This week in space: 360 degree float-thru of the ISS, China launches (potentially dual-use) space debris mitigation tech, and Blue Origin plans a space station...

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:

Black and British Professionals in STEM

Skeptoid media

The Association for Science Education

The Smallpiece Trust

SATRO

Arkwright Engineering Scholarships

LabAid

The Space Foundation 

 

Pick o' the podcasts:

188: Failing is the most important part of science with Tyler Linder — Spacepod (listentospacepod.com)

From the video store:

Ariane 5 launches 2 satellites:

360 degree space station float-through:

Defending Earth against steroid strikes:

China launches classified space debris mitigation tech:

Blue Origin unveils plans to build a private space station called Orbital Reef by 2030 | Space

'Perfect launch' of Soyuz rocket sends Russian Progress 79 cargo ship to space station | Space

Advert

Reading material:

Huge solar flare could supercharge northern lights on Halloween | Space

Chinese missile launch very concerning, says top US general - BBC News

Revised budget reconciliation package reduces NASA infrastructure funds - SpaceNews

Signs of first planet found outside our galaxy - BBC News

BepiColombo completes first Mercury flyby, science provides insight into planet's unique environment - NASASpaceFlight.com

For All Mankind Season 2: Could Astronauts Use Guns on the Moon? (popularmechanics.com)

This week in space: William Shatner in space, launches to begin from Scotland next year, and the first in-space manufacturing satellite...

 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:

Black and British Professionals in STEM

Skeptoid media

The Association for Science Education

The Smallpiece Trust

SATRO

Arkwright Engineering Scholarships

LabAid

The Space Foundation 

Pick o' the podcasts:

  

Advert

From the video store:

Fake it until you make it! William Shatner, AKA Captain Kirk, flies into space:

NASA, ULA launch historic Lucy mission - NASASpaceFlight.com

Shenzhou 13 launches first long-duration Chinese Space Station crew - NASASpaceFlight.com

Earth from Space - New Delhi, India - SpaceRef

OneWeb deployment reaches halfway point with Soyuz 2.1b launch - NASASpaceFlight.com

An interview with Virgin Orbit

Reading material:

You Can Blow Up an Asteroid Just a few Months Before it Hits Earth and Prevent 99% of the Damage - Universe Today

Space launches from Scotland to begin in 2022

Starliner valve investigation continues to focus on moisture interaction with propellant - SpaceNews

Varda Space selects SpaceX for launch of first space manufacturing satellite - SpaceNews

Soyuz returns cosmonauts and film crew to Earth - SpaceNews

NASA Space Station On-Orbit Update 15 October, 2021 - Soyuz Thruster Firing Problem - SpaceRef

This week in space: The ISS becomes a movie set for 'The Challenge', a probe to interstellar space, and the smallsat market is project to hit $360 billion by 2030...

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:

Black and British Professionals in STEM

Skeptoid media

The Association for Science Education

The Smallpiece Trust

SATRO

Arkwright Engineering Scholarships

LabAid

The Space Foundation 

Pick o' the podcasts:

Advert

From the video store:

William Shatner on his upcoming spaceflight:

Film crew arrives on the ISS:

Food on the ISS

Europe and Africa from space...

This Week at NASA - Space Station Change of Command and More - SpaceRef

Earth from Space - Budapest, Hungary - SpaceRef

Reading material:

Interstellar Probe: Pushing Beyond Voyager (centauri-dreams.org)

Global Small Satellites Market is projected to reach at a market value of US$360.5 Billion by 2030: Visiongain Research Inc (spaceref.com)

Small Spacecraft Hitching A Ride With LandSat 9 - SpaceRef Business

NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 7 October, 2021 - Eye Checks, Science, and and Soyuz Crew Departure Preparations - SpaceRef

Industry skeptical about the business case for megaconstellations - SpaceNews

Earth observation is expanding into new markets - SpaceNews

NRO begins journey toward commercial data program of record - SpaceNews

As Martian spacecraft experience solar conjunction, Perseverance confirms Jezero Crater’s watery past - NASASpaceFlight.com

How forecasters use GOES weather satellite data for hurricane tracking and forecasting - NASASpaceFlight.com

This week in space: Rain of 'mush-balls' on Neptune, an on-orbit petrol station, and Landsat 9 launches...

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:

Black and British Professionals in STEM

Skeptoid media

The Association for Science Education

The Smallpiece Trust

SATRO

Arkwright Engineering Scholarships

LabAid

The Space Foundation  

 Pick o' the podcasts:

From the video store:

Bombing around the ISS in a Soyuz:

Advert

Landsat 9 launches:

Giant Balls of Mush Made From Ammonia and Water Form in the Atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune - Universe Today

SpaceX Dragon cargo ship heads for Earth packed with gravity-sensitive experiments | Space

Reading material:

Orbit Fab to launch propellant tanker to fuel satellites in geostationary orbit - SpaceNews

Focusing On Soyuz While Earth Zooms By - SpaceRef

Starlink can be Used as a Navigation System too - Universe Today

FAA clears Virgin Galactic to start flying again | Space

Satellite servicing companies see different demand in LEO versus GEO - SpaceNews

Op-ed | Can we backhaul our way to space? - SpaceNews

Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, SpaceX, ULA win Space Force contracts for rocket technology projects - SpaceNew

La Palma eruption: Satellite image captures path of lava to sea as new crack opens after eight earthquakes (msn.com)