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.

    

 Pick o' the podcasts:

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