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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