This week, off-world: NASA's huge solar sail mission, a Japanese billionaire reveals a crew to go around the Moon and loads more...

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Pick o' the podcasts:

T+235: Artemis I, 2022 Midterms (with Casey Dreier) - Main Engine Cut Off

203: 11 hours and 23 minutes with Dr. Chabot — Spacepod (listentospacepod.com)

From the video store:

Orion spacecraft’s return powered flyby of the Moon

...some issues it's had...

... and just a stunning view:

Japanese Billionaire Reveals His Round-the-Moon Crew (universetoday.com)

NASA Tests a Solar Sail Segment of its Enormous Solar Cruiser Mission - Universe Today

SpaceX launches first of three missions for OneWeb - NASASpaceFlight.com

NASA Wants to Build Landing Pads on the Moon - Universe Today

Stepping out for a walk and some DIY:

Smart Dragon-3 maiden launch (Jielong-3)

 

A big, green-blue, Geminid over San Antonio:

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The mind-blowing scale of supervoids:

 

Kilonova detected 

What is a quasi-star?

Coming soon: MTG The Next Generation

Strange Matter: So Stable it's Contagious

Fucino, Italy | Earth from Space

Reading material:

Elon Musk's Starlink to help strengthen internet in remote UK places - BBC News

Massive eruption from icy volcanic comet detected in solar system (msn.com)

'Dynamic Soaring' Trick Could Speed Spacecraft Across Interstellar Space (msn.com)

Lunar Volcanoes Are Far More Active Than Expected (msn.com)

Mysteriously bright flash is a black hole jet pointing straight toward Earth, astronomers say -- ScienceDaily

There's a Giant Magma Plume on Mars, Bulging the Surface out Across a Vast Region - Universe Today

NDAA compromise bill wants more focus on satellite protection, responsive launch - SpaceNews

Dawn Aerospace raises $20 million for propulsion and spaceplane work - SpaceNews

Astronomers Have Found Two Temperate Super-Earths Orbiting a Nearby Red Dwarf - Universe Today