This fortnight: checking in on the SLS' test procedures and the on-going planning to return to the moon in 2024, and then a dose of planetary defense.

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Real-time satellite imagery on your desktop with Downlink - Main Engine Cut Off

Downlink – 512 Pixels

Dragon was destroyed just before the firing of its SuperDraco thrusters | Ars Technica

The Hunt for Rocket Boosters in Russia's Far North | WIRED

Andrew Jones on Twitter on Chinese launches

NASA to perform key test of the SLS rocket, necessitating a delay in its launch | Ars Technica

NASA outlines plan for 2024 lunar landing - SpaceNews.com

Facing 2024 deadline, NASA issues a report defending the Lunar Gateway | Ars Technica

"Why Gateway" PDF

The Race to Develop the Moon | The New Yorker

What If an Asteroid Was Going to Hit Earth? NASA Will Make Believe This Week | Space

A Fake Asteroid Headed to Earth Can Really Make You Think | Space

News | NASA, FEMA, International Partners Plan Asteroid Impact Exercise

Planetary Defense Conference Exercise - 2019

Hera adds objectives to planetary defense test mission – NASASpaceFlight.com

Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment mission / Hera / Space Safety / Our Activities / ESA