This week, off world: China's Chang'e-6 mission brings Moon rocks to Earth, putting data centres in space 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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220: Walking on the roof of hell with Prof. Stanley — Spacepod (listentospacepod.com)

221: The queens of heaven with Prof. Tauris — Spacepod (listentospacepod.com)

From the video store:

Chang’e-6 delivers first lunar far side samples to Earth after 53-day mission - SpaceNews

ISRO RLV LEX-03 - Pushpak’s final test

10-kilometre Chinese VTVL vehicle test

Powerful GOES-U weather satellite launches to orbit atop SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket (video) | Space

Blastoff! SpaceX launches Starlink batch, nails landing: 

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Reading material:

Earth care satellite captures unique scans of cloud structures 

Starfish Space to extend Intelsat satellite life in first commercial mission - SpaceNews

Could We Put Data Centers In Space? - Universe Today

Making Rocket Fuel Out of Lunar Regolith - Universe Today

How the GOES U satellite will change Earth and space weather forecasts forever | Space

Skynopy raises funds for scalable ground station network - SpaceNews

Volcanic Plumes Rise Above Lava Lakes on Io in this Juno Image - Universe Today

Shocked quartz reveals evidence of historical cosmic airburst (spacedaily.com)

Ten Thousand active satellites now orbiting Earth (spacedaily.com)

U.S. Space Command ready for potential Russian satellite attack, general says - SpaceNews

U.S. Space Command sees promise in rocket cargo initiative - SpaceNews

Firefly to launch Alpha from Wallops - SpaceNews

MDA Space receives contract for next phase of lunar Gateway robotic arm development - SpaceNews

The Space Force no longer has the luxury of time. It needs industry help to stay ahead. - SpaceNews

China gears up for deep space missions after collecting 1,935 grams of lunar far side samples - SpaceNews

Russian spy satellite reportedly continues suspicious maneuvers - SpaceNews

 

Russian satellite breaks up, creating debris in low Earth orbit - SpaceNews

Viasat to supply satellite terminals for Spain’s maritime surveillance aircraft - SpaceNews

This week, off world: Gravitational slingshots around the Sun, satellites that can use atmosphere as propellant 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.

    

 Pick o' the podcasts

 

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From the video store:

Fire in space: How it evolves to survive attempts to starve it of oxygen

China's Space Plane Aims For Suborbital Tourism

Satellites That Scoop Air And Use It As Propellant

Electron launches Kinéis 1-5

Falcon 9 launches ASTRA 1P and Falcon 9 first stage landing:

Reading material:

Slingshotting Around the Sun Would Make a Spacecraft the Faster Ever - Universe Today

Pentagon picks SpaceX, Blue Origin and ULA for $5.6 billion launch deal | Space

Satellite images show N Korea building a border wall

Satellites spot the Russian fleet leaving Crimea

A satellite internet antenna small enough for backpackers

This week, off world: China's space plane does military stuff in space, private space-junk inspector probe sees a derelict up-close in orbit, 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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Private space-junk-inspection probe spots discarded rocket in orbit up close (photo) (msn.com)

Boeing Starliner astronauts talk with NASA leaders from space station:

ROCKET CAM! ULA Atlas V Boeing Starliner Launch:

China’s secretive spaceplane conducts proximity operations with small spacecraft - SpaceNews

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China's #spaceplane and the object it expelled, Object G (fainter, in front) filmed this evening by me from Leiden, the Netherlands, in twilight.

WATEC 902H2 Supreme = Samyang 1.2/85 mm, 25 fps.@DutchSpace @OrbitalFocus @Cosmic_Penguin @planet4589 pic.twitter.com/sBZRBMyfKQ

— Dr Marco Langbroek (@Marco_Langbroek) June 7, 2024

 

ALSEP: Apollo's Unsung Experiments (REDUX):

Space for everyone? Agnikul Cosmos trying to make it happen. #shorts (youtube.com)

Reading material:

Private Odysseus moon lander reveals which Earth 'technosignatures' aliens might see | Space

‘Cataclysmic’ collision of giant asteroids discovered in nearby star (msn.com)

'We thought it was impossible:' Water frost on Mars discovered near Red Planet's equator | Space

ESA and Vast to study cooperation on future commercial space stations - SpaceNews

Scout Space telescope to hitch a ride on ABL rocket - SpaceNews

Planet's first hyperspectral satellite is ready to launch - SpaceNews

Pentagon embracing SpaceX's Starshield for future military satcom - SpaceNews

Stoke Space test-fires new booster engine - SpaceNews

This week, off world: SpaceX's mega rocket flies to space and soft-lands, Boeing's Starliner reaches the ISS, China's Chang'e mission reaches the Moon's far side 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.

    

 Pick o' the podcasts:

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From the video store:

Success! SpaceX's Starship Makes a Splash in Fourth Flight Test - Universe Today

 

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft makes it to space:

 

NASA Lucy Images Reveal Asteroid Dinkinesh to be Surprisingly Complex - NASA

Chang-e 6 reaches lunar farside (timelapse)

 

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites, aces 300th rocket landing (photos) | Space

Virgin Galactic conducts final VSS Unity commercial suborbital spaceflight - SpaceNews

The solar-powered aircraft flying high in the atmosphere

Electron launches second NASA PREFIRE cubesat - SpaceNews

 

Space startup Agnikul Cosmos flies world’s first 3D-printed rocket engine in fifth attempt | Technology News - The Indian Express 

Saxavord: UK's first spaceport is officially open - CBBC Newsround

 

Reading material:

ESA lines up initial signatories for Zero Debris Charter - SpaceNews

China conducts three launches inside two days - SpaceNews

NASA’s Asteroid Samples Upend Our Understanding Of Early Solar System (forbes.com)

Beyond the Planets: The Quirky Underdogs of the Solar System (gizmodo.com)

MDA Space joins Starlab Space commercial space station venture - SpaceNews

Sea-based launch startup scores $2.5 million Pentagon contract - SpaceNews

Space Force narrows anti-jam satellite contest to Boeing, Northrop Grumman - SpaceNews