satellite servicing - Breaking Defense

Researchers Find New Use For Starlink But Elon Musk May Not Be Pleased (msn.com)

Rooms with a view: Astronauts have design ideas for new space stations | Space

Why JWST's 'Pillars of Creation' photo has astronomers buzzing | Space

Life on Mars: Bacteria could survive on the Red Planet for 280 million years | New Scientist

Methane 'super-emitters' on Earth spotted by space station experiment | Space

Something spooky is happening at the edge of the solar system | Space

This week, off world: Black holes twist spacetime as they collide, hobbies in space and loads more....

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Why NASA Is Trying to Crash Land on Mars - Universe Today

SpaceX launches 54 Starlink satellites in 100th Florida mission | Space

Watch SpaceX deploy Hotbird 13F satellite in amazing view from space

What would it be like to fly through a wormhole, really?

Hobbies on the Space Station | ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti

Astronaut 'walks around' space station wearing velcro shoes in '2001: A Space Odyssey' re-creation

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OneWeb resumes launches with first commercial GSLV Mk.III - NASASpaceFlight.com

Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: Nasa shows how a war zone faded, from space - BBC News

Earth from space:

Reading material:

Shortly Before They Collided, two Black Holes Tangled Spacetime up Into Knots - Universe Today

Arecibo Won't Be Rebuilt - Universe Today

Uncontrolled Rocket Reentries are a Bigger Problem Than you Think - Universe Today

DoD eyeing options to provide satcom in Ukraine as it continues talks with SpaceX - SpaceNews

Amazon to link Kuiper satellites to DoD’s mesh network in space - SpaceNews

China considering mission to Ceres and large dark matter space telescope - SpaceNews

Lodewijk van den Berg, who became 1st Dutch-born astronaut, dies at 90 | Space

Astronomers discovered something strange about asteroid Phaethon | Space

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity reaches intriguing salty site after treacherous journey | Space

How the space race started a technological revolution in agriculture | Space

ESA moves two missions to Falcon 9 - SpaceNews

Space Force to award up to $50 million in contracts for Space Test Program experiments - SpaceNews

Grasp acquires AirPhoton to form Grasp Global - SpaceNews

Iridium sheds more light on direct-to-smartphone plan - SpaceNews

Italy’s Stromboli Eruption Seen From Space - SpaceRef