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2022.11.02 | InSight and MRO combine to reveal newly formed crater on Mars


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On The Space Show for Wednesday, 2 November 2022:

Space Show News: 

* NOAA’s JPSS-2 is set to launch atop an Atlas V rocket and will join the fleet of Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) satellites. 

* Rocket Lab prepares to launch its “Catch Me If You Can” Electron booster recovery mission carrying the MATS (Mesospheric Airglow/Aerosol Tomography and Spectroscopy) satellite

* Update on the CAPSTONE mission

* Final module docks at China's Tiangong space station

InSight and MRO combine to discover newly formed crater on Mars:

* NASA’s InSight lander detects meteoroid impact on Mars while cameras aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spotted the new crater from space

Diary time:

* Details of the total lunar eclipse on 8 November 2022

Voyager 1 & 2 and Ed Stone retirement:

* Ed Stone, Voyager Project Scientist, retires after 50 years in the job and a 60 year career with NASA

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The Space ShowBy Andrew Rennie for the Space Association of Australia