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... 

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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)