This week, off world: Ex-astronaut on working with Russia in space as the Ukraine conflict rages, India lands on the Moon, build your own recieving station for satellite signals, and loads more....

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See India's Chandrayaan-3 lander descend to moon's surface in amazing time-lapse

....and its rover sets out to explore the lunar plains:

The Chandrayaan-3 lander observed by the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter

Blastoff! Rocket Lab reuses rocket engine for first time

Progress MS-24 launch

SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea | Space

Long March-4C launches Gaofen-12 04

Satellites watch Hurricane Hilary swirl above the Pacific (video) | Space

The Carrington Event:

Reading material:

Bizarre new cosmic object is the most magnetic star in the universe (msn.com)

Perseverance Mars rover spies big sunspot (photos) | Space

Chris Kemp unplugged—Astra’s CEO dishes on the space company’s struggles | Ars Technica

Build your own weather satellite receiving station - Raspberry Pi

Ukraine: The Latest - Former Nasa astronaut on working with Russia in space (msn.com)

Japanese SAR company iQPS to launch with Rocket Lab after Virgin Orbit bankruptcy - SpaceNews

Poland signs agreement to fly astronaut on Axiom Space ISS mission - SpaceNews

Gravitational wave detectors on the moon could be more sensitive than those on Earth | Space

India's Chandrayaan-3 images far side of moon ahead of landing | Space

Redwire and Sierra Space partner on commercial space station biotech research platform - SpaceNews