Definitely not arid. So far the optical imagery has been pretty heavily impacted by clouds, so hopefully the satellites will get a clear view. Fortunately radar images (like the ones shown here) can see through clouds.

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Meanwhile, we finally get hi-res images of the Artemis II Heat Shield on Orion Sources: images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-... images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-...

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The US military’s announcement last month that it has deployed space control weapons has raised new concerns about conflicts that could litter orbits with debris, prompting reassessments of how to deal with the problem. www.thespacereview.com/article/5333/1

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During this week on board Tiangong, Zhu Yangzhu, Li Jiaying, and Zhang Zhiyuan have harvested space-grown rice and participated in emergency training alongside their usual research-supporting tasks Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/taikonauts...

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This afternoon's orbital data suggests - subject to confirmation - that Russia's Kosmos-2612 has carried out a rendezvous with the US ICEYE X36 radar sat, within a few km. To my knowledge this is the first LEO rendezvous of two active sats where the owner of one of the sats did not give approval.

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