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Friday 27 May 2022

This week, off world: NASA aims to launch a mission to refuel and repair satellites, 3D printing antenna in space and loads more....

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From the video store:


A tour of Starliner...


...which undocks to come home...


... and lands:



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Mars helicopter flies over rover tracks:


Satellites could 3D print their own antenna:


China launches experimental communications satellites:


SpaceX launches 59 small satellites, lands rocket back on Earth | Space


The Earth gives out a mysterious magnetic wave every 7 years:



Reading material:


NASA is Building a Mission That Will Refuel and Repair Satellites in Orbit - Universe Today


The Moon’s Ancient Volcanoes Could Have Created Ice Sheets Dozens of Meters Thick - Universe Today


Spacesuits are Leaking Water and NASA is Holding off any Spacewalks Until They can Solve the Problem - Universe Today


SpaceX moon and sunrise Starlink satellite launch photos | Space


The Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES) Could Detect Exoplanets Within a few Dozen Light-Years of Earth Using Astrometry - Universe Today





















Saturday 14 May 2022

This week, off world: Plants grown on lunar soil, SpaceX launches 2500th Starlink satellite, first images of our monster black hole and loads more...

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From the video store:


Watch a SpinLaunch test payload soar with on-board camera

Mars, enhanced


The Tonga Eruption Reached Space! - Universe Today


Black hole: First picture of Milky Way monster - BBC News


SpaceX launches 2,500th Starlink satellite in third back-to-back mission - NASASpaceFlight.com


... and another 24 hrs later


Western Isles angler catches fireball meteor in video - BBC News



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Earth from Space - Arc de Triomphe, Paris - SpaceRef




Reading material: 


Moon soil used to grow plants for first time in breakthrough test - BBC News


Ancient microorganisms found in halite may have implications for search for life (phys.org)


Tianzhou-4 cargo craft docks with Chinese space station - SpaceNews


National Reconnaissance Office partners with U.K. on space mission to fly on Virgin Orbit rocket - SpaceNews




Astronaut Jessica Watkins Floats Above the Earth in the Space Station's Cupola - Universe Today


Extended Trips to Space Alter the Brains of Astronauts - Universe Today


Spire Global adding high-capacity Ku-band antennas to satellites - SpaceNews


Orbex unveils prototype of rocket preparing for UK’s first vertical launch - SpaceNews