Polaris Dawn launches and completes the first private spacewalk, the surface of a giant star is resolved with incredible detail, Starliner comes home empty, and amazing new images of Mercury from BepiColumbo.

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• 00:00 Intro
• 00:16 First ever spacewalk
• 02:30 A star with incredible resolution
• 03:57 Mars spiders
• 06:04 Starliner returns
• 07:49 New Glenn delay
• 10:00 Starship updates
• 12:57 Mercury flyby
• 14:14 Vote results
• 15:07 Formation of Sag A
• 16:58 Iron winds on WASP-76b
• 18:15 Water on exoplanets
• 19:58 Guide to space
• 20:39 Asking for a favour

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