India is on the Moon. The peacock has landed.

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Chandrayaan-3 soft lands on the moon making India the first nation to reach the lunar south pole. The target of the European Space Agency ClearSpace-1 space debris removal mission hit by other space debris. NASA announces its Artemis 3 geology team, and more.

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Our guest today is Dr Lyle Roberts, Head of Photonics at Advanced Navigation. 

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Selected Reading

India becomes fourth country to land on the moon, first on the south pole, with Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft- CNBC

Objects detected in the vicinity of ClearSpace-1 debris removal mission target- ESA

NASA Selects Geology Team for the First Crewed Artemis Lunar Landing- NASA

Break the Ice Lunar Challenge Phase 2 Level 3 Competition Venue- NASA

Light Detection and Ranging Sensor for OSAM-1 Mission- NASA

SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts rehearse ahead of Aug. 25 launch (photos)

West Coast Falcon 9 launches SpaceX’s 100th Starlink mission – Spaceflight Now

Sidus Space Acquires Edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) Company, Exo-Space

Momentus Inc. ​​reverse stock split 

Spire Global Participates in Prize Challenge to Advance Measurements of Earth’s Magnetic Field with Multi-Million-Dollar Support from National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Scientists calculate minimum number of astronauts needed to build and maintain Mars colony- The Independent 

Top Guard space officer fears readiness loss as Space and Air Force processes diverge- Breaking Defense

U.S. intelligence office to investigate lagging procurement of commercial satellite data- SpaceNews

The Space Force needs to get bigger- The Washington Post

Valves are a regular concern at SpaceX, just like every other space company- Ars Technica

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