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Considering that most of the potential targets for an Indian nuclear strike are fairly nearby to them, I really don't see much of a point for them to develop ICBMs

the main lander has a russian RTG to provide some power during the night

speaking of space junk monitoring, how many defunct Briz-Ms are crossing GEO right now?

New launch date for nrol 71 https://www.instagram.com/ulalaunch/p/Bsqd29Th_e3/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=16mphmwszb3j6

Getting a video from Saturn would be hard because of bandwidth, not mass, it would take a long time to transmit, and time is not something an atmospheric probe has a lot of

This seems like the right place for this, Atasuki found some streaks within the atmosphere of Venus https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190110091004.htm

Packing of Dragon complete except for time sensitive experiments https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/01/08/crews-wraps-up-science-packing-after-robotic-arm-grips-dragon/

Gravity map of ryugu has been produced http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/topics/20181225e_AstroDynamics/

For launches it would be Insight, Icesat 2 and SSO-A

Have the earliest images been published yet? I didn't think we would see anything till tomorrow?

looks like the seismometer is on the ground

rockets are a type of propulsion, spaceplanes are a type of reentry vehicle, the two are not mutually exclusive. in this case, the space plane design helps reduce recovery time and g loads during reentry, while it launches on an atlas V, a regular old rocket.

SNC has been cleared to start production https://spacenews.com/dream-chaser-cleared-to-begin-full-scale-production/

Looks like BFR is going to use the same heat shield as the X-37 https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-new-bfr-heat-shield-advancements-nasa-assistance/

Not to mention the fact that the civilian populace will be inside colonies on the surface most likely designed to facilitate her regime.