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Intuitive Machines to build a Near Space Network. Sep 18, 2024

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NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines with a Near Space Network (NSN) contract for communication and navigation services for missions in the near space region, which extends from Earth’s surface to beyond the Moon. NASA and NOAA have selected Lockheed Martin to develop a lightning mapping instrument as part of NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program. York Space Systems has successfully established optical communications in orbit with its Tranche 0 satellites, and more.

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Our guest today is Maria Lanas, Space For Art Foundation Co-founder.

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NASA Awards Intuitive Machines Near Space Network Contract with a Maximum Potential Value of $4.82 Billion

NASA Selects Lockheed Martin to Develop Lightning Mapper for NOAA

York Space Systems Achieves Milestone as Tranche 0 Satellites Successfully Establish Optical Communications in Orbit

Ursa Major and US Navy Make $25 Million Joint Investment in New Solid Rocket Motor Prototype

European Space Agency Galileo SpaceX

Eutelsat Group Secures Additional Launches in New Agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries- Business Wire

Polaris Spaceplanes receives investment from Dienes Holding

French Rocket Builder Sirius Space Secures Launch Pad in Australia

Dhruva Space and Manastu Space Announce Collaboration for 2025 Hosted Payload Mission

Aalyria Welcomes Maria Hedden as Chief Operating Officer- Business Wire

NASA Completes Spacecraft to Transport, Support Roman Space Telescope

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Oxygen extraction on the Moon. Sep 17, 2024

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Sierra Space has unveiled its Carbothermal Oxygen Production Reactor which successfully completed thermal vacuum testing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Softbank and Intelsat are collaborating to launch a single “Ubiquitous Network” enabling customers to stay connected everywhere they go. The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed $633,009 in civil penalties against SpaceX for allegedly failing to follow its license requirements during operations in 2023, and more.

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Our guest today is Paul Thomas, Space Innovation Lead at Accenture.

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Sierra Space Unveils Breakthrough Technology Designed to Extract Oxygen From Lunar Soil, Enabling Sustainable Human Presence on the Moon- Business Wire

SoftBank Corp. and Intelsat Launch Landmark Collaboration to Create Ubiquitous Network- Business Wire

FAA Proposes $633,009 in Civil Penalties Against SpaceX | Federal Aviation Administration

What the UMBRELLA Project Means for the Future of Satellite Constellation Operations – Leanspace

Planet Signs Multi-Year Contract with the German Space Agency, Providing Near-Daily Imagery and Deep Archive of Satellite Data- Business Wire

Lithuania’s Andrius Kubilius named defense and space commissioner – POLITICO

ReOrbit Enters into Strategic Agreement with Uzma for Small GEO Communications Satellite

China builds station for satellite-ground laser communication - CGTN

Skycorp's ARMAS Sensor to Fly Aboard Lonestar Data Holding's Freedom Payload on Intuitive Machines' Lunar Mission to the South Pole

DoJ: Chinese Man Used Spear-Phishing to Obtain Software From NASA, Military - SecurityWeek

Mynaric Advances Production of CONDOR Mk3

Sceye Secures Funds in Series C Round Led by Mawarid Holding Company

Watchdog group sues for NASA emails with ‘Space Czar’ Harris, Boeing as astronauts linger in orbit- Fox News

Space Perspective Successfully Completes Development Flight 2

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Welcome home Polaris Dawn. Sep 16, 2024

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The Polaris Dawn all-civilian crew safely splashed down near Florida on early Sunday morning, concluding their 5 days in Earth's orbit. Telesat has completed funding agreements with the Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec for its Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit broadband satellite constellation. Construction is underway on MDA Space’s 185,000 square foot expansion at its satellite production facility in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, and more.

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Our guest today is Artist Benediktas Gylys, Founder of Portals.

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Selected Reading

‘Mission complete’: billionaire returns to Earth after spacewalk

Telesat Completes $2.54 Billion Funding Agreements for Telesat Lightspeed Satellite Constellation with Strong Government Backing

MDA Doubles Satellite Manufacturing Capacity As It Ramps Up MDA AURORA™ Production To Meet Growing Global Demand

Capella Space Awarded a $15M Contract with the U.S. Air Force- Business Wire

Rivada, Peraton Join Forces for Global Mission-Critical Connectivity

Momentus Announces $2.75 Million Private Placement- Business Wire

ESA - Ariane 6 joint update report, 16 September 2024

NASA to Develop Lunar Time Standard for Exploration Initiatives

NASA Evaluating 11 VIPER Proposals as Congress Asks Questions – SpacePolicyOnline.com

CGI completes acquisition of Aeyon, expands capabilities for national security and civilian agency missions

Intelsat Unveils Terminal Strategy to Power Multi-Orbit Satellite Services- Business Wire

Earth's new 'mini-moon' will orbit our planet for the next 2 months | Live Science

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Ground Segment as a Service with Leaf Space. Sep 14, 2024

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Our guest today is Jai Dialani, Managing Director of Leaf Space US. Leaf Space is an Italian company specializing in Ground Segment as a Service (GSaaS) solutions. Its mission is to simplify satellite communications by providing managed services for satellite operators. The company supports a range of space operations, including small satellite constellations and launch vehicle tracking, with a focus on innovation and sustainability within the expanding space ecosystem.

You can connect with Jai on LinkedIn and learn more about Leaf Space on their website.

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New music video dropped from space. Sep 13, 2024

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Polaris Dawn’s crew released a music video from space collaborating with musicians back on Earth. Venture Capitalist group Airbus Ventures have raised a $155 million fund. United Airlines have signed an agreement with SpaceX’s Starlink to provide free inflight wifi to customers using the airline's mainline and regional aircraft fleet, and more.

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Elysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report.

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Airbus Ventures launches $155 million fund focused on deep tech, including space

United Signs Starlink Deal to Provide Industry-Leading Connectivity in the Sky - For Free

Xenesis Wins SDA Follow-Up Deal for Optical Terminals - Via Satellite

RTX's Raytheon, Northrop Grumman successfully test solid rocket motor

Momentus Joins DARPA Consortium for Classified Defense Innovation- Business Wire

Momentus Enters Into Collaboration Agreement with Lodestar Space for Robotics in Space- Business Wire

GPS Modernization Stalls as Pentagon Faces Chip Shortages

UK, US and Australia sign supply chain resilience pact - GOV.UK

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 to Conduct Space Station Research

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A record-breaking spacewalk. Sep 12, 2024

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Two members of the Polaris Dawn crew performed spacewalks this morning marking the first ever privately funded EVA. AST SpaceMobile has announced the successful launch of its first five commercial satellites, called BlueBirds. Chinese space company LandSpace conducted a successful 10-kilometer vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) jump test, and more.

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Our guest today is Shane Fry, CTO of RunSafe Security.

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Selected Reading

SpaceX-Polaris crew exits capsule for first private spacewalk- Reuters

AST SpaceMobile Announces Successful Orbital Launch of Its First Five Commercial Satellites

T-Mobile Conducts the First Ever Wireless Emergency Alert Via Satellite- Business Wire

China's commercial rocket company completes 10-km VTVL 'jump test' - CGTN

ispace Announces Launch Timing, RESILIENCE Lander Progress, and Planned Lunar Landing Zone During Mission 2 Update Press Conference

NSPA Contracts SES’s O3b mPOWER Satellite Service for secure communications services

Space Systems Command Awards $188M Contract for meshONE-T Follow-on

Trinity Capital Inc. Provides $30 Million in Growth Capital to Slingshot Aerospace

Next-Gen OPIR Polar Program successfully completes Ground Critical Design Review (CDR) and System Critical Integration Review (CIR) Milestone

Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

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Houston, it’s getting crowded up here. Sep 11, 2024

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The crew of Soyuz MS-26 joins Expedition 71 on the International Space Station. Varda Space has announced a research collaboration with SSPC, the Research Ireland Centre for Pharmaceuticals, that aims to advance mathematical modeling of crystallization in microgravity. The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) has announced a new opportunity for commercial space situational awareness (SSA) companies to support the development of the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS), and more.

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Our guest today is Niall Bradshaw, UKSA Senior Lead for Copernicus and International Earth Observation.

You can connect with Niall on LinkedIn and learn more about UKSA and Copernicus on their websites.

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NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch; Trio to Join Expedition 71

Varda Announces Collaboration with SSPC to Improve Fundamental Understanding of Microgravity Crystallization

Office of Space Commerce Announces New Commercial Pathfinder Project for TraCSS

Successful initial tests of the KERAUNOS optical communications satellite

Astroscale Awarded Contract for Next Phase of a UK National Active Debris Removal Mission

Boeing Pioneering Quantum Communications Technology with In-Space Test Satellite

Sidus Space Announces an Additional Contract Award for NASA ASTRA- Business Wire

Chang’e-6 orbiter turns up at Sun-Earth Lagrange point after moon sampling mission - SpaceNews

ESA - Juice confirms that Earth is habitable

BlueHalo Accelerates Production for USSF SCAR Program with Key Supply Chain, Manufacturing Automation Investments

Inversion Space accelerates orbital reentry vehicle tech with $71M Space Force contract- TechCrunch

Astronaut Frank Culbertson Letter from September 11, 2001 - NASA

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SpaceX puts Polaris Dawn in Orbit. Sep 10, 2024

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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched the Polaris Dawn mission from Florida to an apogee higher than any human has traveled since the Apollo program. ispace has formed a Lunar Advisory Board that includes respected leaders in the space industry. MDA Space has been contracted by SWISSto12 to provide antenna systems for three of the company's HummingSat satellites for geostationary orbit, and more.

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Our guest today is Jai Dialani, Managing Director of Leaf Space US.

You can connect with Jai on LinkedIn and learn more about Leaf Space on their website.

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SPACEX - Where is Dragon?

Polaris Dawn launch: Four astronauts leave Earth with SpaceX for first privately-funded spacewalk - BBC News

ispace Announces Creation of Lunar Advisory Board- Business Wire

MDA Space Awarded Antenna System Contract By Swissto12 To Support Hummingsat GEO Satellites

China aims for historic Mars mission ‘around 2028’ as it vies for space power- CNN

China's mysterious space plane returns to Earth after 268 days in orbit

ESA performs targeted reentry of Cluster satellite - SpaceNews

Launch of West of Scotland Space Cluster - Scottish Business News

iLAuNCH Trailblazer propels Australian Space R&D onto the global stage

Behind the scenes of the first metal part to be 3D-printed aboard the ISS- Airbus

Rocket Lab Appoints Chief Operations Officer to Support Company Growth

Find Me on the Moon: NASA Lunar Navigation Challenge

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Welcome home, Calypso. Sep 09, 2024

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Boeing’s Starliner capsule returned to Earth on Friday night concluding a three-month flight test to the International Space Station. NASA has delayed the launch of the ESCAPADE mission to Mars until at least the spring of 2025. NASA has selected eight companies for a new award to help acquire Earth observation data and provide related services for the agency, and more.

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Our guests today are Johnny Powell and Cathy Harper from the International Space Hall of Fame Foundation (ISHFF).

You can find out more about ISHFF on their website and check out the New Mexico Space History Museum website.

Selected Reading

NASA, Boeing Welcome Starliner Spacecraft to Earth, Close Mission

Faced with a tight deadline, NASA and Blue Origin agree to delay New Glenn debut- Ars Technica

NASA Selects Companies for Commercial SmallSat Services Award

Spire Global Awarded $3.8 Million NOAA Contract for Satellite Weather Data- Business Wire

ICEYE to deliver SAR satellites and data to Greece's National Satellite Space Project in collaboration with the European Space Agency

ImageSat International (ISI) Announces $54.5 Million Contract to Provide Space-Based Analytics Services

SatixFy Announces First Half 2024 Results- Business Wire

Eartheye Space raises $1.5 million - SpaceNews

The Moon had surprisingly recent volcanic activity, samples from Chinese space mission confirm

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Educate the educators about space. Sep 07, 2024

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Our guest today is Space Educator and Author, Mark Wagner.

You can connect with Mark on LinkedIn and read his Space Education Book, access his Space Education Curriculum for high school developed with the Space Prize Foundation and find out more about the Space Education Summit that is coming up on November 22.

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