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FAA reauthorization on track. May 13, 2024

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The US Senate approves the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization act, which reauthorizes both the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for five years. Viasat has selected Loft Orbital as a partner for its Real-Time Space Relay service. NASA is awarding approximately $45 million to 21 higher-education institutions to help build capacity for research, and more.

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Senate Overwhelmingly Approves FAA Reauthorization Act

Viasat Selects Loft Orbital for NASA Communications Services Project Real-Time Space Relay Service Demonstration

NASA and JAXA to operate XRISM as-is despite instrument issue - SpaceNews

NASA Awards Expand Research Capabilities at Institutions Nationwide

Infinite Orbits Raises €12M to Build the First Solution For Satellite Life Extension

Redwire Announces Development of New European-Built Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) Spacecraft Platform called Phantom- Business Wire

SWISSto12 supplies Northrop Grumman with critical Radio Frequency products for a GEOStar-3 Commercial Satellite Program- Business Wire

China and EU-candidate Serbia sign an agreement to build a 'shared future'- AP News

Geomagnetic Storm Affecting GPS Signals - May 2024 - Landmark Implement

https://twitter.com/jotajotahermes/status/1789732990655820212

Eutelsat Considers Selling its Ground Network - Via Satellite

Insight: Musk's SpaceX is quick to build in Texas, slow to pay its bills- Reuters

SpinLaunch Board Announces Leadership Transition- Business Wire

From outer space? Sask. farmers baffled after discovering strange wreckage in field

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The Milo Space Science Institute. May 11, 2024

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The Milo Space Science Institute makes space exploration accessible to countries around the world with University-led missions that transform the way we think about engaging in space exploration and innovative business models that reduce the cost of entry.

You can connect with David on LinkedIn and learn more about the Milo Space Science Institute on their website.

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Batten down the geomagnetic hatches. May 10, 2024

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Forecasters warn that a geomagnetic storm is expected to impact the Earth this weekend. The Federal Aviation Administration is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of issuing a commercial launch Vehicle Operator License for proposed SpaceX Starship operations at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Clark County has approved plans for the first phase of construction for a Las Vegas spaceport, and more.

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Our guest is Rachel Tillman, Founder of The Viking Mars Missions Education and Preservation Project.

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Selected Reading

'Severe Geomagnetic Storm' May Hit Earth Today: Everything You Need to Know

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SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy Project at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A

Starlink On Track to Hit $6.6B in Revenue This Year, Quilty Report Estimates - Via Satellite

Construction can start on first phase of Las Vegas Spaceport

NASA Glenn Looking to Lease Facilities

NASA Administrator to Engage Officials in Italy, Vatican, Saudi Arabia

Pakistan's orbiter ICUBE-Q beams back first image from lunar orbit

ASLI Announces Colloquium Series on African Space Program

Should commercial space companies contribute to the FAA the way airlines do? : NPR

MDA Space Announces 2024 Annual And Special Meeting Results And New Board Chair Appointment

Awards — Women's Aerospace Network

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A recipe for space success. May 09, 2024

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SpaceX has exceeded the amount of launches from its Kennedy Space Center pad that was held by NASA’s Space Shuttle. Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser Tenacity, has successfully completed its rigorous environmental test suite at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in readiness for first flight. MDA Space has released its Q1 financial report, and more.

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Our guest today is John Quinn, Co-founder and CEO at Exos Aerospace.

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Selected Reading

SpaceX breaks Space Shuttle pad record with Falcon 9 Starlink mission – Spaceflight Now

SpaceX fires up Starship rocket for upcoming 5th test flight (photos, video)- Space

Sierra Space Reinvents Space Transportation with Dream Chaser®

MDA Reports First Quarter 2024 Results

Terran Orbital Releases Inaugural Environmental, Social, and Governance Report- Business Wire

China launches its 1st MEO broadband communication satellite - CGTN

Joint Bahraini-Egyptian Venture Secures Spot on 2026 Chinese Lunar Exploration Mission- Space in Africa

Signing Of The ESA-SATCEN Administrative Arrangement

U.S. National Science Foundation suspends UTEP's aerospace grant - KVIA

Lab to provide optical payload for upcoming U.S. Space Force mission- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

John McFall: Para-astronaut on a mission to open up space

DoubleTree by Hilton Chocolate Chip Cookie – First Food Ever Baked in Space – Touches Down in New Display at the Smithsonian

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Back to the VAB. May 08, 2024

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NASA and ULA have confirmed that the next launch attempt of the Boeing Starliner will be May 17 at the earliest. D-Orbit’s ION satellite has come within 1 kilometer of Starfish Space’s Otter Pup to collect data. Redwire Space has successfully 3D bioprinted the first live human heart tissue sample through its 3D BioFabrication Facility onboard the International Space Station, and more.

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Our guest today is Sara Kelley, Program Director at the Endeavour Scholarship Organization.

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Selected Reading

Atlas 5 valve repair will delay Starliner’s first crewed mission to May 17 at the earliest – Spaceflight Now

Starfish Space and D-Orbit complete orbital rendezvous, bringing Otter Pup mission to a close- TechCrunch

Redwire Pioneering Biopharma Production in Space by Successfully Bioprinting Live Human Heart Tissue and Delivering Second Batch of PIL-BOX Pharmaceutical Crystal Experiments

Chang'e-6 probe enters moon orbit - CGTN

Space Tech Startup Xona Raises $19M Series A for its Cutting-Edge Satellite Navigation Service

BlackSky Reports First Quarter 2024 Results- Business Wire

Virgin Galactic Announces First Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Provides Business Update

ESA - Mission control ready for EarthCARE despite disruption

Space sustainability conference kicks off with £1.8 million for tech innovation - GOV.UK

State and Federal Space Stakeholders Release Florida Spaceport System Maritime Intermodal Transportation Study Feasibility Phase Report

Sweden's Esrange Gets its First Orbital Launch Customer - European Spaceflight

POLARIS Spaceplanes Moves Ahead with New MIRA Prototypes - European Spaceflight

Lonestar Data Holdings Unveils Revolutionary "Freedom Payload" Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group for Second Lunar Data Center Mission

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Scrub happens, and then you fly. May 07, 2024

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A noisy oxygen pressure relief valve on the ULA Atlas V's Centaur second stage causes a scrub for Boeing’s Starliner crewed testflight. Privateer Space has raised $56.5 million and also acquired analytics firm Orbital Insight. Rocket Lab has completed the first full assembly of its new Archimedes 3D printed, reusable, rocket engine for the Neutron medium lift launch vehicle, and more.

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Our guest today is DC-based Space Policy Expert Brendan Curry.

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Selected Reading

Atlas V Starliner CFT

Welcome to the Crew, Orbital Insight! - Privateer Space

Rocket Lab Announces First Quarter 2024 Financial Results Reflecting Year-on-Year Revenue Growth of 69%, Sequential Quarterly Growth of 55%, and Continued Growth in Q2 2024- Business Wire

Rocket Lab Completes Archimedes Engine Build, Begins Engine Test Campaign- Business Wire

Rocket Lab Selects Subcontractors to Support SDA Satellite Constellation Development- Business Wire

Sidus Space is teammate on $30M Intuitive Machines-led Moon RACER Team for the NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services Contract to Support the Agency’s Artemis Campaign

NGA Announces First Commercial Solutions Opening- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency creating space intel hub

China launches new Long March-6C, puts 4 satellites into orbit - CGTN

NATO plans to defend space but will have to work with the commercial sector for its tech- Euronews

General Assembly debates Russia’s veto of space arms race resolution- UN News

AST SpaceMobile Welcomes Andrew Johnson as New Chief Legal Officer- Business Wire

US Sailing’s Hans Henken sets course for space after Paris 2024

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Godspeed Starliner. May 06, 2024

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It’s launch day for Boeing's Starliner and its two crew. NASA is reportedly assessing its facilities on Wallops Island, Virginia, to increase the number of authorized rocket launches by 200%. Two NASA veterans will be receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and more.

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Our guest today is Dr Sharon Lemac-Vincere, Academic at the University Of Strathclyde.

You can connect with Sharon on LinkedIn and learn more about the Space Cyber Executive Course and Conference on their website.

Selected Reading

Boeing prepares for Starliner's first crewed launch into space after several setbacks

NASA is expanding its Wallops Island facility to support three times as many launches- TechCrunch

Former NASA Center Director, Scientist to Receive Presidential Medals

RTX's advanced ground system for space-based missile warning now operational

RTX's new generation of commercial satellite imagers launches with Maxar's WorldView Legion

Muon Space and Earth Fire Alliance Unveil FireSat Constellation, a Revolutionary Space Mission to Transform Global Wildfire Response

China-France space cooperation benefits global scientific research - CGTN

Samples from China's Shenzhou-17 mission delivered to scientists - CGTN

‘China’s Cape Canaveral’ is booming, fueled by moon mission and space program- CNN

ARMD Solicitations

VC-backed start-ups aren’t getting rocket fuel from the government, says Gilmour Space founder

Universities Space Research Association Elects Three Universities to the Association

NASA Is Helping Protect Tigers, Jaguars, and Elephants. Here’s How.

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To the Moon, Chang’e 6. May 06, 2024

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China's Chang'e 6 mission lifted off from Wenchang early this morning via a Long March 5 rocket. HyImpulse launches the rocket "SR75" from Australia's Southern Launch Range in Koonibba. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has identified gaps in NASA's cybersecurity measures for spacecraft acquisition, emphasizing the need for updated policies and standards, and more.

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Our guests today are Isabelle Crossley and Alex Walker from Durham University’s rocketry team.

You can find out more about Durham’s Rocketry Team on their website and learn more about the Spaceport America Cup at SoundingRocket.org.

Selected Reading

China launches historic mission to retrieve samples from far side of the moon- Reuters

HyImpulse: German space company successfully launches first commercially viable launch vehicle

GAO report indicates that NASA should update spacecraft acquisition policies and standards for cybersecurity - Industrial Cyber

NASA Technology Grants to Advance Moon to Mars Space Exploration

Hubble Network's Bluetooth to Space Connection

First Two WorldView Legion Spacecraft Performing Well After Launch- Maxar

Sierra Space Continues to Lead the Industry in the Development of the First Business-Ready Commercial Space Station- Business Wire

Satellogic Releases Open Dataset for AI Model Training- Business Wire

NewSpace Ignitor Program

National Space Day

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Interstellar Intelligence with Harvard Astrophysicist Avi Loeb. May 04, 2024

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Our sister podcast the Spycast hosted by Curator of the International Spy Museum Andrew Hammond, spoke to Harvard Astrophysicist Avi Loeb. Avi is an Israeli-American theoretical physicist who works on astrophysics and cosmology. He’s also a best selling novelist and in 2012, TIME magazine selected him as one of the 25 most influential people in space. Andrew spoke to Avi Loeb about his theory of what is out there in the universe.

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NASA feels the heat from OIG. May 02, 2024

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NASA’s Inspector General’s Office releases its report on the Artemis 1 mission. China’s Chang’e 6 lunar probe has completed a final systematic joint rehearsal ahead of Friday’s launch. South Korean healthcare company Boryung, has launched the 2024 Humans In Space (HIS) Challenge in collaboration with global partners, and more.

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Our guest is Marc Kneppers, satellite cybersecurity expert at Dominant Information Solutions Canada (DISC).

You can connect with Marc on LinkedIn and learn more about DISC on their website.

Selected Reading

NASA’s Readiness for the Artemis II Crewed Mission to Lunar Orbit

NASA Selects Commercial Service Studies to Enable Mars Robotic Science

NASA Doubles Down, Advances Six Innovative Tech Concepts to New Phase

NASA Selects BAE Systems to Develop Air Quality Instrument for NOAA

SSC Next Gen OPIR Polar Program completes Space Vehicle CDR

China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe ready for launch after final rehearsal - CGTN

Pakistan's moon mission, aboard Chinese rocket, set for launch tomorrow

Boryung Launches 2024 Humans In Space Challenge: Sending Experiments into Orbit

NRO’s first batch of next-generation spy satellites set for launch - SpaceNews

‘Galactic 07’ Mission Launch Window Opens June 8

Missing Satellite Found After 25 Years of Being Lost in Space

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