The first privately funded spacewalk, Hurricane Francine as seen from satellites and much more…

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Polaris launch at dawn:

…and apogee: the furthest point humans have been from the Earth's surface since the Apollo era….

…then the first spacewalk by privately funded astronauts…

…and then a Polaris Dawn astronaut plays the 'Star Wars' song in a music video beamed from space (video) | Space:

Gas bubbles 75 times larger than our Sun detected in another star:

Landspace completes testing of 10-kilometer reusable rocket, plans orbital launch in 2025 – SpaceNews

Soyuz MS-26 launch:

Falcon 9 launches BlueBird 1-5 and Falcon 9 first stage landing:

…and deployment:

ESA's Bepicolombo spacecraft passes by Mercury:

SpaceX sends more Starlinks!

Satellites watch Hurricane Francine make landfall as a Category 2 storm in Louisiana (video) | Space

Starliner astronauts talk about being 'stranded' on the ISS:

Reading material:

New record! 19 people are orbiting the Earth right now | Space

Astroscale and ClearSpace secure funding to advance two-satellite deorbit mission – SpaceNews

The invisible battle for space dominance – SpaceNews

US space weather policy remains in place but is underfunded – SpaceNews

More bodies discovered in the outer solar system – Universe Today

Artemis missions could put the most powerful imaging telescope on the Moon – Universe Today