This week, off world: Blue Origin returns to space, aurora over Africa, Chang-e 6 reaches the Moon 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:

Blue Origin NS-25 New Shepard launch and landing: 

Long March-4C launches Shiyan-23: 

Chang’e-6 enters lunar orbit:

SpaceX Starlink 164 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 13 May 2024

 

SpaceX launches Starlink batch on 50th mission of 2024, nails landing

Blastoff! SpaceX launches Starlink batch on booster's record-breaking 21st flight, nails landing 

Aurora over Africa on May 10th

Kuaizhou-11 launches 4 satellites

Falcon 9 launches NROL-146 and Falcon 9 first stage landing 

The crater under Chicago:  

SpaceX launches Starlink batch, nails landing - 3rd Falcon 9 mission in 2 days!

Reading materials:

Intelsat extends satellite life extension contracts - SpaceNews

Commercial Space Stations Approach Launch Phase - IEEE Spectrum

China raises stakes in SpaceX internet rivalry, claims higher orbit for first SkyNet satellite | South China Morning Post (scmp.com)

Satellite images of Rafah illustrate Palestinians fleeing the city | Space

German company launches and recovers test rocket in Australia (msn.com) 

How can space travel lead to medical breakthroughs? Veteran astronaut explains | Space

Space debris could be dealt with more cheaply than previously thought, new NASA report suggests | Space

Curiosity rover keeps following possible Mars river remnant | Space

UK chief hails test-firing of rockets at Scottish spaceport as ‘big moment’ (msn.com)