ESA pictures of the Sun's south pole

 

New pictures and video taken by the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter

will hopefully help scientists to better understand 

the reversal of the polar fields on the Sun.

Link to: Article by Pallab Ghosh and Gwndaf Hughes

Space Mining Not Dead

 In a recent article for BBC Future

Josh Sims focuses on a wide range of current views and developments

in the field of prospective mining of space resources

highlighting a whole gamut of potential and inevitable challenges.

Link to: "Metals from space: The rocky future of asteroid mining"

Alternative Link:

"Are we on the verge of mining metals from the asteroids above Earth?"

Japanese moon lander heading towards a lunar flyby

 

ispace have successfully set their RESILIENCE lunar lander

on its course towards the moon

Link to: RESILIENCE Lunar Lander Completes First Orbital Maneuver

Link to: ispace-EUROPE Secures First-Ever Mission Authorization Under Luxembourg’s Space Resources Law