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Euclid discovers a stunning Einstein ring

captured a very nice Einstein ring

Moon Monday #216: Firefly Blue Ghost brings precision landing and lunar sci-tech bounties

bunch of other payloads on Blue Ghost have been operating as well

MSN

A NASA scientist has successfully created a rocket that operates without using fuel

SpaceX Make The Same Mistake Twice With Starship Flight 8

timeline and analysis of the full launch

https://www.reuters.com/science/spacex-starship-failure-prompts-diversions-florida-airports-ground-stops-2025-03-07/

again halted and diverted

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/faa-says-spacex-starship-explosion-disrupted-nearly-240-flights-2025-03-07/

240 flights this time

https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXMasterrace/comments/1i2hxta/another_day_another_leaked_starship_internal_view/

burn-through from previous flights

https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/1j69zha/possible_leaked_screenshot_of_s34_missing_an_rvac/

completely missing Raptor RVAC

https://x.com/joebarnard/status/1897797312107495571

caught by its launch tower

NASA powers down two Voyager science instruments to extend mission life

turned off

Was curious what the actual energy available for Voyager 1 & 2 actually is, so I... | Hacker News

operating at around 235W

Plutonium-238 - Wikipedia

Plutonium-238,

MHW-RTG - Wikipedia

Multi-Hundred-Watt Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators

https://www.tandfonline.com/cms/asset/cdf5f3b7-d619-4b10-93ba-dd928398cf8c/unct_a_2410606_f0003_oc.jpg

The Graph

Multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator - Wikipedia

MMRTG, which

Blue Ghost's Landing Video Reveals Exactly Where It Landed On The Moon

track down its location

QuickMap

here

The International Space Station lacks microbial diversity. Is it too clean?

new study

https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00108-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867425001084%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

low microbial diversity and potential health impacts.

Issue No. 308

suggested

Moon Monday - Jatan’s Space

Moon Monday

Next Generation Launch Vehicle - Wikipedia

heavy-lift NGLV rocket

援纳米比亚卫星地面数据接收站和处理系统建设项目航天系统顺利通过竣工验收

China built a large ground station in Namibia

SpaceX completes investigation into Starship Flight 7 mishap

completed investigation