This week, off world: Lonestar looks to the Moon as a data storage & recovery station, satellites see Antarctic sea ice hit a record low, and loads more...

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Russian filmmakers release trailer for first ever feature-length movie filmed in space (msn.com) 

A Supercut of Hilarious Astronaut Falls during Apollo Moonwalk

Bubbles in Space: Zero Gravity Experiment You Have to See 

Amazing Blue Jet Over Texas !

See SpaceX deploy 'V2 mini' satellites for 1st time in amazing view from space...

....then SpaceX launches 40 OneWeb internet satellites, lands rocket | Space

Exploring Venus with NASA's DAVINCI misison, includes descent probe!

Japan Joins the Stratospheric Balloon Tourism Race (universetoday.com)

Reading material:

Antarctic sea ice hits record low, satellites reveal | Space

NASA scientists push for a treaty to tackle risky 'space junk' | Space

Asteroids may have gotten life building blocks from interstellar clouds | Space

Japanese lunar lander company ispace to go public - SpaceNews 

X-rays reveal how 450-year-old Tycho supernova became a giant cosmic particle accelerator (msn.com)

Bright new comet discovered zooming toward the sun could outshine the stars next year | Space

SpaceX Crew-7, Crew-8 will launch Russian astronauts as well | Space

NASA's Curiosity Rover sees dazzling 'sun rays' over Mars | Space

Lonestar raises $5 million for lunar data centers - SpaceNews

ISS dodges commercial imaging satellite - SpaceNews

Starfish Space raises $14 million for in-orbit servicers - SpaceNews

U.S. Space Force game plan: Compete with China, prevent shooting war in orbit - SpaceNews

U.S. intelligence report: China’s commercial space sector to become global competitor by 2030 - SpaceNews

Tesat-Spacecom establishes U.S. subsidiary - SpaceNews