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Saturday 30 January 2021

In space this week: First fully private ISS mission, a record breaking number of satellites launched, the perfect solar storm and loads more...

 Learn the ins and outs of pseudoscience, and debunking it: Read 'Escaping The Rabbit Hole' here.


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Pick o the podcasts:

Main Engine Cut-Off





From the video store:


What was launched on Virgin Orbit's first flight to orbit?


Stunning lunar tours made from spacecraft data



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Transporter-1 debuts new SpaceX rideshare program, world record - NASASpaceFlight.com


We Now Have a 3D Map of The 525 Closest Brown Dwarfs - Universe Today



Reading material:


Axiom Space names first private crew launch to space station with SpaceX | Space


What would the perfect solar storm be like? Source papers along this link, and this link


RocketLabs launch demonstrates enhanced kickstage


Rocks Show That Mars Once Felt Like Iceland - SpaceRef


One of the Oldest Stars in the Galaxy has a Planet - Universe Today


Earth's outer shell ballooned during massive growth spurt 3 billion years ago | Space


3-D Printing on the Moon: From Regolith to Paste to Useful Objects and Structures - Universe Today


Apollo landers, Neil Armstrong’s bootprint and other human artifacts on Moon officially protected by new US law | Space


There are Seven Rocky Planets in the TRAPPIST-1 System and They're Surprisingly Similar - Universe Today


A Cubesat Will Test out Water as a Propulsion System - Universe Today


Saturday 23 January 2021

In space this week: SpaceX aims for a record breaking launch, Virgin reaches orbit, a busy year for Rocketlabs and loads more...

 Learn the ins and outs of pseudoscience, and debunking it: Read 'Escaping The Rabbit Hole' here.


Want to support the future of science and engineering? You can do so through one of these charities:



Pick o' the podcasts:


Main Engine Cut-Off: SpaceFund






Reading material:


SpaceX delays launch of a record 143 satellites on a single rocket due to bad weather | Space


Space challenges for President Biden: Four issues for the next four years - SpaceNews


Biden’s Defense nominee embraces view of space as a domain of war - SpaceNews


NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe could make a 2nd stop at infamous asteroid Apophis | Space


Propulsion for Satellite ‘Constellations’ (centauri-dreams.org)


SpaceX acquires former oil rigs to serve as floating Starship spaceports - NASASpaceFlight.com


Did water once flow through meteorites? | Space


Bridenstine leaves NASA, calls for unity in space, science efforts (spacedaily.com)


Biden administration appoints Steve Jurczyk acting NASA chief | Space


Astronomers estimate Titan's largest sea is 1,000 feet deep (spacedaily.com)


This tiny comet photobombed the total solar eclipse of 2020 | Space



Saturday 16 January 2021

Friday 8 January 2021

In space this week: A record breaking solar sail, Enceladus has plenty of chemical energy, a test of a prototype rocket and loads more...


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Pick o' the podcasts:

Planetary Radio: Record breaking solar sail receives approval


We Martians: 5 years of We Martians


Weekly Space Hangout: What Next For New Horizons?



From the video store:

Roman Tkachenko merges 13 hours of images from New Horizons into this video of the ice-staroid Arrakoth:



Enceladus has plenty of chemical energy sources to support life in its ocean



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SpaceX launch TurkSat 5A (and land booster)...









Sunday 3 January 2021

In space over New Year's: A huge unknown asteroid, NASA's top views of Earth, and what a supernova sounds like...


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Pick o' the podcasts:


Space Pod: Space Advocacy with Casey Dreier


We Martians: Lunar Science's next giant leap




Planetary Radio:



From the video store:


Arianespace and Soyuz launch a French military satellite


Our world from 400km up: NASA's top views of the Earth from 2020


Blast from the Past: Japanese mini rover videos the surface of asteroid Ryugu...


...and the sample returns home:



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What does a supernova remnant sound like in radio?



Reading material:


Lightning strikes seen on Venus?


The sample of asteroid returned by Haybusa 2 has been producing gas since it landed


A steam engine (yes, you read that right) for propelling small space satellites


Could a lunar 'gold-rush' trigger conflict on Earth?


NASA approves two new missions to study space weather


Meteor evidence points to a huge, unknown, asteroid


Life on Earth could have begun from a DNA/RNA mix


Could 'dark matter' be primordial black holes?


When did Earth's plate tectonics start?


What type of beamed energy is the best bet to get a probe out to the solar focus?