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Friday 24 November 2023

Friday 17 November 2023

This week, off world: Avoiding a Pearl Harbour in space, Virgin Galactic flies experiments to space, and loads more...

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...and here is (one) place you can donate to help children in Afghanistan, caught under the Taliban.



   


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SpaceX launches O3b mPOWER communication satellites on its 84th mission of 2023 | Space


SpaceX Transporter 9 rideshare features new OTV from Tom Mueller's Impulse Space - NASASpaceFlight.com


Virgin Galactic Flies Science Experiments to the Edge of Space - Universe Today 

Reading material:


The Lunar Swirl Mystery Deepens - Universe Today


DART asteroid-smashing team and record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson honored for impact on space science | Space


First Dream Chaser Vehicle Ready for Final Testing - NASASpaceFlight.com


Brightest flash ever disturbed Earth's atmosphere last year (phys.org)


How U.S. satellite rules are different only for Israel : NPR


Satellites watch lava flows of Italy's Mount Etna volcano eruption (image) | Space


Lost astronaut tool bag from ISS shines in new telescope image (photo) | Space


Rocket that slammed into the moon last year ID'ed as Chinese vehicle | Space


China's BeiDou and Fengyun Satellites Elevate Global Weather Forecasting Capabilities (spacedaily.com)


ULA gearing up for first Vulcan launch - SpaceNews


Project Kuiper ready for satellite production after successful prototype tests - SpaceNews


Space Force eyes a future of speed and agility in orbit - SpaceNews


Rocket Factory Augsburg perceives historic moment for European launch industry - SpaceNews


Deterring a looming Space Pearl Harbor through better public discourse  - SpaceNews



Friday 10 November 2023

This week, off world: Making lunar soil more fertile with bacteria, NASA's Lucy mission finds an asteroid with a weird binary moon, and loads more

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...and here is (one) place you can donate to help children in Afghanistan, caught under the Taliban.



   


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SpaceX CRS-29 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing 

3 Medical Breakthroughs from the International Space Station 


SpaceX launches Starlink batch on booster's record-breaking 18th flight, nails landing 


SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites and nails landing on 80th orbital mission of 2023 


Neutron | Stage 2 Cryogenic Test 


Jupiter through 7in mak-cass telescope 



Reading material:


Nasa gets ‘puzzling’ data back from Lucy spacecraft exploring distant object (msn.com)


International Space Station dodges orbital debris hours before SpaceX cargo arrival: report | Space


 



















Friday 3 November 2023

This week, off world: Virgin Galactic flies researchers to space, the first Dream Chaser space plane is completed and loads more...

   Here’s where you can donate to help Ukrainian refugees and war victims... 

...and here is (one) place you can donate to help children in Afghanistan, caught under the Taliban.



   


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From the video store:


Dream Chaser Tenacity Is Officially Complete!


China’s iSpace launches and lands rocket test stage - SpaceNews

 


A guide to Electron rocket ocean recovery:


SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites from California | Space


Long March-6A launches TianHui-5


Navigating between orbits: Hohman transfers:


Euclid, a window on the dark



Reading material:


Surprise! Asteroid 'Dinky' is actually a double, NASA's Lucy probe reveals (photo) | Space



Blue Origin reveals mockup of Blue Moon lunar lander prototype - SpaceNews


New Japanese spacecraft aims to explore the mysterious moons of Mars | Space






Rocket Lab plans launch of Venus mission as soon as late 2024 - SpaceNews




Friday 27 October 2023

This week: Drug manufacturing experiments using micro gravity, Starlink over southern England, and loads more...

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...and here is (one) place you can donate to help children in Afghanistan, caught under the Taliban.



   


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Mars Perseverance rover watches Ingenuity helicopter zoom above Red Planet in real time


Shenzhou 17 launches to the Tiangong space station, reaches it in just 7 hrs:

 

 


Starlink satellites over Folkestone | Watch (msn.com)


SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on its second spaceflight in a day | Space


SpaceX fires up single Starship 26 engine in deorbit burn test at Starbase


Hera asteroid mission goes on trial


India's crew launch escape system test a success! See the liftoff & splashdown


22,000-foot volcano summit is home to Earth's highest-dwelling vertebrates, study confirms (msn.com)



Reading material:


Groundbreaking laser-communications experiment flying to ISS on SpaceX cargo mission next month | Space


In 1952, A Group of Three "Stars" Vanished. Astronomers Still Can't Find Them - Universe Today


A Russian Satellite Has Shifted Within 60 km of Another Spacecraft - Universe Today



Varda partners with Australian range for capsule landings - SpaceNews


Space Perspective unveils 'Space Spa' restroom for balloon tourist flights (images) | Space


Rocket company given £3.5m ahead of Shetland space launch (msn.com)


Space Force sets sights on small geostationary communications satellites - SpaceNews



Friday 20 October 2023

This week, off world: Amazon begins launching its Kuiper satellites, Io up close and loads more....

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Psyche Mission Launches And On Its Way To Metal Asteroid | Watch (msn.com)


Osiris-Rex: Nasa reveals first look at 'beautiful' asteroid sample - BBC News

 


See Mars helicopter Ingenuity soar for 62nd time in full flight time-lapse


Virgin Galactic launches 1st Pakistani to space on 4th commercial spaceflight | Space


Atlas V rocket launches Amazon's 1st 2 internet satellites to orbit (video) | Space


Noctus Laberynthius



Atlas V Project Kuiper Protoflight Rocket Cam 


What Satellites Can See From Space Is Troubling



Reading material:


NASA Mission Had the Perfect View for the Recent Solar Eclipse - Universe Today


Blue Origin Reveals its Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle: Blue Ring - Universe Today


There are 14,000 Potentially Hazardous City-Killing Asteroids Left to Find - Universe Today


UK Start-ups in Space Sector Reach £200 Million Milestone, Boost Economy (msn.com)


Juno Completes its Closest Flyby of Io Yet - Universe Today


ESA - Satellites deliver 5G-quality connectivity


Russian ISS module experiences coolant leak - SpaceNews


More eyes in the sky: NRO building new satellites to deliver ‘10 times more signals and images’ - SpaceNews


Astrobotic resumes flights of Xodiac suborbital vehicle - SpaceNews


‘A bright future for the plant’: Giant solar space farm could be orbiting Earth by 2035 (msn.com)


If There Was Ever Life on Mars, this Ancient Mud Lake is the Perfect Place to Look - Universe Today