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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