China

 China has launched a reusable test vehicle into orbit.

That's about all the West kno4s about it.

Pushing

 South Korea has just put a probe into space, and India is getting ready to launch its own new rocket.

We are seeing the beginning of a worldwide push beyond Earth.

Rovers

     Curiosity has been exploring Mars for ten years.

NASA's fleet of Mars rovers have performed extraordinarily well.

BO

 Blue Origin launched another six people into suborbital space this morning.

It was BO's sixth such flight.

Russia

 A Russian satellite has been launched into an orbit that would take it within a very few miles of an American spy satellite.

Why, and what might happen are unclear.

Uhuru

 Nichelle Nichols, STAR TREK's Uhuru, has died.

She was 89.

Space Junk

 A 25-ton piece of Chinese rocket crashed uncontrolled into the Indian Ocean over the weekend.

No word yet on possible damages or injuries.