This week, off world: 'Strange' Russian satellite explodes in a cloud of hazardous debris, Taikonauts spacewalk, epic test of SpaceX's Starship rocket and loads more...

Here’s where you can donate to help Ukrainian refugees and war victims... 

 ...and where you can donate to support victims of the recent quake in Syria and Turkey (dec.org.uk) 

Pick o' the podcasts:

From the video store:

Shenzhou-15 astronauts complete first spacewalk

ISRO Scripts History: Launch Vehicle SSLV D2 Successfully Places 3 Small Satellites In Orbit (msn.com)

Juice’s odyssey of exploration

Curiosity discovers evidence of water on ancient Mars with ripples and landslide debris

SpaceX launches Hispasat's Amazonas Nexus satellite - NASASpaceFlight.com

Proton-M launches Elektro-L No.4

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SLS RS-25 Engine Test, 8 February 2023

Progress MS-22 launch

Why the US military made GPS free to use:

SpaceX's huge Starship booster conducts epic 31-engine burn | Space

Reading material:

Maxar receives $192 million contract to supply imagery to U.S. allies - SpaceNews

NASA-ISRO SAR Mission (NISAR)

Exotrail raises $58 million to expand space logistics services - SpaceNews

Relativity Space stacks 3D-printed rocket on launch pad | Space

‘Strange’ Russian satellite blows up into cloud of debris – report (msn.com)

ESA successfully unfurls sail to drag spacecraft out of orbit | Space

Tiny NASA moon probe can't reach lunar orbit as planned | Space

A mysterious ring surrounding mini-planet Quaoar puzzles astronomers | Space

SpaceX restricted Ukraine's use of Starlink internet with drones | Space

NASA's CAPSTONE moon probe bounces back from communications glitch | Space

This week, off world: Exploring the 4 billion year old dark of the moon's poles, how to build a satellite, and loads more...

Here’s where you can donate to help Ukrainian refugees and war victims 

  

 Pick o' the podcasts:

 

From the video store:

Exploring the Moon's permanently shadowed regions with "ShadowCam"

SpaceX launches 53 Starlinks on 200th Falcon 9 rocket flight | Space

A lesson in how to build a satellite:

See Comet 96P/Macholz's stunning sun flyby in multiple spacecraft views 

Boom! Sierra Space blows up inflatable habitat...and building housing it!

Mars helicopter Ingenuity flies for the 41st time

SpaceX launches first flight of cross-country Starlink doubleheader - NASASpaceFlight.com

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Exotic_atoms - because the periodic table was just too dang cramped....

Reading material:

Kolkata, India As Seen From Space By Copernicus Sentinel-2 - SpaceRef

Cubesat launched by SpaceX will test water-based propulsion | Space

Astronomers Prepare to Launch LuSEE Night, A Test Observatory on the Far Side of the Moon - Universe Today

SpaceX to launch satellites designed specifically for space combat

Space Force chief: Satellites are under threat, ‘we have to be ready’ - SpaceNews

South Korea picks Vega C to launch satellite grounded by Russian sanctions - SpaceNews

Space Development Agency issues draft solicitation for 72 satellites - SpaceNews

'Worst-Case Scenario' Space Junk Collision Barely Avoided (msn.com)

Machine learning spots 8 potential technosignatures | Space

The James Webb Space Telescope gets its own micrometeoroid forecast — here's how | Space

New satellite to police carbon dioxide emitters from space | Space

This week, off world: Plasma engines can provide 5x the expected thrust, Chinese new year in space, and loads more...

Here’s where you can donate to help Ukrainian refugees and war victims 

  

Pick o' the podcasts:

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What happened to the Apollo 12 booster? A surprising journey...

Chinese new year in space:

NASA and DARPA-developed nuclear thermal rocket engine could be tested in few years  

Guess what? More Starlink satellites going up....

A closer look at Orbital Reef:

Space weather on the Moon:

This Toxic Liquid Telescope from the 1850s Is Finally Useful

Reading material:

Arrakhis: the tiny satellite aiming to reveal what dark matter is made of | Space

China's lunar rover beams back new images from far side of moon - CGTN

Ingenuity's 40th flight on Mars tracks a rocky road (marsdaily.com)

Space Florida: $5.9 Billion Economic Impact on Florida’s Economy - SpaceRef

Thales Alenia Space And Partners Sign Contract With European Space Agency For TeQuantS Quantum Satellite Communications Project - SpaceRef

James Webb Space Telescope Identifies Origins Of Icy Building Blocks Of Life - SpaceRef

A Novel Propulsion System Would Hurl Hypervelocity Pellets at a Spacecraft to Speed it up - Universe Today

Astrobotic completes Peregrine testing - SpaceNews

Spaceflight books dedicated Isar Aerospace launch in 2026 - SpaceNews

Plasma thrusters used on satellites could be much more powerful than previously believed (phys.org)

This week, off world: SpaceX is launching stuff at a 'ludicrous' rate, light pollution woes, how to grow structures on Mars and loads more...

 Here’s where you can donate to help Ukrainian refugees and war victims 

  

Pick o' the podcasts:

204: Light Pollution with Kelly Beatty — Spacepod (listentospacepod.com)

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SpaceX launches United States Space Force mission 67:

SpaceX launches sixth next-generation GPS satellite - NASASpaceFlight.com

SpaceX Starlink 68 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing

Orbital resonance

Spacewalk begins to prep space station for new solar arrays

Reading material:

Light Pollution is Obscuring the Night Sky. RIP Stargazing - Universe Today

Tinduf, Algeria As Seen By Sentinel-2 - SpaceRef

With Starshield, SpaceX readies for battle - SpaceNews

Chinese startups conduct hot fire tests for mini version of SpaceX's Starship - SpaceNews

Rocket Report: SpaceX reaches ‘ludicrous’ cadence; ABL explains RS1 failure | Ars Technica

Space Capital sees upside to 2022 decline in space investment - SpaceNews

A new way to Peer Into the Permanently Shadowed Craters on the Moon, Searching for Deposits of Water ice - Universe Today

Instead of Building Structures on Mars, we Could Grow Them With the Help of Bacteria - Universe Today

Exploring the Outer Solar System Takes Power, Here's a Way to Miniaturize Nuclear Batteries for Deep Space - Universe Today

Fine-Branched Ridges On Mars - SpaceRef

This week, off world: The Sun gets hyperactive, Virgin Orbit's first UK launch fails just short of orbit, and loads more...

Here’s where you can donate to help Ukrainian refugees and war victims 

  

 Pick o' the podcasts:

 

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First Virgin Orbit U.K. launch fails - SpaceNews

See SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule move away from space station after undocking

Hyperactive Sunspot turns towards us:

Aftermath of the Biggest Explosion Ever Caught on Camera | Shoemaker-Levy 9

SpaceX launches 114 satellites, lands rocket in landmark 200th flight | Space

 

What an Astronaut needs to know:

Dublin, Ireland | Earth from Space

Reading material:

Ukraine war: Soledar devastation revealed in satellite images - BBC News

Chinese moon mission's sample haul includes exotic volcanic rocks | Space

Virgin Orbit fails on first mission from the UK with Start Me Up - NASASpaceFlight.com

List of first UK space satellites, the firms behind them and what they're for (msn.com)

Are Chemical Rockets or Solar Sails Better to Return Resources from Asteroids? - Universe Today

Is Space Power a Good Idea? A new Spacecraft is Going to Find Out! - Universe Today

NASA's TESS discovers planetary system's second Earth-size world (phys.org)

China’s Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter and rover appear to be in trouble - SpaceNews

Martian meteorite contains large diversity of organic compounds (marsdaily.com)

Cosmic superbubble's magnetic field charted in 3D for the first time (spacedaily.com)

Researchers create an optical tractor beam that pulls macroscopic objects (spacedaily.com)

NASA’s commercial lunar program ready to start flying in 2023 - NASASpaceFlight.com

ESPA satellites maturing as the preferred ride for small national security payloads - SpaceNews

I haz bug...

 Apologies folks, my whole family is down with flu, and right now it's keeping myself coherent enough to look after the little 'uns as first priority - I'll be back as soon as I have any focus to finish the current WIP post.