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Saturday 27 March 2021

This week in space: SN11 gets ready to fly, how to explore craters of eternal darkness and new species living on the ISS...

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

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Pick o' the podcasts:


Spacepod 183: The solar wind with Dr. JianHangout


Weekly Space Hangout and Q&A.

 


Planetary Radio:



Main engine cutoff:


Off Nominal:


We Martians:



From the video store:


Starship SN11 waits new launch date - Super Heavy BN1 rollout to follow - NASASpaceFlight.com



Falcon 9 Starlink v1.0 L22 launches from Cape Canaveral SLC-40 - NASASpaceFlight.com



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Unexpected 'scratching' noise recorded on Perseverance rover


Getting Ingenuity the Mars helicopter ready to fly


Clouds over Curiosity rover:


Soyuz rocket launches 36 OneWeb satellites into orbit for modified satellite internet constellation | Space









Saturday 13 March 2021

This week in space: Starlink satellite internet reviewed, NASA zaps things on Mars with a laser, satellite images show Guinea blast destruction...

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

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Pick o' the podcasts:


Planetary Radio: Space policy edition


We Martians: Landing on Mars



From the video store:


This is Jezero crater, Mars...


Perseverance rover blasts things with a laser on Mars


Starlink satellite internet review: 


And more of them are launched:


China launches Chang Zheng 7A rocket on its Return To Flight mission - NASASpaceFlight.com



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Reading material:


Bata blast: Satellite images show Equatorial Guinea destruction - BBC News


Northrup Grumman's 2nd 'space rescue truck' closes in on ailing Intelsat satellite - SpaceNews


Startup using Soviet-era technology to build satellite servicing vehicle - SpaceNews


Op-ed | Advancing science through human-tended suborbital experiments on commercial vehicles - SpaceNews


Rock that fell from the sky over the UK could change our understanding of the solar system (msn.com)


China, Russia enter MoU on international lunar research station - SpaceNews


LPSC Paper 2344: Did ancient lunar volcanoes give it an atmosphere? And did water from that atmosphere become its polar ice?.PDF (usra.edu)


LPSC paper:2355: How well did the Moon's ancient atmosphere move water vapour?.PDF (usra.edu)


Space Force awards ULA, SpaceX contracts for four national security missions - SpaceNews


Gliese 486b is a Hellish World With Temperatures Above 700 Kelvin - Universe Today


Simulations of the Universe are Getting Better and Better at Matching Reality - Universe Today


Blue Origin to simulate lunar gravity on suborbital flights for NASA - SpaceNews


The Most Recent Volcanic Activity on the Moon? Just 100 Million Years ago - Universe Today


Cold gas pipelines feeding early, massive galaxies -- ScienceDaily


Apollo rock samples capture key moments in the Moon's early history -- ScienceDaily


Astrobotic reveals mission patch for first commercial moon landing | Space



Friday 5 March 2021

This week, in space: Prices for ISS commercial use go up, SpaceX lands (and then explodes) a prototype, lunar mining ideas, 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 x 2:


Weekly Space Hangout:


Planetary Radio:



From the video store:


Aurora from Scotland:


SpaceX launches and lands its gigantic SN10 prototype rocket... 


...although it all goes a bit wrong during post-landing:


SpaceX successfully launches long-delayed Starlink L-17 mission - NASASpaceFlight.com


Rocket labs announces new, semi-reusable rocket, which CEO Beck literally eats his hat over...



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Earth from Space: Galápagos Islands - SpaceRef



Reading material:

Engineers Have Proposed The First Model For a Physically Possible Warp Drive (msn.com)


Mining Water and Metal From the Moon at the Same Time - Universe Today


NASA Invests in a Plan to Build Landing Pads and Other Structures on the Moon out of Regolith - Universe Today


The Mars Helicopter Could Charge up the Atmosphere Around Itself as it Flies - Universe Today


China's Super-Heavy Lift Rocket Will Carry 100 Tons to the Moon - Universe Today


For The First Time, A 'Space Hurricane' Has Been Detected Over The North Pole (sciencealert.com)


NASA hikes prices for commercial ISS users - SpaceNews (seems like an odd move to me)


Mission Commander Thrives as 'Space Gardener' (spacedaily.com)


Mount Etna's fiery eruptions seen from space (satellite photos) | Space


How rain falls on different worlds - Paper


Earth's position and orbit spurred ancient marine life extinction (phys.org)


Spacewalkers finish solar panel prep for station power boost (phys.org)