This week, off world: Plants grown on lunar soil, SpaceX launches 2500th Starlink satellite, first images of our monster black hole and loads more...

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Watch a SpinLaunch test payload soar with on-board camera

Mars, enhanced

The Tonga Eruption Reached Space! - Universe Today

Black hole: First picture of Milky Way monster - BBC News

SpaceX launches 2,500th Starlink satellite in third back-to-back mission - NASASpaceFlight.com

... and another 24 hrs later

Western Isles angler catches fireball meteor in video - BBC News

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Earth from Space - Arc de Triomphe, Paris - SpaceRef

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Moon soil used to grow plants for first time in breakthrough test - BBC News

Ancient microorganisms found in halite may have implications for search for life (phys.org)

Tianzhou-4 cargo craft docks with Chinese space station - SpaceNews

National Reconnaissance Office partners with U.K. on space mission to fly on Virgin Orbit rocket - SpaceNews

Astra to launch from U.K. spaceport - SpaceNews

Mars' Carbon Dioxide Glaciers are on the Move - Universe Today

Astronaut Jessica Watkins Floats Above the Earth in the Space Station's Cupola - Universe Today

Extended Trips to Space Alter the Brains of Astronauts - Universe Today

Spire Global adding high-capacity Ku-band antennas to satellites - SpaceNews

Orbex unveils prototype of rocket preparing for UK’s first vertical launch - SpaceNews

Maxar eyes customers for mobile terminals that downlink satellite imagery in the field - SpaceNews

Globalstar agrees terms with “global customer” for terrestrial connectivity - SpaceNews

China Announces Its New Flagship Space Telescope Mission - Universe Today

CACI to launch experimental satellite to demonstrate alternative to GPS navigation - SpaceNews

Webb is Almost Ready. There's One Last Thing To Do - Universe Today

Canada's Criminal Laws now Extend to Earth Orbit and the Moon - Universe Today

As U.S. blames Russia for KA-SAT hack, Starlink sees growing threat - SpaceNews

Space Force general: Commercial satellite internet in Ukraine showing power of megaconstellations - SpaceNews

Blue Origin targets May 20 for next space tourist launch | Space

Satellites watch devastating fires blaze across northern New Mexico | Space

This week off world: How the war in Ukraine has changed space, Rocket Labs catches a booster, the Sun erupts and loads more...

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Rocket Lab Uses Copter to Catch (and Release) a Rocket (universetoday.com)

Yet another re-useable booster launch and landing from SpaceX

The Sun erupts an X1.1 flare

Dust storm and wildfires seen from space - BBC News

Reading material:

In-space manufacturing could help humanity fight climate change, startup says | Space

Experiments measure freezing point of extraterrestrial oceans to aid search for life (phys.org)

Space Force selects 125 industry proposals for on-orbit servicing technologies - SpaceNews

Calvelli to assume duties as U.S. Air Force’s space acquisition executive - SpaceNews

Astroscale debris-removal demo makes close approach despite thruster issues - SpaceNews

DARPA moving forward with development of nuclear powered spacecraft - SpaceNews

This week, off world: A busy week for the ISS, the Chinese space agency, and SpaceX plus loads more....

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Axiom 1 mission returns:

 Crew 4 mission launches:

The ISS briefly gets a bit of 'gravity' as it fires its engines to boost its orbit:

More Starlink satellites go up:

Watch RocketLabs snag a simulated reusable booster mid-air:

China launches 2 remote sensing satellites:

Then 5 more from the sea:

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The Sun spits out an X2.2 class flare

Earth from Space - Mount Aso, Japan - SpaceRef

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Meteorites could have brought 5 genetic 'letters' of DNA to Earth | Space

Adranos, a startup that makes solid rocket motors, closes $20 million funding round - SpaceNews

NASA to repurpose OSIRIS-REx for second asteroid encounter - SpaceNews

NRO plans for immediate and long-term acquisition of commercial satellite data - SpaceNews

PredaSAR nears first launch of its radar imaging constellation - SpaceNews

Starlink secures first major airline Wi-Fi deal with Hawaiian Airlines - SpaceNews

Kleos unveils dedicated, taskable RF monitoring missions - SpaceNews

Vice Adm. Sharp: Commercial satellites a key counterforce to Russian disinformation - SpaceNews

Little CAPSTONE cubesat ready to launch on big moon mission next month | Space

Ingenuity Mars helicopter snaps amazing photos of Perseverance rover's landing gear (video) | Space

First Dream Chaser vehicle takes shape - SpaceNews

China to build a lunar communications and navigation constellation - SpaceNews

This week, off world: Astrobotic unveils lunar lander, Starlink signs deal for in-flight internet, a Martian solar eclipse and loads more....

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Earth from space: Earth day

 

A super-detailed view of a Martian crater

 

A Martian solar eclipse

 

China launches 2 missions in quick succession:

 

Another SpaceX Booster passes 12 reuses

A huge particle storm just missed us by a hair:

Frosty dunes on Mars

Visualization of getting into orbit:

Reading material:

Planet Pelicans to offer high resolution and revisit rates - SpaceNews

Chances of Finding Alien Life on Jupiter Moon Europa Shoot Up With New Liquid Water Discoveries (thedailybeast.com)

Mass grave near besieged Ukrainian city Mariupol spotted from space (satellite photos) | Space

Astrobotic unveils Peregrine lunar lander that will fly to the moon this year (photos) | Space

Russia conducts 1st full flight test of new 'Sarmat' intercontinental ballistic missile | Space

Iridium in talks to launch more backup satellites this year - SpaceNews

Chinese reusable rocket startup secures new funding round - SpaceNews

China to conduct asteroid deflection test around 2025 - SpaceNews

Iridium and General Dynamics submit joint bid for Space Development Agency contract - SpaceNews

Japan’s ispace negotiating first commercial moon landing insurance - SpaceNews

Starlink signs first inflight Wi-Fi deal for services later this year - SpaceNews

South Korea “welcomes” U.S. moratorium on anti-satellite missile tests; China skeptical - SpaceNews

Astrobotic lunar lander on track for late 2022 launch - SpaceNews