This week, off world: Virgin Galactic begins commercial operations, a giant sunspot doubles its width in 24 hours, 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.

   

Pick o' the pods:

207: One of the stranger surfaces in the solar system with Dr. Cartwright — Spacepod (listentospacepod.com)

From the video store:

How to photograph the International Space Station

  

Virgin Galactic aces its 1st commercial launch to space (video) | Space

Giant sunspot doubled in size in 24 hours, and it's pointing right at Earth | Live Science

Soyuz-2.1b launches Meteor-M No. 2-3 and 42 small satellites

Euclid | Ready for launch

Reading material:

What causes the strange green flash at sunset and sunrise on Earth? | Space

Rocket Lab doubles down on marine booster recovery with next Electron launch | TechCrunch

Solar Storms Cause A Terrifying, Record-Breaking Statistic For Earth (giantfreakinrobot.com)

There Could Be Captured Planets in the Oort Cloud - Universe Today

Chinese company plans to launch rocket comparable to Falcon 9 in 2024 - SpaceNews

British startup powers up sensor for monitoring tiny orbital debris - SpaceNews

 

D-Orbit wins contracts to test optical links and fly mini space lab - SpaceNews

NASA Gets Amazing New Results Generating Oxygen on Mars (futurism.com)

Satellite images appear to show build-up at Wagner base in Belarus | Reuters

This week, off world: SATRIA-1 launches to provide internet to rural Indonesia, the BepiColombo probe buzzes Mercury at only 150 km, 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.

   

Pick o' the podcasts:

209: Mission to the largest moon in the solar system with Dr. Witasse — Spacepod (listentospacepod.com)

From the video store:

Why Do North Pole And South Pole Have 6 Months Of Day? 

...and: Why Planes Fly Over The North Pole But Not The South Pole

ULA’s Delta 4 Heavy launches classified spy satellite - SpaceNews

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SpaceX launches 56 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea | Space

SpaceX launches SATRIA-1 communications satellite for Indonesia, lands rocket at sea (video) | Space 

 

Reading materials:

ESA - Full ignition for ESA’s reusable rocket engine

Europe's BepiColombo spacecraft to to fly close by Mercury in today, snap images | Space

The Suspense is Killing Us. The Next Planet in the TRAPPIST System Gets the JWST Treatment - Universe Today

Rocket Lab's modified Electron rocket HASTE achieves first suborbital launch | Space

China Plans Its Own Megaconstellation To Challenge Starlink | Hackaday

Neom: New satellite images show progress of Saudi Arabia's 'The Line' | Middle East Eye

This week, off world: Power beaming demonstrated in space, Astroscale's robot for cleaning up space junk, 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.

   

Pick o' the podcasts:

 

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From the video store:

Caltech Team Demonstrates Wireless Power Transfer in Space, Beams Power Down to Earth - SpaceRef

Astronaut watches cyclone swirl over Arabian Sea from space:

SpaceX Starlink 87 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 12 June 2023

SpaceX Transporter-8 launches 72 payloads - Booster landing milestone - NASASpaceFlight.com

Japan's Astroscale has a new robot tug to clean up space junk (video) | Space

Long March-2D launches 41 satellites

Reading material:

Semiconductor Investigation On The International Space Station - SpaceRef

The 'world's first space factory' has successfully been deployed (interestingengineering.com)

The brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen has unique jet structure powering it | Space

Wow! Amazing video shows International Space Station crossing the sun during spacewalk (msn.com)

SpaceX to launch the first test payload for a bold new drug development company | CNN Business

ULA Test Fires its New Vulcan Rocket - Universe Today

Ethereal ice swirls dance around Arctic peninsula in stunning new satellite image (msn.com)

NASA Sending Adorable Little Buddy to Hang Out Next to the James Webb (futurism.com)

An Element Critical for (Earth) Life is Spewing out of Enceladus - Universe Today

Virgin Galactic sets late June date for first commercial SpaceShipTwo flight - SpaceNews

Eutelsat reversing course with European retail broadband business sale - SpaceNews

Surprise! Jupiter's ocean moon Europa may not have a fully formed core | Space

Cislune Wins Four NASA Contracts to Develop the Infrastructure for a Lunar Gas Station - SpaceRef

 

Thailand’s Space Ambitions Illustrate Southeast Asia’s Rising Space Sector - SpaceRef

Virgin Galactic Announces Start of Commercial Spaceflight Service - SpaceRef

Sierra Space Awarded Space Act Agreement With NASA - SpaceRef

 

Land Surface Temperature In Maharashtra, India Reached Alarming Levels In May - SpaceRef

This week, off world: So many space launches, alien lava falls, UAE to send a mission to an asteroid, 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.

   

Pick o' the podcasts:

 

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From the video store:

In a First, Caltech's Space Solar Power Demonstrator Wirelessly Transmits Power in Space | www.caltech.edu

Airbus Developed a System To Extract Oxygen and Metal From Lunar Regolith - Universe Today

GSLV-F12 launches NVS-01 

China launches Shenzhou-16 mission to the Chinese Space Station - NASASpaceFlight.com

 

Ax-2 Crew Dragon splashdown

Lijian-1 launches 26 satellites (Kinetica-1)

SpaceX Starlink 86 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 4 June 2023

SpaceX CRS-28 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

Tianzhou-5 re-docking

Reading material:

UAE to land a probe on an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter in 2034 | Space

ESA is Testing How Iron Burns in Weightlessness - Universe Today

A New Launch Complex Opens Up in the Ocean - Universe Today

Betelgeuse is Almost 50% Brighter Than Normal. What's Going On? - Universe Today

New satellite images reveal scale of Bakhmut destruction (msn.com)

Satellite images show tankers Iran seized off Bandar Abbas (msn.com)

Researchers are Working on a Tractor Beam System for Space - Universe Today

Canadian aerospace company signs lease for testing facility at Spaceport Cornwall (msn.com)