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Sunday 6 December 2020

This week in space: Hayabusa 2 drops its sample return capsule off in Australia, Chang'e 5 captures samples of the Moon, satellite spotters track the mysterious NROL 101 satellite and loads more...



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Pick o' the podcasts:

Universe Today: What if our galaxy's central black hole became a quasar?


Main Engine Cut-Off: Delays, Delays...




From the video store:

China touches down on the Moon, drills for samples, and returns them to orbiting mothership - but suspends live broadcast of landing, causing confusion:


Landing...


...collecting samples...


...sealing samples...


...returning to space...


...docking with the mothership and sample transfer...


Arainespace and Roscosmos launch Falconeye 1 Earth observing satellite


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