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Not our payload, not our problem. Jan 05, 2024

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NASA responds to the Navajo Nation’s request to delay the first commercial lunar payload services mission to the Moon. SpaceX sues the National Board of Labor after they issued a complaint against the company illegally firing employees. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied the protest by L3Harris over the award of a NASA contract to Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation, and more.

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Our guest today is Philip Harlow, President of commercial satellite operator Telesat.

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Selected Reading

NASA responds to Navajo Nation's request to delay private mission placing human remains on the moon

Biden Administration to Consult with Navajo About Human Remains on the Moon – SpacePolicyOnline.com

48000 pounds of engine thrust to power lift upper stage Vulcan rocket

SpaceX sues US agency that accused it of firing workers critical of Elon Musk- Reuters

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.- U.S. GAO

Funding Future Tech: NASA Names 2024 Innovative Concept Studies

Space elevator design wins Barrow-born architect €10,000

ISRO’s Fuel Cell flight tested in PSLV C58

China's first rocket launch in 2024 successful - CGTN

China completes new commercial launch pad to boost access to space - SpaceNews

Where lawmakers think space policy is headed in 2024

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A slew of SpaceX stories. Jan 04, 2024

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The US National Labor Relations Board is moving forward with a complaint against SpaceX by eight former employees who allege they were illegally fired.Maxar Intelligence has received a contract to provide the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency with the company’s Precision3D data suite bundle covering 160,000 square kilometers within the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility. Rocket Lab secures a $489 million contract with an undisclosed US government agency, and more.

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Our guest today is Dr. Elaina Hyde, Director of the Allan I Carswell Observatory at Canada’s York University.

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Selected Reading

Complaint and Notice of Hearing-Space Exploration Technologies | PDF

SpaceX Launches First Direct-to-Cell Starlink Satellites for Service With T-Mobile

Japan Airlines Announces Partnership with SpaceX for Commercial Space Travel

India to use SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket to launch communications satellite

Maxar Space Systems-Built Ovzon 3 Satellite Launched- Business Wire

Maxar Intelligence Wins Nga Contract For Precision3d Data

Rocket Lab To Build 18 Spacecraft For Mystery U.S. Govt. Customer- Aviation Week Network

Sidus Space Receives NOAA Remote Sensing License - Via Satellite

China's Kuafu-1 probe records massive solar flare - CGTN

NASA Asteroid Sampling Mission Renamed OSIRIS-APEX for New Journey

Starfighters Closes 2023 With Growing Momentum in Hypersonic Testing and Space Access Platforms, as Management Reports New Hypersonic Research Agreements and Increase in Launch Opportunity Pipeline.

USSF accepting proposals for third research opportunity under the USSF University Consortium

Australia celebrates space history on world's 1st coin minted in 2024

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Healthy bank balances and launch calendars. Jan 03, 2024

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Terran Orbital closed out 2023 with $70 million dollars in cash, giving them what their CEO Marc Bell says is a "solid financial foundation" for their objectives in the coming year. SpaceX begins 2024 by launching the first six satellites with direct-to-cell capabilities. AIAA’s CEO Dan Dumbacher will be stepping down from his role in September 2024, and more.

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Our guest today is Dr. Hisham Ali, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

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Selected Reading

Terran Orbital Reports an Excess of $70 Million Year-End Cash Balance- Business Wire

AST SpaceMobile Provides Interim Update on Fundraising- Business Wire

SpaceX’s first Falcon 9 launch of 2024 features first 6 direct-to-cell Starlink satellites – Spaceflight Now

SpaceX back with 1st Space Coast launch of the year – Orlando Sentinel

Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commercial Operations cell receives new name - Joint Task Force-Space Defense

MBRYONICS Selected As Optical Terminal Provider For DARPA’s Space-BACN Program

LEAP-TD Mission Success

Rewind 2023: India has 204 space startups, sector received $123mn investments - Science News

Exclusive: SynMax Raises $13M - Payload

Early-stage hard tech firm Countdown Capital shutting down - TechCrunch

AIAA Announces Plans for CEO Transition

'There has never been such big hype': Why space tech is booming thanks to AI

What’s The Perfect Meal For Long-Term Space Travelers? A Vegetarian Salad, Apparently- IFLScience

A commander’s lament on the loss of a historic SpaceX rocket- Ars Technica

This NASA crew has survived Mars for six months — sort of

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Is it a bird, a plane, or a falling booster? Jan 02, 2024

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India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle launches the XPoSat, or the Xray Polarimeter Satellite with the aim of studying bright astronomical x-rays emanating from things like black holes, neutron stars, pulsar wind nebulae, and active galactic nuclei. China has announced the completion of the Meridian Project which links hundreds of instruments across the country for end-to-end monitoring of solar activity. The US Space Force Boeing-built X-37B spaceplane was launched by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on December 28, and more.

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Our guest today is Itay Glick of OPSWAT discussing “AeroBlade”, a group that's used spearphishing to target US aerospace organizations.

Selected Reading

XpoSat: India launches space mission to study black holes

China storms ahead in space weather research with largest observatory on Earth

Chinese rocket booster falls from space, crashes near house, after satellite launch: report

USSF-52 successfully launches from the Eastern Range- Space Launch Delta 45

Scientists are attempting to track 1,000 cattle and buffalo from space using GPS, AI and satellites- Euronews

NASA and Russia will keep launching each other's astronauts to ISS until 2025: report- Space

NASA Issues New Space Security Best Practices Guide- NASA

Navajo Nation president asks NASA to delay Moon launch over possible human remains

China, Russia claim to have tested hack-proof quantum communication link

Sync Your Calendar With the Solar System

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T-Minus Overview- Space Cybersecurity. Dec 29, 2023

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Our first guest is Renee Wynn, former CIO of NASA. Our second guest is Matthieu Bailly, Vice President of Space at CYSEC, a cybersecurity company based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Our third guest speaking to T-Minus Producer Alice Carruth, is Steve Luczynski, Board Chairman of the Aerospace Village.

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T-Minus Overview- Commercial LEO Destination. Dec 28, 2023

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Welcome to the T-Minus Overview Radio Show. In this program we’ll feature some of the conversations from our daily podcast with the people who are forging the path in the new space era, from industry leaders, technology experts and pioneers, to educators, policy makers, research organizations, and more. The International Space Station has been in continuous operation since November 1998 but in 2030, it’s coming to an end. So what’s going to happen once the ISS is gone, and what might replace it? We’ll explore that a bit in this episode, where we’re going to take a look at the commercial low earth orbit destination market and beyond.

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Our first guest is Steve Wolfe, President of the Beyond Earth Institute. David Caponio from VAST joins us as our second guest and Ron Birk from the Aerospace Corporation is our final guest to discuss the cislunar economy.

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T-Minus Overview- Workforce Development. Dec 27, 2023

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Welcome to the T-Minus Overview Radio Show. In this program we’ll feature some of the conversations from our daily podcast with the people who are forging the path in the new space era, from industry leaders, technology experts and pioneers, to educators, policy makers, research organizations, and more. A common theme has emerged in the space industry- namely, space has a workforce problem and it hasn’t really figured out a way to fix it. The STEM movement promoting science, technology, engineering and math has grown in popularity but is STEM enough for growing the workforce in aerospace? And what does STEM educational outreach actually look like in aerospace, and what kinds of training can students get access to?

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Our first guest is Christina Korp, Director of Space for a Better World. The second guest is Princeton University Research Engineer and Educator Mike Galvin. And our third guest is Michelle Lucas, CEO of Higher Orbits.

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T-Minus Overview- Spaceports Dec 26, 2023

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Our first guest is Pam Underwood, Director, Office of Spaceports at the Federal Aviation Administration. Our second guest is the Executive Director of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority, Scott McLaughlin about the economic impact of Spaceport America on the state of New Mexico. Our third guest is Emily Dwinnells, Director of the Maine Spaceport Initiative.

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T-Minus Overview- New Mexico Dec 25, 2023

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On today’s program we’re going to focus on the growing space industry in New Mexico. You’ll be hearing from three guests, all with a connection to the land of enchantment.

T-Minus Guest

Our first guest is NewSpace Nexus CEO Casey DeRaad about her mission to build a bridge between the US military and the commercial space industry. Our second guest is Matt Fetrow from the Space Rapid Capabilities Office in Albuquerque on the Hyperspace Challenge. And our final guest is scientist Alan Stern, principal investigator for NASA’s New Horizons mission, who flew suborbital science missions with Virgin Galactic from Spaceport America.

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The Challenger Learning Center with Kirsten Hibbard. Dec 23, 2023

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In the aftermath of the Challenger STS-51L tragedy, the crew’s families came together, firmly committed to carrying on the spirit of their loved ones by continuing their education mission. In April 1986, they created the Challenger Center for Space Science Education. To date, Challenger Center has reached more than 6 million students globally and continues to inspire hundreds of thousands of students every year. Learn more about the Challenger Learning Center in Maine with Kirsten Hibbard.

You can connect with Kirsten on LinkedIn and find out more about the Challenger Learning Center on their website.

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