This week, off world: Using microgravity to forge unique materials, a radio telescope on the Moon's far side by 2025, 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.

   

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From the video store:

Supernovae Struck the Earth 3 Million and 7 Million Years Ago - Universe Today

SpaceX Starlink 111 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 5 October 2023

SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit, nails landing 

Astronomers are Working to Put a Radio Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon by 2025 - Universe Today

Reading material:

UK startup readies new satellite that will make semiconductors in space | Space

The BlueWalker 3 satellite is officially one of the brightest objects in the sky | Space

SpaceX wins Space Force contract for Starshield military satellites | Space

China to attempt lunar far side sample return in 2024 - SpaceNews

India's private space sector skyrockets (msn.com)

First-ever space debris fine issued after company fails to 'properly de-orbit satellite' | US News | Sky News

Could space-based solar farms soon be a reality? (msn.com)

China to send new modules and co-orbiting spacecraft to Tiangong space station - SpaceNews