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Friday, 23 October 2020

This week in space: Lunar water discovery, NASA mission snags a chunk of asteroid, Axiom Space finalises it's first private mission and loads more...


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Pick o' the podcasts:


NASA spacecast:


Off Nominal:


Universe Today: Any Updates from Venus?


Main Engine Cut-Off: Lunar politics



From the video store:


Hot-fire of ESA's booster for it's new Ariane  6 rocket


OSIRIS-REx tags the surface of the asteroid Bennu... ...nets a significant chunk...


...and here's the messy aftermath:


NASA Weekly ISS Space to Ground Report for 16 October, 2020


SpaceX launches even more Starlink satellites 


Reading material:

'Exciting discovery' about the Moon to be announced Monday (it probably relates to lunar ice somehow)


EDIT: yes it does! Here's the Space.com story, and here's the original paper


Axiom Space finalises it's first private ISS mission...


...as the crew vote!


Lockheed Martin looks to launch missions from the Shetland isles



NASA awards contracts for lunar technologies and ice prospecting payload

Supergiant Star Betelgeuse Smaller, Closer Than First Thought


Astrobotic CubeRover Prepared For Regolith Testing

A Spacecraft Could Get to Titan in Only 2 Years Using a Direct Fusion Drive










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