This week, off world: Asteroid strike reveals ice near Mars' equator, pillars of creation redux, Svalbard from space and loads more...

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Lucy spacecraft's view of the Moon:

Earth's magnetic field as sound:

Space navigation: Satellite orbits.

Russia launches 4 satellites to orbit in 5th mission of last 2 weeks | Space

Progress MS-21 launches to ISS on resupply mission - NASASpaceFlight.com

China's new space lab:

SpaceX launches still more Starlink satellites:

The pillars of creation:

 

The Earth from space: Svalbard.

Reading material:

NASA's InSight lander detects stunning meteoroid impact on Mars -- ScienceDaily

AFRL jumpstarts early research on cislunar monitoring, satellite servicing - Breaking Defense

Researchers Find New Use For Starlink But Elon Musk May Not Be Pleased (msn.com)

Rooms with a view: Astronauts have design ideas for new space stations | Space

Why JWST's 'Pillars of Creation' photo has astronomers buzzing | Space

Life on Mars: Bacteria could survive on the Red Planet for 280 million years | New Scientist

Methane 'super-emitters' on Earth spotted by space station experiment | Space

Something spooky is happening at the edge of the solar system | Space

This week, off world: Black holes twist spacetime as they collide, hobbies in space and loads more....

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Why NASA Is Trying to Crash Land on Mars - Universe Today

SpaceX launches 54 Starlink satellites in 100th Florida mission | Space

Watch SpaceX deploy Hotbird 13F satellite in amazing view from space

What would it be like to fly through a wormhole, really?

Hobbies on the Space Station | ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti

Astronaut 'walks around' space station wearing velcro shoes in '2001: A Space Odyssey' re-creation

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OneWeb resumes launches with first commercial GSLV Mk.III - NASASpaceFlight.com

Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: Nasa shows how a war zone faded, from space - BBC News

Earth from space:

Reading material:

Shortly Before They Collided, two Black Holes Tangled Spacetime up Into Knots - Universe Today

Arecibo Won't Be Rebuilt - Universe Today

Uncontrolled Rocket Reentries are a Bigger Problem Than you Think - Universe Today

DoD eyeing options to provide satcom in Ukraine as it continues talks with SpaceX - SpaceNews

Amazon to link Kuiper satellites to DoD’s mesh network in space - SpaceNews

China considering mission to Ceres and large dark matter space telescope - SpaceNews

Lodewijk van den Berg, who became 1st Dutch-born astronaut, dies at 90 | Space

Astronomers discovered something strange about asteroid Phaethon | Space

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity reaches intriguing salty site after treacherous journey | Space

How the space race started a technological revolution in agriculture | Space

ESA moves two missions to Falcon 9 - SpaceNews

Space Force to award up to $50 million in contracts for Space Test Program experiments - SpaceNews

Grasp acquires AirPhoton to form Grasp Global - SpaceNews

Iridium sheds more light on direct-to-smartphone plan - SpaceNews

Italy’s Stromboli Eruption Seen From Space - SpaceRef

This week, off world: Satellite images of the Kerch Bridge, the watery history of asteroid Ryugu, and loads more...

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DART succeeds in redirecting asteroid Dimorphous 

Thanks to Hayabusa 2's Samples, Scientists can Track the History of Ryugu Earlier in the History of the Solar System - Universe Today

Virgin Orbit rocket arrives for first space launch from UK - BBC News

SpaceX launches telecom satellite, lands rocket on ship at sea | Space

Very cool video of a Space X launch and landing caught from one of the landing barges:

Blastoff! Russia launches Angosat-2 atop Proton-M rocket

Chinese astronauts deliver science lecture from space

The Space Bucket Has progress been made on Orbital Reef?

Lucy probe will fly through Earth's satellite belts

What if you could see every satellite?

Earth from Space - The Mississippi River - SpaceRef

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Reading material:

What do satellite images of the Kerch Bridge explosion tell us? (msn.com)

ispace (ispace-inc.com) announces HAKUTO-R mission 1 launch window for November 9 – 15, 2022

Tom Cruise's Space Movie Update Shared By Universal Boss (msn.com) 

Novel superconducting magnet thrusters to be tested out on ISS | Space

Space tourist Dennis Tito books two seats to the moon on SpaceX Starship | Space

UK's first ever space launch edges closer as 'Cosmic Girl' lands in Cornwall - Business Live (business-live.co.uk)

Eruption of Italy's Stromboli volcano spotted from space (msn.com)

Space companies face difficult investment environment - SpaceNews

Launch on demand: If satellites are shot down, will Space Force be ready to restock? - SpaceNews

ExoTrail wins contract to demonstrate orbital transfer for French agencies - SpaceNews

Inmarsat wins $980 million U.S. Navy contract for global communications services - SpaceNews

SpinLaunch Completes its 10th Test, Hurling Payloads for NASA and Other Companies Into the air - Universe Today

SpaceIL's Beresheet 2 Lander Will try Growing Various Plants on the Moon - Universe Today

Most powerful gamma-ray burst ever seen spotted by astronomers | Space

New Views of Ganymede and Europa From Earth's Most Powerful Telescope - Universe Today

This week, off world: SpaceX launches Crew-5 mission to the ISS, the Sun roars fire, asteroid Ryugu's watery past and loads more...

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The Sun roars fire:

Airbus testing Mars Sample Fetch Rover in quarry near London

Watch China move space station module to new docking port

New simulation reveals alternative explanation for the moon's formation

Atlas V rocket launches 2 communications satellites to orbit | Space

SpaceX launches historic Crew-5 mission to space station | Space

...then SpaceX launches Starlink 4-29 from Vandenberg hours after crew mission - NASASpaceFlight.com

...then SpaceX successfully lofts an Intelsat Galaxy duo - NASASpaceFlight.com

Rocket Lab launches "It Argos Up From Here" mission - NASASpaceFlight.com

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China launches navigation enhancement satellites from sea platform | Space

Earth from Space - Bouches-du-Rhône, France - SpaceRef

Reading material:

JAXA | Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2 Initial Analysis Stone Team reveals the formation and evolution of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu.

Earthlike Worlds With Oceans and Continents Could be Orbiting red Dwarfs, Detectable by James Webb - Universe Today

New asteroid strike images show impact 'a lot bigger than expected' (spacedaily.com)

Sierra Space hires former SpaceX executive as CIO - SpaceNews

Roscosmos official supports continued cooperation with NASA on ISS - SpaceNews

Next NOAA weather satellite launching just in time - SpaceNews

Report highlights U.S. concerns over China’s space infrastructure in South America - SpaceNews

Ball Aerospace wins $176 million contract to build and operate 10 satellites for Space Development Agency - SpaceNews

Satellite images reveal the scale of Nord Stream gas pipeline leak | Space

Eutelsat accuses Iran of jamming 2 Persian-language news satellites | Space