*Vega C explodes in mid flight The European Space Agency has suspended all Vega flights and established an independent board of inquiry following the failure of a Vega C rocket during its ascent to orbit. *A violent leak threatens the space worthiness of a Soyuz capsule docked to the space station The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos are trying to determine if the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft is safe to return crew to Earth after it sprung a violent coolant leak. *The space station forced to undertake an emergency maneuver to avoid space junk Mission managers have cancelled a planned space walk and undertaken an emergency maneuver to move the International Space station out of the way of a piece of Russian space junk heading their way. *The Science Report A common type 2 diabetes drug associated with a 30% reduction in risk of joint replacements. A new species of non-avian predatory dinosaur discovered in Mongolia. More Walnuts might help you study better. How the FBI manipulated twitter and Facebook to influence an election. Alex on Tech changes at Facebook Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite podcast app with our universal listen link: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com/listen For more SpaceTime and show links: https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ If you love this podcast, please get someone else to listen to. Thank you… To become a SpaceTime supporter and unlock commercial free editions of the show, gain early access and bonus content, please visit https://bitesz.supercast.com/ . Premium version now available via Spotify and Apple Podcasts. For more podcasts visit our HQ at https://bitesz.com Sponsor Details: This episode of SpaceTime is brought to you with the support of NordVPN…The world’s leading VPN provider. Making your online data unreadable to others. Get our Complete Security discount offer, plus one month free, plus you get to help support SpaceTime… visit www.nordvpn.com/stuartgary or use the coupon code STUARTGARY at checkout. Thank you…

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