This week, off world: Aurora Borealis seen from above, Rocketlab make progress re-using their engines, a huge experimental satellite for smartphone coverage, and loads more....

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The aurora borealis seen from above:

SpaceX launches experimental satellite to connect smartphones

Ariane 5 launches advanced broadband satellite for Eutelsat - NASASpaceFlight.com

Will NASA's DART space craft be able to change an asteroid's orbit?

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How did Mercury get its spots?

Watch Europe dry up from space in a new satellite video | Space

Why does Phobos have strange lines on it?

Even Short Flights to Space Cause Cell Mutations That Could Lead to Cancer and Heart Disease - Universe Today 

Reading material:

Eastern Province Of Saudi Arabia As Seen By Sentinel-2 - SpaceRef

Dream Chaser spaceplane will carry 'ScienceTaxi' lab to space station (msn.com)

Rocketlab Sent This Engine to Space and Then Retrieved it. A new Test Shows it's Still Working Fine - Universe Today

SpaceX to launch five spare Iridium satellites - SpaceNews

FCC to set five-year deadline for deorbiting LEO satellites - SpaceNews

BlueWalker-3 Satellite Launches This Weekend, May Be Bright - Universe Today

NASA completes agreement with Axiom Space for second private astronaut mission - SpaceNews

China launches mysterious new spy satellite (msn.com)

ESA’s Solar orbiter just got smacked by a coronal mass ejection (msn.com)

Spire to add ThrustMe propulsion to Lemur cubesats - SpaceNews

What's Being Done to Protect Astronauts From Radiation in Deep Space? - Universe Today

NASA Fixed Voyager I Even Though It's Out in Interstellar Space (comicbook.com)

China begins launch campaign for final space station module - SpaceNews

Chinese Astronauts Successfully Grow Rice in Space - Universe Today

Some Sand on Mars is Green, Showing That it was Once wet - Universe Today

Starliner Needs Even More Fixes, and Probably won't Carry Astronauts Until 2023 - Universe Today

How Long do Good Landing Sites Last on Comets? - Universe Today

U.S. Space Command calls for investment in technologies for deep space missions - SpaceNews

Space Force building ground station in Alaska ahead of launch of Arctic satcom mission - SpaceNews

Startup OQ Technology raises $13 million to expand satellite IoT network - SpaceNews

SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn space crew mission Q&A (exclusive) | Space

 

Researchers working to reduce space junk threat, impact | Space

KMI wins three Space Force study contracts for debris cleanup technology - SpaceNews

Rocket Lab signs on to U.S. military’s ‘rocket cargo’ program - SpaceNews

Near Space Labs offers free imagery for researchers - SpaceNews

South Korean lunar orbiter succeeds in critical trajectory correction maneuver - SpaceNews

OneWeb takes $229 million charge for canceled Soyuz launches - SpaceNews

Swarm of light-sail spacecraft could be propelled by laser on the moon | New Scientist

Moon mining claims fall into gray area of international law | Space

Insanely High-Resolution Images of the Sun Show its Chromosphere in Vivid Detail - Universe Today