This week, off world: Japan's SLIM reaches lunar orbit, Blue Origin returns to flight, and loads more...

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 Pick o' the podcasts:

216: Right and wrong theories in planetary science with Prof. McKinnon — Spacepod (listentospacepod.com)

From the video store:

SLIM’s first images of the Moon

The Insane Engineering of Orbit

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SpaceX Cargo Dragon undocks from space station for return trip

Blue Origin launches New Shepard rocket on 1st flight since 2022 failure (video) | Space

Watch Chinese astronauts get haircuts aboard Tiangong space station (video) | Space

An ULTRA-HIGH energy cosmic ray hit Earth | Night Sky News Dec 2023

Reading material:

China's space plane apparently deployed 6 'mysterious wingmen' in orbit | Space

Report outlines lessons learned from first U.K. launch - SpaceNews

China launches large classified optical satellite towards geostationary orbit - SpaceNews

Scientists praise performance of first global survey of surface water - SpaceNews

Satellite transmission power battle drags on after WRC-23 - SpaceNews

Peregrine lunar lander ready for January launch - SpaceNews

SpaceX to just miss goal of 100 Falcon launches in 2023 - SpaceNews

L3Harris gets green light to produce 16 space-based hypersonic missile trackers - SpaceNews

Artemis will land international astronaut on moon by end of 2020s, VP Harris says | Space

Finding life on Saturn's moon Enceladus might be easier than we thought | Space

Shenzhou-17 astronauts conduct first spacewalk to repair solar array - SpaceNews

NASA report studies options for a future national laboratory in orbit after ISS - SpaceNews

D-Orbit ION Space Tug Hosts In-Orbit Refueling Demo - European Spaceflight