This week, off world: OSIRIS-REX lands asteroid samples in Utah, the race to build in micro-gravity, and loads more...

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Touchdown! OSIRIS-REx capsule lands in Utah with asteroid samples

SpaceX launches Starlink batch on record-tying 17th mission, nails landing

SpaceX Starlink 109 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing

SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base

The first steps of the Huginn mission 

The Post-Apollo Human Mission to Venus

Perseverance rover captures Martian dust devil traveling at 12 mph!

Reading material:

In a factory outside Glasgow, Scotland's answer to Musk's SpaceX is taking shape (msn.com)

Satellite images show Russia, China and US 'ramping up activity at nuclear test sites' (msn.com)

Building in zero gravity: the race to create factories in space | Space | The Guardian

LightSail 2: A solar sail spacecraft could reach Mars in only 26 days (interestingengineering.com)

This week, off world: Another water tower flies, NASA makes plans for a telescope on the Moon and loads more...

 

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Update on Hopper2: The Hopper Has Landed | Stoke Space 

Fireball Above Iceland

NASA's Plan to Build A Telescope on the Moon

ULA’s Atlas 5 launches National Reconnaissance Office mission - SpaceNews

Virgin Galactic completes third commercial SpaceShipTwo flight - SpaceNews

Tianzhou-5 undocking

Long March-6A launches Yaogan-40

SpaceX Starlink 105 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 12 September 2023

Modern Spacecraft Engineering: How Europe Is Trying To Catch Up | Ariane 6 | FD Engineering 

Satellite Imagery Confirms One S-400 Launcher Destroyed in Crimea After Neptune Missile Strike 

Launch Roundup; Rocket Lab fails during "We Will Never Desert You" launch; SpaceX to launch booster for 17th time - NASASpaceFlight.com 

Reinventing the Space Station with LIFE Habitat

Reading materials:

James Webb Space Telescope detects carbon on Jupiter's icy moon Europa | Space

JWST Might Have Imaged a Hycean World for the First Time, With a Hydrogen-Rich Atmosphere and a Deep Planet-Wide Water Ocean - Universe Today

NASA's Lucy asteroid probe shoots 1st photo of 'Dinky' space rock | Space

Spanish police dismantle equipment of group suspected of using satellites to get ahead of betting shops | World News | Sky News

Astronauts on ISS gaze into the eye of Hurricane Nigel (photos) | Space

New Mars gravity analysis improves understanding of possible ancient ocean (spacedaily.com)

If You Could See Gravitational Waves, the Universe Would Look Like This - Universe Today

This week, off world: Indian lunar land does a 'hop test', oceans moons and planets, and loads more...

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Footage from Moon shows Indian lunar lander successfully 'hopping' – video | World news | The Guardian

A classic space oddity:

Aditya-L1 launch

SpaceX launches 13 satellites for US Space Force, booster lands in California

Falcon 9 launches Tranche 0B and Falcon 9 first stage landing

SpaceX Crew-6 hatch closure

....Re-entry...

.... and landing:

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 22 Starlink satellites from Florida

What Chandrayaan-3 Saw on the Moon So Far!

Chinese Ceres-1 rocket reaches orbit with first sea launch - SpaceNews

Hot-fire test of Ariane 6 core stage on launch pad

Reading material:

Cracking the celestial ceiling - SpaceNews

Astronomers are Hoping the Event Horizon Telescope saw Pulsars Near the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole - Universe Today

Chinese scientist proposes solar system-wide resource utilization roadmap - SpaceNews

With Silent Barker Satellites, America Enters New Space Arms Race (popularmechanics.com)

DoD satellites in low Earth orbit promise more connectivity for military users - SpaceNews

This week, off world: Space assets track hurricanes Idalia and Frankin, Chandrayaan-3 and it's rover on the Moon, and loads more...

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Hurricane Idalia seen from the International Space Station:

Hurricanes Idalia and Frankin seen from space in amazing satellite time-lapses:

Crew-7 launches to the space station - SpaceNews:

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SpaceX Crew Docking At The ISS:

Reading material:

Rideshare industry adapting to a changing smallsat market - SpaceNews

NASA moon orbiter spots crash site of Russia's failed Luna-25 lander (photo) | Space

Company wants to clean space junk with 'capture bags' in orbit | Space

Is Anyone Planning for Diplomacy with an Extraterrestrial Civilization? - Universe Today

Hunting for supermassive black holes in the early universe (phys.org)

Japanese astrophysicists suggest possibility of hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt

James Webb: Telescope reveals new detail in famous supernova - BBC News

NASA Shares First Images from US Pollution-Monitoring Instrument - SpaceRef

Infospectrum Expands Contract with Spire Global to Enhance Vessel-Tracking Capabilities - SpaceRef

Portion of a Ridge in Northwestern Antoniadi Crater On Mars - SpaceRef

SwRI will lead Hubble, Webb observations of Io, Jupiter’s volcanic moon - SpaceRef