India's lander Vikram and its rover Pragyan
have successfully reached the ground in the southern polar region of the moon.
Link to: NYtimes "What to know about India's next chapter in space"
(https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/23/science/india-moon-landing-chandrayaan-3)
Could Ganymede, Callisto or Europa
one day, in the distant future,
become our so-called "Planet B" ?
A one-way trip there takes about 8 years,
but in the very long run it might perhaps be worth it.
Link to: Natural History Museum
Sweden's SPACEPORT Esrange
has now been officially inaugurated.
The 32-storey tall, most powerful rocket ever built so far
has successfully lifted off this morning
on its test journey towards and around the moon.
Link to: Jonathan Amos's article for BBC Science
Space.com are focusing on this recurring problematic issue.
Link to: "A Chinese rocket body will fall Friday and we don't know where."
Emma Woollacott's recent article for the BBC
neatly summarizes what the basic concept
and related current projects are all about.
Link to: "How solar farms in space might beam electricity to Earth"