This week, off world: Key molecules of life found on an asteroid. a balloon for exploring Venus and loads more....

 

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What BepiColombo heard

SpaceX deploys SpainSat NG1 

Chinese spacewalk

Chang’e-6 samples reveal reinforced lunar dynamo

NASA's Newly Released Images Of MARS #60 (2025)

NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here's what that means | Space

Reading material:

UK's first video call via satellite made from Welsh mountain - BBC News

Russia withdraws military equipment from Syria's Tartous port, images show - BBC News

Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 | Space

 

Juno Sees a Massive Hotspot of Volcanic Activity on Io - Universe Today

Evidence of Recent Geological Activity on the Moon - Universe Today

A Balloon Mission That Could Explore Venus Indefinitely - Universe Today

There's more than just gravity at work in the solar system

Commercial weather startups forecast increased funding under Trump - SpaceNews

China embraces commercial participation in moon mission for the first time - SpaceNews

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander snaps its 1st photos of the moon (images) | Space

Blue Ghost moon lander sees Earth as a 'blue marble' from orbit (photo) | Space

Belfast-built lander is heading to the moon

A tether covered in solar panels could boost the ISS's orbit

Move over Starlink: China’s Tiantong-1 brings direct satellite-to-cell communication 

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This week, off world: Two experimental mega rockets launch in one week, India achieves docking in space and loads more...

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 143 — King Starship | Space

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India's SpaDex mission achieves docking in space

SpaceX's Starship mega-rocket launches - booster makes safe & accurate landing, but Starship itself is lost in flight:

By contrast: New Glenn's maiden launch - makes it to orbit, but booster misses landing (just) & is lost

ESA's new spaceplane design:

SpaceX Transporter-12 launches more than 100 satellites - NASASpaceFlight.com

SpaceX launches NROL-153, expanding U.S. spy satellite constellation   - SpaceNews

Smart robot helps out astronauts on China's Tiangong space station (video) | Space

Chinese sea launch sends 10 navigation enhancement satellites into orbit - SpaceNews

Sound of a meteorite hitting Earth captured for the first time – on a doorbell camera

Reading material:

A mysterious US spaceplane just achieved a new milestone

Rosotics pivots to focus on orbital transport vehicles - SpaceNews

Yutu-2 rover likely immobile on the moon after historic lunar far side mission - SpaceNews

Four Astranis GEO satellites pass initial commissioning milestone  - SpaceNews

Defense Department's new tool to investigate on-orbit anomalies - SpaceNews

China test-fires 5 new rocket engines in a single day. But what are they for? (video) | Space

This week, off world: SpaceX opens 2025 with flight 7 of its mega-rocket, China plans a gigantic solar power satellite and loads more...

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SpaceX launches 1st Starlink satellites of 2025 (photos) | Space

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New European rockets: 

 

Miranda: The weirdest moon?

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China plans half-mile-long solar power station for unlimited power

Dutch military signs satellite intelligence deal with Maxar  - SpaceNews

Pictures from space show scale of devastating California wildfires

Pictures capture icy craters and sunlit plains of solar system's smallest planet

Venus is Important. We Should Take its Exploration Seriously. - Universe Today

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Springtime on Mars brings frost avalanches, gas geysers and explosions (photos) | Space

Pale Blue to flight test water thruster with D-Orbit - SpaceNews

Rocket Lab asks NASA to open up MSR to commercial competition - SpaceNews

NASA Lays Out Two New Options for Mars Sample Return - Universe Today

U.S. military satellites achieve first cross-vendor laser communications link - SpaceNews

NASA emphasizes role of the moon as testbed for future human Mars missions - SpaceNews