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China Lands a Reusable Rocket, Spacecraft visit two asteroids up close. How spaceflight makes you older. And using permanent magnets to protect astronauts from radiation. And on Space Bites Plus, extending inflatable tunnels for the surface of Mars.

00:00 Intro
00:18 China Lands a Reusable Rocket
bbc.com/news/articles/cm2rmmx86pdo
02:04 Two Close Asteroid Encounters
universetoday.com/articles/another-success-for-hayabusa-2-as-it-completes-a-flyby-of-asteroid-torifune
https://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n6758823/n6758838/c10760422/content.html
06:11 Milky Way’s Arms Are Bigger Than We Thought
universetoday.com/articles/the-milky-ways-arms-reach-out-further-than-we-thought
07:36 Spaceflight Makes you Older
universetoday.com/articles/does-space-speed-up-ageing-a-new-study-says-yes
10:24 Permanent Magnets Protect Astronauts?
universetoday.com/articles/could-permanent-magnets-protect-astronauts-from-solar-storms
13:00 Vote results
13:35 Blue Origin’s Plan for LC-36 Repairs
blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-return-to-flight
15:16 Quasars from Euclid
universetoday.com/articles/the-euclid-space-telescope-has-found-31-new-ancient-quasars-including-the-most-ancient-one-ever-foun
16:32 JWST's 4th anniversary
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Webb_reveals_millions_of_stars_in_nearby_galaxy
17:37 More space news
18:48 Final thoughts

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