Perspective

 Amazon announced sales of $108 billion in its latest quarter.

That's five times NASA's annual budget.

Collins

 Mike Collins, command module pilot on Apollo 11, has passed away from cancer.

He was 90.

Contract

 Blue Origin and Dynatics are challenging the awarding of the Artemis moon lander contract to SpaceX.

They argue the process was flawed.

Delay

The return of the Crew-1 astronauts has been delayed due to bad weather in the splashdown zone.

Splashdown is now set for May 1.

ISS

 There are 11 people currently on ISS.

Four of them are due to leave Wednesday.

Mars

 Perseverance extracted oxygen from the carbon dioxide in Mars' atmosphere this week.

That's a step forward towards the human exploration of the Red Planet.

Crew 2

 Crew 2 successfully launched this morning.

The booster also stuck the landing.

Ingenuity

 Ingenuity made its second successful flight on Mars early this morning.

It was slightly higher and longer than the first.

Crew 2

 The launch of Crew 2 has been delayed due to inclement weather.

Ir's been rescheduled for Friday.

Artemis

 SpaceX has won the contract to build the Artemis lunar lander.

The company beat out Blue Origin and Boeing.

Ingenuity

 Ingenuity made it's first flight on Mars early today.

That, only 117 years after Kitty Hawk.

Crew 2

 All systems are go so far for the launch of Crew 2 to ISS.

The launch is scheduled for Thursday.

UFO

 The U. S, Navy has released more UFO/UAP video seeming to show variously shaped craft.

The Pentagon confirms the video is authentic.

Russia

 Russia is planning a series of unmanned missions to the Moon, starting with one later this year.

It will be the first Russian lunar mission in 45 years.

Asteroid

 An asteroid the size of a car flew past Earth this week.

This happens with some regularity, underscoring the need for planetary defense.

Ingenuity

 NASA's Mars helicopter won't be flying for a while.

Engineers are reinstalling its flight control software.

Spaceflight

 Today is the 60th anniversary of the first human spaceflight.

It started with capsules, went through the shuttle era, and now is essentially back to capsules.

Biden

President Biden's first NASA budget asks for $24.7 billion.

That includes $6.5 billion for the Artemis lunar program.

 

Gates

According to reports, Bill Gates is working on a project to introduce material into the upper atmosphere, thereby blocking sunlight and cooling the planet.

Scientists have no idea what the long-term effects of such a project would be.

Power Beaming

 The secret spaceplane X-37B is being used, among other things. to carry out preliminary tests on beaming power.

So far, so good.

Martian Rainbow

 Perseverance has snapped a photo of a "rainbow" on Mars.

It's quite a shot.

Inflatons

 Computer simulations have revealed the first structures in the universe.

They have been dubbed inflatons.

Antimatter

 Physicists have trapped antimatter in a magnetic field.

It opens new opportunities for research.

Antarctica

 Scientists think a superheated mass struck Antarctica about 430,000 years ago.

It's another reminder of the need for a planetary defense system.

Ingenuity

The flight of the Mars helicopter Ingemuity has been delayed.

Ir will not fly before April 11.

Enceladus

 A  new theory argues the ocean under the ice shell of Enceladus might have currents like the ocean around Antarctica.

If so, that could increase the chances for life there.