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Sunday 29 August 2021

This week in space: Blue Origin flies science payloads, rocket launch from Scotland, China looks at kilometer scale space stations, and loads more...

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Blue Origin flies science payloads


SpaceX launches Dragon cargo capsule to space station, nails rocket landing at sea | Space


Rocket launches begin from Scotland's Western Isles ahead of planned spaceport opening (msn.com)


Soar with Dawn Aerospace's space plane on its 1st-ever test flights (video) | Space



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Planet Aqua


Artificial gravity?



A tour of node 2 on the ISS:



Reading material:


China researching challenges of kilometer-scale ultra-large spacecraft - SpaceNews


Landsat 9 Prepared For Launch - SpaceRef


Astra rocket fails to reach space during test launch for US military | Space


Moon-in-a-jar recreates the hazy atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's largest moon | Space


Scientists puzzling out secrets of Venus' 30-year-old 'Giant Dark Cloud' | Space



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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:






From the video store:


Blue Origin flies science payloads


SpaceX launches Dragon cargo capsule to space station, nails rocket landing at sea | Space


Rocket launches from Scotland's Western Isles ahead of planned spaceport opening (msn.com)


Soar with Dawn Aerospace's space plane on its 1st-ever test flights (video) | Space



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Planet Aqua


Artificial gravity?




Reading material:


China researching challenges of kilometer-scale ultra-large spacecraft - SpaceNews


Landsat 9 Prepared For Launch - SpaceRef


Astra rocket fails to reach space during test launch for US military | Space


Moon-in-a-jar recreates the hazy atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's largest moon | Space


Scientists puzzling out secrets of Venus' 30-year-old 'Giant Dark Cloud' | Space



Sunday 22 August 2021

This week in space: Mars' moon Deimos, Taikonauts go on an EVA, Chinese military satellite is damaged in a collision, and loads more...

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


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Vega launches second Pléiades Neo imaging satellite - SpaceNews


MLM module tour:



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Space Olympics:



This Week at NASA - Landsat 9 and More - SpaceRef


Reading material:


Chinese astronauts out of spacecraft for second time EVA (spacedaily.com)


Chinese military satellite damaged by Soviet rocket is the ‘first major orbital collision in a decade’ (msn.com)


Satellite reveals before-and-after images of historic megadrought on Colorado River (msn.com)


Wildfires Ravage The Greek island Of Evia - SpaceRef



Green Seaweed In The Yellow Sea - SpaceRef


SpaceX superheavy rocket seen by satellites












Sunday 15 August 2021

This week in space: Mars by nuclear power, mining metal and oxygen on the Moon, ESA flies past Venus 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:








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From the video store:


S.S. Ellison Onizuka Cygnus mission launches safely to ISS - NASASpaceFlight.com


India's GSLV fails on long-delayed EOS-03 mission - NASASpaceFlight.com


NASA test fires SLS engine:


How SpaceX designed a heat shield for Starship:



NASA Weekly ISS Space to Ground Report for 13 August, 2021 - SpaceRef


ESA - Sights and sounds of a Venus flyby