The Gist: Space News Dr. Mason Nixon

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Virgin Galactic conducts final VSS Unity commercial suborbital spaceflight(00:55) SpaceX and the categorical imperative to achieve low launch cost(01:34) SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base(02:09) SpaceX’s Super Hat Trick with Thursday’s Starship mission, Friday’s Starlink satellites, and Saturday’s Starlink satellites launch including six Direct to Cell – SatNews(02:46) The first 5 Kinéis smallsats to be launched to orbit via Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher – SatNews(03:23) SpaceX Starship’s fourth flight test ‘super heavy’ lands ‘softly’ … next Moon then Mars – SatNews(04:01) Ubotica awarded European Defence Fund grant for space defence – SatNews(04:26) Equatorial Launch Australia’s Head of Arnhem Space Centre Site Operations is ex-Royal Australian Air Force Officer – SatNews(04:56) Boeing and Northrop Grumman competing for Space Force Program – SatNews(05:30) ST Engineering iDirect next generation hub selected for Indonesia’s 1st multifunction satellite – SatNews

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Planet’s first hyperspectral satellite is ready to launch(00:58) Space Force agency taps 20 companies for $1 billion ground systems IDIQ(01:27) Space startup funding rounds lift Seraphim’s investment portfolio(01:54) Starliner docks with International Space Station on crewed test flight(02:22) Space Pioneer raises $207 million for reusable rocket(02:52) SpaceX to launch 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base(03:29) Starliner crew welcomed aboard space station(03:50) NASA’s astronauts arrive at ISS safely after ULA’s launch of Boeing’s Starliner – SatNews(04:20) SpaceX Starlink Friday launch takes 22 smallsats skyward – SatNews(05:06) SpaceX Starlink launch Friday – SatNews(05:28) Redwire breaks ground on microgravity payload development and space ops facility – SatNews(05:59) Amendment 19: D.18 Euclid General Investigator Program: Names must be omitted from References.(06:27) PACE Celebrates National Ocean Month With Colorful Views of the Planet(06:52) Hubble Examines a Barred Spiral’s Light(07:20) NASA Exploring Alternative Mars Sample Return Methods

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) AI powering commercial insights into the final frontier(00:53) Report: Space Force transitioning to new model for the defense of space(01:22) Remembering the humans in human spaceflight(01:48) HPE’s Spaceborne Computer offers template for space-based AI(02:15) Chang’e-6 spacecraft dock in lunar orbit ahead of journey back to Earth(02:45) First Ariane 6 launch set for July 9(03:09) SpaceX Starship’s fourth flight test ‘super heavy’ lands ‘softly’ … next Moon then Mars – SatNews(03:47) Firefly Aerospace announces multi-launch agreement with Lockheed Martin – SatNews(04:15) Boeing and Northrop Grumman competing for Space Force Program – SatNews(04:49) Ubotica awarded European Defence Fund grant for space defence – SatNews(05:15) Equatorial Launch Australia’s Head of Arnhem Space Centre Site Operations is ex-Royal Australian Air Force Officer – SatNews(05:52) Retired U.S.A.F. Colonel Karlton Johnson named CEO of the National Space Society – SatNews(06:17) Webb Finds Plethora of Carbon Molecules Around Young Star(06:43) Jonathan Lunine Appointed Chief Scientist of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Astroscale shares soar in Tokyo stock market debut(01:01) Webinar: U.S. – Japan Perspectives on Space Sustainability(01:32) Uncontrolled reentry of space debris poses a real and growing threat(01:57) Pale Blue gets additional funds for water vapor thrusters(02:25) Slingshot unveils AI that spots satellite anomalies and potential bad actors(02:58) Hubble goes to single-gyro operating mode as NASA passes on private servicing mission(03:28) SpaceX Starship still GO for June 6 – SatNews(03:53) ULA launches Boeing Starliner with NASA’s astronauts, finally – SatNews(04:17) SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites including 13 Direct to Cell – SatNews(04:44) Iridium awarded 5 year contract by USSF’s SSC – SatNews(05:18) DARPA harnesses AI to keep tabs on space weapons, spy satellites on orbit – SatNews(05:48) BlackSky awarded NRO contract – SatNews(06:12) Caltech/JPL Privacy Policies and Important Notices(06:43) NASA Launches Second Small Climate Satellite to Study Earth’s Poles(07:14) Boeing’s Starliner CFT launches on third attempt

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Electron launches second NASA PREFIRE cubesat(00:52) Revolv Space seeks to expand satellite duty cycles(01:25) Europe seeks to launch into clearing skies(01:52) Online calculator helps startups decipher U.S. regulations(02:23) Astra consolidates facilities(02:49) Congressional language alters plans for NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory(03:19) Rocket Lab completes second launch for NASA’s PREFIRE and Ice climate science mission – SatNews(03:50) SpaceX’s Starship receives FAA license to fly the ‘world’s most powerful rocket’ on June 6 – SatNews(04:20) Boeing’s statement regarding Starliner’s transport tomorrow, hopefully, of NASA’s astronauts – SatNews(04:56) The Launch of a Rocket Lab Knight – SatNews(05:23) MDA Space selects ThermAvant™ Technologies as part of supply chain for MDA AURORA™ – SatNews(05:50) Mission completed for ESA’s OPS-SAT laboratory – SatNews(06:24) True Anomaly awarded USSF contract to further space domain security in Space Domain – SatNews(06:58) Solid State Quantum Magnetometers—Seeking out water worlds from the quantum world(07:32) Blue Origin works towards New Glenn debut, ramps BE-4 deliveries(08:08) Starship ready for fourth flight, Starliner rescheduled for third attempt, Virgin Galactic to fly VSS Unity for last time

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Chang’e-6: Moon samples collected and launched into lunar orbit(00:59) ULA’s new launch date of Boeing Starliner for NASA mission – SatNews(01:37) Airbus delivers 1st Sentinel-5 instrument for satellite integration – SatNews(02:13) Neutron Star Systems + RFA sign agreement for demo mission – SatNews(02:37) Silicon Sensing’s first U.S. office and returning employee is new head of sales – SatNews(03:03) West Virginia University’s West Virginia Small Satellite Center Team awarded nanosat grant – SatNews(03:42) June’s Night Sky Notes: Constant Companions: Circumpolar Constellations, Part III(04:18) Magellan data unveils ongoing volcanic activity on the surface of Venus