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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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

Astra to launch from U.K. spaceport - SpaceNews

Mars' Carbon Dioxide Glaciers are on the Move - Universe Today

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

Maxar eyes customers for mobile terminals that downlink satellite imagery in the field - SpaceNews

Globalstar agrees terms with “global customer” for terrestrial connectivity - SpaceNews

China Announces Its New Flagship Space Telescope Mission - Universe Today

CACI to launch experimental satellite to demonstrate alternative to GPS navigation - SpaceNews

Webb is Almost Ready. There's One Last Thing To Do - Universe Today

Canada's Criminal Laws now Extend to Earth Orbit and the Moon - Universe Today

As U.S. blames Russia for KA-SAT hack, Starlink sees growing threat - SpaceNews

Space Force general: Commercial satellite internet in Ukraine showing power of megaconstellations - SpaceNews

Blue Origin targets May 20 for next space tourist launch | Space

Satellites watch devastating fires blaze across northern New Mexico | Space