Virgin Galactic launched its Galactic-02 today. Plus Russia is planning to launch a lunar lander later today. Dust inside the ISS may be toxic. Olympus Mons on Mars may have once been a giant volcanic island like the Hawaiian islands. And the Perseid meteor shower should be visible this weekend.

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The James Webb Space Telescope has provided new data that could support a 16 year theory about Dark Stars. The Falcon Heavy has set a new record by delivering the heaviest communications satellite ever into space. DART collision has triggered space boulders. NASA+ is coming soon with free programming on demand. Plus, NASA lost communication with Voyager 2 but has picked up a heartbeat and may be able to reconnect.

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A Congressional hearing on UAPs raises more questions than it answers about security, safety, and transparency. Amazon has big plans for network of satellites and the Falcon Heavy is sitting on the launchpad waiting to launch.

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It's the 54th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing so there's plenty of Moon stories for this week. India attempts a second lunar lander launch. Russia, Japan, and the US all have hopes for launches in the second half of 2023 with the Moon in mind. Plus a study shows that we could get water from the Moon by directing sunlight to heat it up. And UAPs are back in the news as Congress continues to discuss the phenomena.

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The Perseverance Rover has dug up a diverse set of molecules that are exciting astrobiologists. There's more talk about UAPs but still no actual science to back anything up... yet. Also. the JWST has captured another amazing photo. The Ariane 5's retirement is causing problems for the ESA. And an exoplanet with titanium clouds has been discovered.

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This week, Wes and Shawn talk about the successes of the James Webb Space Telescope and how the 30 year journey saw complications but has already succeeded in its main mission goals in the first 18 months and delivered amazing photos and discoveries.

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The VLA is getting a mssive upgrade. There's more evidence of Population III stars. The Mars Spirit and Opportunity rovers launched twent years ago. Plus, even "lonely" galaxies can host snacking supermassive black holes.

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Leonard DiCaprio has been named an investor in Nuview, a startup that's planning a constellation of LIDAR satellites. Psyche mission is on track for October 2023. Plus researchers are working on a real-life tractor beam.

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A massive asteroid is passing Earth but it's not nearly as close as some of the media outlets are implying. The ISS is getting a power upgrade today. There's evicence of phosphates in the salty water spewing up from one of Saturn's moons. Plus, the Earth and Sun are interacting magnetically today.

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Does the US already have ships of non-human origin in their possession? A reputable says so. Plus ULA has test-fired a Vulcan Centaur rocket. SpaceX has docked a resupply mission at the ISS. ChatGPT's "intelligence" about the Carrington Event is pretty dumb. And NASA has concerns about Starship's readiness for the Artemis 3 mission.

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