Space junk demo mission launches - bbc
The RemoveDebris mission will trial the net method of capture
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Clouds! 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/seandoran/albums/72157693426205611
This looks like a really interesting mission
I never knew this existed until now.
\m/ metal core! \m/
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Doomed Chinese space lab Tiangong-1 crashes into watery Pacific grave
China’s first space station flamed out in the atmosphere and any remaining fragments have now been consigned to a watery grave in the South Pacific.
Chinese state media is reporting that the majority of the spacecraft burnt up and it slammed into the atmosphere at high speed, but that chunks of the 10.4m (34.1ft) by 3.4m (11ft) space station made it down to the surface of the planet.
The impact zone was relatively close to Point Nemo, a spot in the Pacific used to dump deorbited spacecraft.
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Tested - Adam Savage welcomes author Andy Weir back on Tested, as we catch up with him in this pop-up podcast recording at Silicon Valley Comic Con. Andy talks about the research behind his most recent book Artemis, the best way to build cities on the moon, and why he prefers post-apocalpyse to dystopia.
My name, and many others have blasted off on the Nasa Insight mission to Mars. JonnyRedHed IN Space!
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Not yet. But maybe this half of the century we will see the first steps taken to build something big in orbit.
3 Companies Developing Game Changing Technologies
This Company Wants to Build The First Hotel In Space By 2021
There are a lot of interesting small space startups that are popping up right now concentrating on the idea of inspace assembly. For example, NovaWurks (watch their video, it’s pretty cool) is planning to launch multiple standard/rearrangable satellite buses and have them assemble into your desired spacecraft after the fact. Maybe that’s the best way maybe it’s something else, but it’s certainly tech that needs to be tried out to see what works and what doesn’t before we get to something so grand as orbital construction on a larger scale.
There’s a lot of cool stuff happening right now that isn’t exactly reported on in the spacenews media just because they’re small and pretty niche.
Another example is Caltech doing research on using hundreds of small nanosats to “assemble” a larger mirror to become a very large space telescope that couldn’t otherwise be launched.
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Yes please 
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Mars Helicopter to Fly on NASA’s Next Red Planet Rover Mission - JPL
NASA is proposing sending a rotorcraft along with its next rover mission to the red planet, known as Mars 2020. This animation depicts how it would fly and record images of Martian terrain.
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A pretty cool gravity map showing ground water loss courtesy of Grace. I recommend to watch it at 2x.
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Scott Manley discusses.
If it all works, the visuals should be great and the data collected of great use. Most likely be some youutbe 360 and VR app you can watch with a VR headset.
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This is worth a watch from last year.
The 21st Century Race For Space - With Prof. Brian Cox
For those without access to BBC UK Iplayer
UK only BBC Iplayer (if you can view it)
It’s life Jim, but not as we know it!
Organic matter has been found on Mars in soil samples taken from 3 billion-year-old mudstone in the Gale crater by the Curiosity rover, NASA announced Thursday. The rover has also detected methane in the Martian atmosphere.
Let’s Talk About Organic Chemistry on Mars - Scott Manley dicusses.
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Scott Manley - Martian Dust Storm Has Turned Day Into Night - Can Opportunity Survive?
Loneliness in Space Travel? - Offworld episode 9 - Tested dot com
Scotland Is Going To Host The UK’s First Spaceport - Scott Manley discusses.
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Really hope that get’s confirmed by another team.
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