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Beijing-based Galaxy Power Aerospace has successfully raised 1.1 billion yuan, or approximately $154 million, in C and C+ financing rounds. US Vice President Kamala Harris held the third meeting of the National Space Council during the Biden-Harris Administration in Washington, D.C., where she announced that, alongside American astronauts, the United States will land an international astronaut on the surface of the Moon by the end of the decade. Firefly Aerospace has announced that it has rescheduled its Alpha FLT 004 rocket launch for the morning of Friday, December 22, at 9:18 a.m local in California, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Space Lawyer and Science Fiction Author, Laura Montgomery. You can connect with Laura on LinkedIn and you’ll find her novels available at all good book retailers. Selected Reading Galaxy Power Aerospace completed C and C+ rounds of 1.1 billion yuan in financing China's Shenzhou-17 crew to conduct maiden extravehicular activities - CGTN FACT SHEET: Strengthening U.S. International Space Partnerships- The White House Implementation Plan of the National Space Weather Strategy and Action Plan | OSTP | The White House 1QFY24 NOAA Commercial Satellite Data General RFI L3Harris Clears Critical Design and Production Readiness Reviews for Tranche 1 Missile Tracking Satellites Wichita State, NASA lead research for improved in-space manufacturing plans NASA’s 3D-printed Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Test a Success UPDATE: Firefly rocket launch rescheduled for Friday after being scrubbed due to weather 2023 in review: Satellite direct-to-device race heats up Major Milestones Achieved Through the ISS National Lab in 2023 T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The US Space Force celebrates its 4th birthday. Virginia invests $20 million on developments at the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport. United Arab Emirates-based companies Bayanat and Al Yah Satellite Communications agree to merge, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Brendan Byrne, podcast host for Are We There Yet? for NPR affiliate WMFE. You can connect with Brendan on LinkedIn and listen to Are We There Yet? here. Selected Reading USSF turns four: Birthday celebration at LA AFB- Los Angeles Air Force Base Virginia sends $20 million to space authority to expand launch operations Dugway Proving Ground will be new landing site for future Boeing Starliner missions Pale Blue teams up with TOKYO KEIKI on manufacturing and assembly of prototype mass-production model of satellite propulsion system India to allot satellite internet airwaves without auction in win for Musk- Reuters Bayanat and Yahsat boards recommend merger to create an AI-powered space technology champion with global reach EIB and Walloon Region partner up to grow Walloon space sector - SpaceWatch.Global ESA Will Not Open an Investigation into How Vega Tanks Went Missing Virgin Galactic Launches Into The New Year With January Commercial Flight TrustPoint Announces Strategic Partnership With SpiderOak Policy bill backs new revenue streams for US Space Force launch ranges Tech breakthroughs boost China's commercial space industry development - CGTN Creek Valley Elementary Students' Science Experiment Bound for International Space Station T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blue Origin’s New Shepard resumes flight missions after a 15 month hiatus. Axiom Space is building the world’s first commercial orbital data center to be hosted on Axiom Station. The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs has launched the ‘UNOOSA Space Bridge', and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Kirsten Hibbard from the Challenger Learning Center in Maine. You can connect with Kirsten on LinkedIn and find out more about the Challenger Learning Center on their website. Selected Reading Mission NS-24 Updates- Blue Origin Axiom Space Partners with Kepler Space and Skyloom to Operationalize the World’s 1st Orbital Data Center Astrobotic Peregrine Fueled & Ready For Lunar Mission NASA Selects Ball Aerospace for ECCCO Mission Concept Study Firefly Aerospace Ready to Launch Alpha FLTA004 for Lockheed Martin No Earlier Than December 20 UN Office for Outer Space Affairs launches ‘UNOOSA Space Bridge' Ariane 6 joint update report, 18 December 2023 China's space plane apparently deployed 6 'mysterious wingmen' in orbit Parker Solar Probe Team Garners NASA Honors | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Amazon's Project Kuiper to Challenge Elon Musk's Starlink Satellite Internet - Bloomberg NASA’s Tech Demo Streams First Video From Deep Space via Laser T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SaxaVord Spaceport has received a license from the UK Civil Aviation Authority making it the UK’s first licensed vertical launch spaceport and the first fully licensed vertical spaceport in Western Europe. Blue Origin scrubs its first New Shephard rocket launch since September 2022. HawkEye 360 has acquired RF Solutions from Maxar Intelligence, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Dave Sterling, CEO of Royce GEO. You can connect with Dave on LinkedIn and learn more about Royce Geo on their website. Selected Reading SaxaVord granted spaceport licence by UK Civil Aviation Authority https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1736773076627378458 Space Command Reaches Full Operational Capability; Gen. James Dickinson Quoted - GovCon Wire SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch of X-37B space plane now targeted for Dec. 28 SpaceX delays first Starlink satellites with direct-to-cell capability – Spaceflight Now HawkEye 360 Expands Spectrum Scanning through the Acquisition of RF Solutions from Maxar Intelligence Space Force selects GURU and Princeton to Build the Future of Immersive Collaborative Training for Space Flight Operations Launch vehicle telemetry expected to become commercially available faster as InRange moves to market NASA’s Commercial Partners Continue Progress on New Space Stations The Mineral Supply Chain And The New Space Race Texas Lottery plans to launch contest winners to space; how you can enter T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What gaps are there in the workforce for the space industry and what are we doing to provide students with the tools they need to succeed? Listen to Bryce Kennedy’s experience as the President of the Association of Commercial Space Professionals, and lessons learned from being a professor at New Mexico Tech. You can connect with Bryce on LinkedIn and learn more about the Association of Commercial Space Professionals (ACSP) on their website. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China’s secretive spaceplane hitches a ride to orbit on a Long March 2F rocket. The US House and Senate approve a 2024 Defense Spending Bill providing $841.4 billion in funding for the Defense Department. Rocket Lab’s Electron returns to flight for the 10th launch of the year, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is the President of the Association of Commercial Space Professionals, Bryce Kennedy. You can connect with Bryce on LinkedIn and learn more about the Association of Commercial Space Professionals (ACSP) on their website. Selected Reading China launches experimental spacecraft into orbit for third time since 2020- Reuters DOD Prioritizing Cooperation With Allies in Space Congress Passes Fiscal 2024 Defense Spending Bill, Pay Raise for Service Members Biden hosts four NASA astronauts, the first crew aiming to fly around the moon in a half-century - AP News Rocket Lab Reaches New Annual Launch Record with 10th Electron Mission This Year Sierra Space’s Revolutionary Dream Chaser® Enters Final Test Campaign, Spaceplane Transitioning to Orbital Operations Aborted test and missing parts add to European space woes- Reuters HotSat-1: UK climate satellite suffers failure in orbit Thales Alenia Space has selected the UK’s National Satellite Test Facility for FLEX satellite first test campaign International, North American and European Statistical Classifications for Space Economy Measurement GE Aerospace achieves breakthrough in hypersonic engine development- Flight Global Mysterious, repeating fast radio burst acts like a celestial slide whistle- CNN T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NASA’s JPL says Voyager 1 is having trouble with its flight data system. US Subcommittee on Space and Science hears from federal witnesses about mission authorization for all new commercial space activities. D-Orbit has signed two launch service contracts with South Korean space startup TelePIX, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is African Space Policy Analyst, Ruvimbo Samanga. You can connect with Ruvimbo on LinkedIn. Selected Reading Engineers Working to Resolve Issue With Voyager 1 Computer – The Sun Spot Government Promotion of Safety and Innovation in the New Space Economy - U.S. Se… NASA’s Space Station Laser Comm Terminal Achieves First Link Amazon to connect Kuiper satellites with laser links to boost space internet network Air New Zealand partners with Starlink for onboard wifi - Airport Technology D-Orbit and TelePIX Announce Contracts for the in-orbit testing of Tetraplex Tomorrow.io and TomorrowNow Supports the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience in Africa China’s Space Program in 2023: Taking Stock – The Diplomat Blue Origin sure seems confident it will launch New Glenn in 2024- Ars Technica Pathfinder Launch Lessons Learned report- GOV.UK Massive 'lighthouses' on the moon could light the way for future lunar astronauts- Space T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Federal Communications Commission reaffirms the Wireline Bureau’s prior decision to reject the long-form application of SpaceX’s Starlink to receive public support through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund program. Blue Origin is planning to relaunch its New Shepard suborbital vehicle as early as December 18. The European Space Agency’s Boost! Programme provides funding for HyImpulse and Orbex, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Planetary Geologist, Dr. Kirby Runyon. You can connect with Kirby on LinkedIn and learn more about PlaneX on their website. Selected Reading FCC Reaffirms Decision To Reject Starlink Application For Nearly $900 Million In Subsidies Blue Origin aims to launch first New Shepard rocket in over a year Announcing Two Starlab Demo Missions - Voyager Space HyImpulse News Orbex Awarded £3.3 Million as Part of European Space Agency’s Boost! Initiative Open Cosmos And Connected Forge Partnership To Bring Actionable Data Solutions To The Market In space missions- Faraday Dragon Asia Pacific-Philippines https://bhoonidhi.nrsc.gov.in/bhoonidhi/index.html Government Promotion of Safety and Innovation in the New Space Economy - U.S. Se...’ EXCLUSIVE: Freedom to maneuver key for future space ‘combat mindset,’ says ex-SPACECOM deputy LeoLabs: Russia, China time suspicious space activity for some US holidays NASA Sensor Produces First Global Maps of Surface Minerals in Arid Regions Hair samples from JFK, 2 other presidents headed to deep space- The Hill T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

True Anomaly closes a $100 Million Series B equity raise. Armada comes out of stealth with $55 million in backing to develop their edge computing platforms. The US, South Korea, and Japan agree to new initiatives in response to North Korea's space launches, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Jeromy Grimmett, Founder and CEO of Rogue Space Systems. You can connect with Jeromy on LinkedIn and learn more about Rogue on their website. Selected Reading True Anomaly Raises $100 Million in Series B Funding to Further Accelerate Growth Armada Raises More Than $55M to Bridge the Digital Divide- Business Wire Helicity Space Raises $5M Seed Round Pasadena, Cal. U.S., South Korea, Japan to step up actions on North Korea cyber threats | Reuters ispace and Orbit Fab Agree to Aggressively Pursue and Enable a Sustainable Lunar Economy EUMETSAT Awards Spire Global Multi-Million Euro Contract for Satellite Weather Data Irish Space Company Réaltra Awarded Milestone Contract With Leading Launch Vehicle Provider Arianegroup SpaceX postpones planned launch of US military's secretive X-37B spaceplane- Reuters SpaceX private Polaris Dawn space mission delayed to April 2024 ULA Vulcan Centaur rocket's 1st launch delayed to January 2024- Space Redwire Antenna Technology Enables Tactical Link 16 Transmission from Space as Company Prepares to Deliver More Antennas for a Future LEO Constellation- Business Wire Why There Should Not Be a Norm for “Minimum Safe Distance” Between Satellites - War on the Rocks Satellite Manufacturer Terran Orbital Seeks a Buyer Vast Welcomes Veteran NASA Astronaut Dr. Andrew J. Feustel as Its Newest Human Spaceflight Advisor- Business Wire James Webb Space Telescope's 'Cosmic Christmas Bauble' earns spot in White House Advent Calendar (photo, video) T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Government Accountability Office is looking into the Federal Aviation Administration’s mishap investigation process. The Space Development Agency says that they have put some projects on hold due to the ongoing continuing resolution, which pauses spending at fiscal 2023 levels. Egypt signs on with China for their planned International Lunar Research Station, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Anastasia Prosina, CEO Stellar Amenities. You can connect with Anastasia on LinkedIn and learn more about Stellar Amenities on their website. Selected Reading Commercial Space Transportation: FAA Should Improve Its Mishap Investigation Process- U.S. GAO Budget standoff ‘a big deal’ for Space Development Agency Space Development Agency Providing Capability to Warfighters More Nations Meet to Address Space Security Space Force Activates New Component for Europe and Africa China’s lunar base: major African nation joins Beijing’s international moon project Chinese commercial reusable rocket successfully conducts second flight - CGTN NASA Signs Memorandum of Agreement for Space Weather United Launch Alliance Vulcan VC2S Rocket Conducts Wet Dress Rehearsal at Cape Canaveral Ahead of Christmas Eve Launch - Space Coast Daily SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch of secretive X-37B space plane delayed to Dec. 11 Don't trash the International Space Station (Opinion) Draft: A Charter For A Circular Space Economy Why 2024 Will Be an Epic Year in Spaceflight Colliding space junk makes 'noise' that could be heard from Earth T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws. Baptiste Tripard is the Chief Marketing Officer at Alteia. Aiga Stokenberga is the Senior Transport Economist at the World Bank. We explore how Alteia and the World Bank are leveraging AWS's cloud, AI, and space capabilities to monitor critical road networks at scale to support large scale infrastructure investments. From road networks to bridges, they share real-world applications that are making a difference in emerging economies. AWS in Orbit is a podcast collaboration between N2K and AWS to offer listeners an in-depth look at the transformative intersection of cloud computing, space technologies, and generative AI. You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. Selected Reading AWS Aerospace and Satellite AWS re:Invent Alteia and the World Bank assess and enhance road infrastructure data quality at scale using AWS Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our short survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

India shares an ambitious 2047 roadmap for lunar missions and moon tourism, the strategic Dish-EchoStar merger gets greenlit by the FCC, Rocket Lab lands a launch for South Korea's NeonSat-1, ESA ventures into developing a high-thrust rocket engine. And we sat down with Somaya Aswadi, a member of the Afghan Girls Robotics Team, to hear her story. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Somaya Aswadi. Somaya is a member of the Afghan Girls Robotics Team and a student at Stony Brook University. The Afghan Girls Robotics Team is the subject of the documentary Afghan Dreamers about their formation as an international competitive robotics team in defiance of the Taliban’s religious edicts against education for girls. Selected Reading Exclusive: India's first space station unit can be up in just 5 years; 2047 roadmap has multiple lunar missions, Moon tourism on cards- MSN FCC nod puts Dish-EchoStar merger on home stretch- SpaceNews Rocket Lab Signs Deal to Launch South Korean Satellite- Business Wire Investing in Space: Why Amazon bought rocket launches from rival SpaceX- CNBC NOAA's older Earth-watching satellites get new 'extended life'- Space ESA Wants to Develop a "Very High Thrust" Rocket Engine- European Spaceflight Penn awarded $2 million grant from NASA to fund research on lunar robots- The Daily Pennsylvanian Toughest material ever is an alloy of chromium, cobalt and nickel- New Scientist Space Development Agency, Army cooperating on alternates to GPS sat signals- Breaking Defense When Waters Rise, Satellites Now Lag- IEEE Spectrum Nasa hands over control as new era of moon missions readies for lift-off- The Guardian T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SpaceX's staggering $175 billion valuation, China's space power ambitions, the curious case of a lost tomato on the ISS, Davis Cook on space development across the African continent, and more! Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Davis Cook, CEO of Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability, discussing the history of space development across the African continent and its economic ramifications. You can follow Davis Cook on LinkedIn. Selected Reading SpaceX's Tender Offer Values Startup at $175 Billion or More- Bloomberg China space authorities name Elon Musk’s SpaceX an ‘unprecedented challenge’- SCMP Blue Origin Unveils Versatile Spacecraft Platform, Blue Ring- TS2 Cosmic Girl has a facelift and is given a new name NorthStar Earth & Space closes CA$20 million Series D financing round to launch the world’s first space based SSA commercial service- Press Release Aussie company Quasar joins the global satellite space race- AFR Thales Alenia Space signs a multi-satellite contract with PT Len Industri- SatNews OurSky lands $9.5M seed to build out developer platform for space data- TechCrunch NRO Awards Commercial Electro-Optical Capabilities Contracts- NRO Crossed wires led to high drama as NASA returned asteroid samples to Earth- Ars Technica VERSES and NASA Partner to Pursue Standards For Space Industry- Press Release Buzz in the commercial space industry- WMFE A year of firsts for electric propulsion- Aerospace America HOTSAT-1: Images of COP28 venue from 'flying thermometer' highlight global temperature challenges- SkyNews Argentina's Space Agency says it's satellite images is helping to resolve judicial cases- SpaceWatch T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iran claims it sent animals to space. DARPA picks its 14 faves to study what’s possible in lunar services. SpaceX adds a key demo for NASA to its next Starship flight test plan. And we have the latest updates from the Earth Observation Market, and a look at the year that was, with our guest Aravind Ravichandran in our monthly Overview segment. And more! Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest We have the latest updates from the Earth Observation Market with our guest Aravind Ravichandran. Selected Reading Iran launches animals into space as it revives bid for human missions- Al Jazeera Collaborating Toward Integrated Commercial Lunar Infrastructure- DARPA Exolaunch USA Wins Launch Contract from Capella Space for Pioneering SAR Satellite Mission- ExoLaunch SpaceX plans key NASA demonstration for next Starship launch- CNBC Rogue Space Systems Announces Barry-1 Satellite Launch and Operations Commencement- Rogue Space Aalyria Wins Contract with European Space Agency to Build O-RAN Compliant Orchestration Platform to Unlock 5G/6G Non-terrestrial Connectivity- Business Wire Japan targeting Jan. 19 for nation's 1st-ever moon landing- Space UAE Organizes First Space Agencies’ Leaders Summit during COP28- SpaceWatch NASA Leaders to Highlight 25th Anniversary of Space Station with Crew- NASA Maine manufacturer of high-temp materials will expand, driven by defense, space industries- Mainebiz.biz Start of new space race? First private spacecraft may land on the Moon as early as next month- Times of India T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Indian Space Research Organization has announced that it has moved the Propulsion Module of Chandrayaan-3 from an orbit around the Moon to an orbit around Earth. Israeli space company Satixfy is at risk of being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange because its market capitalization fell below $50 million. SpaceX receives communication permissions from the FCC for a third Starship test from December 1st to January 6th 2024, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guests today are Aiga Stokenberga, an Senior Economist in the World Bank's Transport Global Practice and Baptiste Tripard, the Chief Marketing Officer at Alteia as part of our AWS in Orbit Series. AWS in Orbit is a podcast collaboration between N2K and AWS to offer listeners an in-depth look at the transformative intersection of cloud computing, space technologies, and generative AI. You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws. Selected Reading Returns to home Earth: Chandrayaan-3 Propulsion Module moved from Lunar orbit to Earth's orbit SatixFy Receives NYSE American Notice of Non-compliance with Continued Listing Standards Virgin Galactic: Richard Branson won’t invest more money in the space tourism company he founded | CNN Business SpaceX Starship Test 3 part-licensed | Advanced Television Spire Global Awarded Space Services Contract by Lacuna Space to Build and Operate Six Satellites for a Dedicated IoT Constellation Landmark moment for scientists, researchers and businesses as UK association to £80 billion Horizon research programme officially sealed - GOV.UK UDENE - Urban Development Explorations using Natural Experiments | EU Agency for the Space Programme Elecnor Deimos Rwanda and UAE Sign MoU on Civil Space Activities Space Station Experiments Have Drug Companies Eyeing the Heavens - Bloomberg Boeing Defense CEO: We’re in progress getting astronauts onboard Starliner The main source of oxygen in space is through electrolysis, which is made from water Tiny space junk may reveal itself during collisions - The Register T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The United States, United Kingdom and Australia (AUKUS) announce a trilateral initiative called the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in September. Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative- known as NICFI- and the Bezos Earth Fund have announced a new partnership to continue providing the world with free access to high-resolution satellite data to support efforts to stop the destruction of the world’s rainforests. Airbus UK has been awarded nearly £95 million and Teledyne e2v £9 million, through the UK Space Agency’s membership of the European Space Agency, to deliver the next phase of the TRUTHS mission, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Jaume Sanpera, CEO and Founder of Sateliot. You can find out more about Sateliot on their website. Selected Reading US, UK, Australia announce trilateral Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability initiative > United States Space Force > Article Display COP28/Dubai: NICFI and Bezos Earth Fund to provide free satellite images COP28: UK climate satellite contracts - GOV.UK Cosmonauts remotely guide Russian cargo ship to space station docking after guidance glitch - CBS News Amazon buys SpaceX rocket launches for Kuiper satellite internet project The Second International Orbital Debris Conference (IOC II) South Korea flies solid-fuel rocket amid space race with North Korea- Reuters Neumann Drive successfully tested in Space NASA Lab's Workforce Woes Threaten Major Space Missions- Scientific American AFRL, 59th Medical Wing launch space medical research group T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does it take to become a commercial space agrifood advocate? Allen Herbert tells us why he supports commercial food production in space. You can connect with Allen on LinkedIn. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The US Government Accountability Office says that Artemis III’s launch is likely to slip to 2027. Angola becomes the latest nation to sign the Artemis Accords. The US and foreign partners hit North Korea’s Kimsuky Cyberespionage Unit with new sanctions following the latest rocket launch by Pyongyang, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Allen Herbert, Advocate for Commercial Space Agrifood R&D and Production. Selected Reading NASA Artemis Programs: Crewed Moon Landing Faces Multiple Challenges- U.S. GAO FACT SHEET: The U.S. – Angola Partnership- The White House US Sanctions North Korean Cyber Unit After Satellite Launch Arcfield Acquires Orion Space Solutions Hastings Law Office, P.C.: Federal Jury Finds Aerojet Rocketdyne Breached Two Non-Disclosure Agreements with ValveTech Inc. Concerning Components for Starliner CST-100 Spacecraft MUOS SATCOM System Completes Successful Demonstration in Canada- Space Systems Command Ireland set to launch first satellite into space POLARIS successfully tests spaceplane engine - SpaceWatch.Global The Kármán Line: Where does space begin? Scientists Discover a Stunning River of Stars Flowing Through Space : ScienceAlert T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NASA’s Administrator Bill Nelson to attend the 28th U.N. Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) in the United Arab Emirates. The European Space Agency says Ariane 6 will launch in late June or early July, 2024. The US House Science, Space and Technology Committee passes the Commercial Space Space Act of 2023 or HR 6131, sending the bill to the House floor for a vote, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest is Richard Mansell, Chief Executive Officer at IVO Limited You can connect with Richard on LinkedIn and learn more about IVO on their website. Selected Reading NASA to Showcase Earth Science Data at COP28 4 Astronauts Will Be Trained For US-India Mission: ISRO Ariane 6 joint update report, 30 November 2023 Science Committee Passes Bills to Secure Quantum & Commercial Space Leadership - Press Releases NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Pauses Science Due to Gyro Issue Lockheed Martin Technology Demonstration to Showcase Faster On-Orbit Sensor Calibration Ursa Major Raises $138 Million To Introduce Solid Rocket Motor Line And Scale Rocket Propulsion For Space And Hypersonic Applications Work With Us - Open Solicitations - Commercial First 360-degree cameras in space capture incredible images of Earth Relativity Space CEO: Building a backlog isn’t ‘worthless,’ it’s the path to product-market fit United States Space Force Prepares X-37B for Launch- United States Space Force NASA Remembers Trailblazing Astronaut, Scientist Mary Cleave T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) faced a significant cyber threat, though specifics about the timing and methods remain undisclosed. The U.S. Army has integrated space and cyber operations into its new multi-domain operations doctrine. The US and Saudi Arabia have begun negotiating a Framework Agreement for Cooperation in Aeronautics and the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Novelist CK Westbrook. You can find out more about CK’s work on her website. Selected Reading Japan space agency hit with cyberattack, rocket and satellite info not accessed- Reuters With formalized MDO doctrine, Army turns focus to space, cyber: Official- Breaking Defense Joint Statement from the United States of America and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Intent to Cooperate in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes India in Talks With Boeing, Blue Origin For Space Partnerships- Bloomberg York Space Systems Achieves Historic Milestone, Successfully Demonstrates First Ever Link 16 Technology from Space on Tranche 0 Spacecraft Telesat Government Solutions Awarded DARPA Space-BACN Phase 2 Contract SpaceX Acquires Parachute Maker Pioneer Aerospace for $2.2 Million SpaceX Announces a Starship Version Two is in the Works - Payload The Most Expensive Space Missions in History T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Firefly Aerospace has completed the first hot fire test for its Miranda engine that will power the first stage of Northrop Grumman’s Antares 330 and the Medium Launch Vehicle the companies are developing together. US Space Systems Command’s Space Sensing Resilient Missile Warning, Missile Tracking, Missile Defense program office successfully completed the Critical Design Review for its EPOCH 1 space vehicles. Astra Space has raised an additional $2.7 million in “subsequent financing” from two existing investors and the company’s cofounders, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Martin Coates, CEO of Orbex. You can follow Orbex on LinkedIn and learn more about their operations on their website. Selected Reading Firefly Aerospace Completes First Miranda Engine Hot Fire Test The first Medium Earth Orbit Resilient Missile Warning/Missile Tracking Program successfully completes its critical design review and goes into production Solicitation Notice for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) Satellite-Based Services XArc / Astroport Company Group Announce $1.3 Million in Multiple NASA SBIR/STTR Awards for 2023 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson in India, set to strengthen NASA-ISRO partnership- Tech News United States Securities And Exchange Commission- Astra Space, Inc. Amazons-Project-Kuiper-and-NTTSKY-Perfect-JSAT-Form-Strategic-Collaboration-to-Bring-Advanced-Satellite-Connectivity-Options-to-Japan China debuts high-resolution images of China Space Station - CGTN The case for LEO satellite connectivity in $50 billion EIS contract Where the naysayers are wrong when it comes to a Space National Guard - Breaking Defense ESA - Spacelab to Gateway: 40 years of modules for people in space Giving Tuesday Links https://www.aiaa.org/foundation https://higherorbits.org/ https://www.cosmicgirls.org/ https://girlsinaerospace.org/ https://tis.org/ https://www.astrafemina.org/ https://www.soundingrocket.org/ https://www.planetary.org/ T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is visiting India and UAE to discuss space cooperation. Kratos Defense and Security Services has been awarded an $579 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from Space Systems Command to provide satellite communications support to the U.S. Space Force and Space Systems Command. Axiom Space has announced that it is going all-in on Amazon Web Services in support of its terrestrial information technology infrastructure, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Tim Reid, CEO of Mojave Air and Space Port. You can connect with Tim on LinkedIn and find out more about Mojave Air and Space Port on their website. Selected Reading NASA Administrator to Travel to India, UAE; Discuss Space Cooperation Kratos Wins $579M Satellite Services Contract From Space Systems Command - GovCon Wire STARCOM Releases Space Domain Awareness Doctrine Publication Request for Information: National Plan for Civil Earth Observations Axiom Space Goes All-In on AWS for Its Enterprise Cloud Services Needs on Earth ESA - Hot fire: Ariane 6 ready to rumble New UK funding for space technology projects - GOV.UK Kim Jong Un inspects satellite photos of US, South Korea, state media says- Al Jazeera Aerospace New Zealand Announcement Space race 2.0: why Europe is joining the new dash to the moon How These Guardians Avoid Satellite Collisions At 17000 Miles Per Hour Vikings QB Joshua Dobbs talks love of space, giving back and his parents going viral T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2009, President Barack Obama appointed Charles F. Bolden Jr. to be the 12th NASA Administrator, making him only the second astronaut to hold that position. While heading NASA, Bolden oversaw the transition from the Space Shuttle system to a new era of exploration, fully focused on the International Space Station (ISS) and aeronautics technology development. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on Twitter and LinkedIn. Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Herrington was the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in space. He is a member of the Chickasaw Nation, a retired US Navy Aviator and former NASA Astronaut. Herrington was selected as a mission specialist for STS-113. Today marks 21 years since his spaceflight to the International Space Station on November 23, 2002. You can connect with John on LinkedIn. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lunar tech startup Venturi Astrolab of California announced its new lineup of customers for its upcoming lunar rover mission. Researchers at The Naval Research Lab have discovered solar-wind hydrogen in lunar samples. The UK’ Space Clusters Infrastructure Fund has awarded more than £47 million for 12 space research and development infrastructure projects, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is US Space Policy Analyst, Brendan Curry. Selected Reading Venturi Astrolab’s rovers will deploy $160M worth of payloads on the moon- TechCrunch Hydrogen detected in lunar samples, points to resource availability for space exploration NASA One Step Closer to Fueling Space Missions with Plutonium-238 £47 million investment to supercharge space infrastructure across the UK North Korea's space launch program and long-range missile projects- Reuters The Starliner-1 mission Global temperature exceeds 2°C above pre-industrial average on 17 November Commercial Flights Are Experiencing 'Unthinkable' GPS Attacks and Nobody Knows What to Do- Vice 10 Tech Trends That Will Impact the Satellite Industry in 2024 Space Companies Turn To Marketing To Advance Important Business Strategies Exclusive: 'Act now' to keep US competitive in space race, senators say Thanksgiving Celebrations in Space T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The UK Space Conference opens with announcements from the UK Space Agency and Open Cosmos, MDA, and Skyrora and Spirit Aerospace. Thales Alenia Space to provide an S-Band Tracking, Telemetry and Command Transponder for Turkey’s AYAP-1 lunar spacecraft. Rocket Lab expands its production into the former Lockheed Martin Vertical Launch Building in Middle River, Maryland, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Karolina Dubiel, Founder of Girls in Aerospace Foundation. You can connect with Karolina on LinkedIn and find out more about Girls in Aerospace on their website. Selected Reading The UK Space Ecosystem Cluster Directory - Satellite Applications Catapult Open Cosmos To Build The UK Pathfinder Atlantic Constellation Satellite To Use AI To Improve Environmental Management Skyrora and Spirit to enhance future UK launch capability MDA announces strategic expansion in the UK Thales Alenia Space to provide Communication Transponder for Turkey’s first lunar mission Rocket Lab to Establish Space Structures Complex in Baltimore County to Supply Advanced Composite Products Internally and to Broader Space Industry Satellogic Receives NOAA License to Expand U.S. Government Business North Korea's space launch program and long-range missile projects- Reuters How China ties space projects in Africa with climate and security priorities Vulcan Cert-1: Centaur V preparations underway Stars aligning for Boeing crew launch in April - NASASpaceFlight.com Tom Hanks visits Artemis 2 moon astronauts and NASA Mission Control- Space T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SpaceX deals with another mishap investigation after an anomaly causes an explosion and the use of the flight termination system during Starship’s second test flight. Ursa Major unveils a new solid rocket motor called Lynx. Austria based Blackshark.ai closes an oversubscribed Series A funding round, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Princeton University Researcher and Educator Mike Galvin. You can connect with Mike on LinkedIn and learn more about Princeton University on their website. Selected Reading SpaceX's Starship rocket reaches space but is intentionally destroyed mid-flight Starship lunar lander missions to require nearly 20 launches, NASA says - SpaceNews Live coverage: SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch 22 Starlink satellites from California US lawmakers urge scrutiny of SpaceX worker injuries after Reuters report Meet Lynx: Ursa Major's Solution to Solid Rocket Motor Design and Manufacturing is a Game Changer for America's Defense Capabilities Breaking human spaceflight records by chance- T-Minus Episode 112. Blackshark.ai Closes an Oversubscribed Extension to its Series A Round, Totaling $35 Million, to Fast-Track Commercialization of its Unique GEOINT and 3D Mapping Technology. First British person to walk on the moon by 2025, NASA predicts- The Telegraph China to launch Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft in early 2024 - CGTN Europe's space program plays catch-up with China and India - Nikkei Asia Rain or shine: Why upgraded space-based weather-monitoring is crucial for the military - Breaking Defense Could Musk’s Mars colony be a base for asteroid miners?- The Hill Competition to name Australia’s lunar rover | Department of Industry, Science and Resources T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buffy Wajvoda is the Global Leader for Space Solutions Architecture at AWS Aerospace and Satellite. In this extended conversation, we dive into how AWS is supporting cybersecurity in the space domain. You can learn more at AWS re:Invent. AWS in Orbit is a podcast collaboration between N2K and AWS to offer listeners an in-depth look at the transformative intersection of cloud computing, space technologies, and generative AI. You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. Selected Reading AWS re:Invent The security attendee’s guide to AWS re:Invent 2023- AWS Blog Viasat Deploys Resilient Tactical Edge Capability with AWS- YouTube How We Sent an AWS Snowcone into Orbit- AWS Blog How to improve your security incident response processes with Jupyter notebooks- AWS Blog Supporting security assessors in the Canadian public sector with AWS and Deloitte- AWS Blog Establishing hybrid connectivity within a Canadian Centre for Cyber Security Medium Cloud reference architecture- AWS Blog Evolving cyber threats demand new security approaches – The benefits of a unified and global IT/OT SOC- AWS Blog Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our short survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NASA holds the farthest-ever demonstration of optical communications, beaming a near-infrared laser encoded with test data from nearly 10 million miles away. Sierra Space lays off hundreds of members of staff. MDA announces a new Non-Geostationary Orbit satellite constellation, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is David Logsdon, Senior Director at the Space Enterprise Council. You can connect with David on LinkedIn and learn more about the Space Enterprise Council through their affiliate the Information Technology Industry Council. Selected Reading NASA’s Deep Space Optical Comm Demo Sends, Receives First Data Lockheed Martin Prepares First 5G.MIL® Payload for Orbit Sierra Space lays off hundreds in push toward first Dream Chaser spaceplane launch MDA Initiates Work On A New Digital Satellite Constellation Advanced Space's CAPSTONE Operates One Year at the Moon Telenor sells Satellite unit for $217 mln- Reuters China launches new-generation marine satellite - CGTN Space training for African youths opens applications Controversial Quantum Space Drive In Orbital Test, Others To Follow- Forbes All systems go: Amazon confirms 100% success rate for Project Kuiper Protoflight mission 1 year after Artemis 1 launch, NASA readies Artemis 2 to shoot for the moon again (video) T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SpaceX receives a launch license from the Federal Aviation Administration for the Starship Super Heavy. NASA announces that Jim Free will succeed Bob Cabana as the agency’s new Associate Administrator. US Lawmakers postpone the vote on The Commercial Space Act of 2023, H.R. 6131, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Dr Peter Shaw, a senior lecturer in astronautics at Kingston University. You can connect with Peter on LinkedIn and learn more about Kingston University on their website. Selected Reading US FAA okays SpaceX license for second launch of Starship Super Heavy- Reuters Cathy Koerner to Take Over Artemis Program as Jim Free Moves Up to AA – SpacePolicyOnline.com Hughes JUPITER 3 Satellite Begins Over the Air Testing with the Ground System- PR Newswire Viasat and Skylo Technologies Launch First Global Direct-to-Device Network- PR Newswire Musk's Starlink secures $90 mln contract to offer free internet in Mexico- Reuters GITAI Shifts Headquarters and Parent Company from Japan to the United States as Leadership Secures Permanent Lawful Residency- PR Newswire ESA - Tracking satellite launches from Andøya Spaceport UK and Florida sign pact to boost trade - GOV.UK NASA Telescope Data Becomes Music You Can Play T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The US Administration proposes a split to new space authority between the Department of Commerce and the Department of Transportation. The Secure World Foundation has released a statement urging nations to commit to not conducting destructive anti-satellite (ASAT) testing. Ars Technica reports that ULA has narrowed the field of potential buyers to a private equity fund, Blue Origin, and an unnamed but reportedly “well-capitalized aerospace firm that is interested in increasing its space portfolio”, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Kara Cunzeman, Systems Director for Strategic Foresight at Aerospace Corporation. You can connect with Kara on LinkedIn and learn more about Aerospace Corporation on their website. Selected Reading White House asks Congress to split ‘new space’ authority between Commerce, Transportation Industry Statement in Support of International Commitments to Not Conduct ASAT Tests- Secure World Sale of United Launch Alliance is nearing its end, with three potential buyers- Ars Technica Dawn Aerospace Expands Operations to France SaxaVord and HyImpulse announce launch plans Sierra Space and Agile Space successfully collaborate on the largest ever in-space bi-prop hydrazine engine. Momentus Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results- Business Wire Orbite Announces Astronaut Training Programs Racing For Place In The New Space Race: Customers Seek Launch Options The 2023 LA Hard Tech 50 - by Nick Kim and Jacques Sisteron Shakespeare’s Portrait Travels to Edge of Space- Smithsonian Mag T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The US launches a National Spectrum Strategy to advance the nation’s wireless leadership. The European Union Council approves the first EU Space Strategy for Security and Defense. HyImpulse Technologies confirms the launch window of the SR75 from Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Buffy Wajvoda is the Global Leader for Space Solutions Architecture at AWS Aerospace and Satellite. In this conversation, we dive into how AWS is supporting cybersecurity in the space domain. You can learn more at AWS re:Invent. AWS in Orbit is a podcast collaboration between N2K and AWS to offer listeners an in-depth look at the transformative intersection of cloud computing, space technologies, and generative AI. You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws. Selected Reading Biden-Harris Administration Launches National Spectrum Strategy To Advance U.S. Wireless Leadership Space: Council approves conclusions on the EU space strategy for security and defence HyImpulse Inches Closer to Maiden SR75 Flight Telespazio acquires e2E to strengthen Integrated Space capabilities in the UK Saudi Arabia announces $2.9bn investments, including 'Mars-themed city' in Taif - Arabian Business SkyFi and ImiSight: A Partnership That Enhances the World's Clarity and the Potential of Analytics Marotta Controls to Provide Valves for NASA’s Mars Sample Return Program NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana to Retire After 38 Years Is the UK space industry about to take off?- CNN NASA slows down work on Mars Sample Return due to budget uncertainty - SpaceNews T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Q3 reports show investments in startups favor cyber, defense, and space, but funding has dipped across the board. SpaceX poised for another Starship launch for later this week pending an FAA license.. The Global Satellite Operators Association (GSOA) has released its Code of Conduct on Space Sustainability, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Toby Reinicke, Co-Founder and CTO at Satellite Vu. You can connect with Toby on LinkedIn and learn more about SatVu on their website. Selected Reading Spire Global Announces Strong Third Quarter 2023 Results; Reaffirms Expectations for Positive Cash Flow from Operations by Year End; Increases Revenue and Earnings Guidance SpaceX is gearing up for the second flight of Starship- Washington Post SpaceX launches 90 payloads into orbit on 'rideshare' mission- Space SpaceX Falcon 9 launches SES O3b mPOWER mission on Sunday, Nov. 12, from Cape Canaveral At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars- Reuters Global Satellite Operators Association Releases Code Of Conduct On Space Sustainability Japan to create ¥1 trillion fund to develop outer space industry AGENIUM SPACE reaches a momentous milestone with validation of its object detection demonstrator at the edge Update on the Otter Pup mission 2024 Spaceport America Cup Competing Teams November 12-13, 1833: The Night the Stars Fell - The official blog of Newspapers.com T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In lieu of our normal programming, we wanted to take today to honor our veterans- from our own team at N2K, to those that have made massive contributions to the aerospace industry in the US. Throughout this program you will hear stories from military veterans and spouses about how their time in service to their country shaped their careers in the aerospace industry. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Charles F. Bolden, former Administrator of NASA, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General, and a former astronaut Ché Bolden, Marine Corps veteran, CEO of The Charles F. Bolden Group Eileen Collins, retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force (USAF) colonel. Sarah “Sassie” Duggleby, CEO Venus Aerospace Alice Carruth, T-Minus Producer Brandon Karpf, T-Minus Executive Producer Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rocket Lab updates investors on Q3 results and sets a return to launch window for its Electron vehicle. Astra founders offer to take the company private at a value of about $30 million. The European Space Agency signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus and Voyager outlining their collaboration for the Starlab space station in the post-International Space Station era, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Aravind Ravichandran for our monthly "the overview" segment on the Earth Observation market. You can connect with Aravind on LinkedIn and sign up for his EO newsletter here. Selected Reading Rocket Lab Sets Next Electron Launch Window, Provides Update on Anomaly Review- Business Wire Astra founders offer to take company private at value of about $30 million- CNBC Virgin Galactic Announces Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results And Provides Business Update BlackSky Reports Third Quarter 2023 Results Department of the Air Force Scheduled to Launch Seventh X-37B Mission- United States Space Force Sierra Space Successfully Tests New 5,500 lbf Hypergolic Rocket Engine Capable of Continuous Throttling ESA prepares the ground for a European commercial presence in LEO post-ISS D-Orbit welcomes Marubeni Corporation as lead investor in current Series C funding Putin calls for closer Russia-China cooperation on military satellites Space Force plans FY24 update for space monitoring data 'library'- Breaking Defense US says it won’t tell space-imagery companies to stop showing Gaza photos - Defense One NASA+ T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc.beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Virgin Galactic makes cuts to its workforce. Firefly Aerospace has announced a new agreement with Australia's Fleet Space Technologies to deliver and operate Fleet’s Seismic Payload for Interplanetary Discovery, Exploration, and Research on the far side of the Moon. The UK Space Agency has provided £3.5 million to Rocket Factory Augsburg’s UK subsidiary, RFA UK, as part of the European Space Agency Boost! Program, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Ronald Birk, AAS president and Aerospace Corporation's lead on space enterprise evolution. You can connect with Ron on LinkedIn and learn more about the Aerospace Corporation on their website. Selected Reading Virgin Galactic Provides Business Update SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on 80th orbital launch of the year- Spaceflight Now Firefly Aerospace Announces Agreement with Fleet Space to Deliver Seismic Payload to Far Side of the Moon Joint Statement on the ROK-U.S. Space Industry Symposium SpaceRake is awarded approximately $1.8 million by the Space Development Agency to prototype miniaturized satellite optical communication system U.S. Department of Defense Awards Medium Earth Orbit BPA to SES Space & Defense- SES UK Space Agency supports RFA UK through BOOST! In-Space Manufacturing Leader Space Forge Appoints New Director of Strategy and Innovation Türkiye's 1st spacecraft to travel to moon in 2026 Saturn’s awe-inspiring rings will ‘disappear’ in 2025: Here’s why- The Hill Letter: City looks to the chan­cel­lor to real­ise space ambi­tion The European Space Agency may have a bullying problem- Ars Technica T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ministers representing ESA Member States, Associate States and Cooperating States adopted the world’s first zero debris charter. ESA shares first images from Euclid. Space Forge awarded £499,000 as part of a collaborative project with Northrop Grumman under the Ministry Of Defense’s Defence Technology Exploitation Programme, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Dr. Annika Rollock, Director of Engineering, Aurelia Institute, on Space Architecture Trade Study You can connect with Annika on LinkedIn and learn more about Aurelia on their website. Selected Reading Lifting Europe’s Ambitions for a Green and Sustainable Future, Access to Space and Space Exploration ESA - Euclid's first images: the dazzling edge of darkness France says Ariane 6 accord calls for public aid, 11% cost cuts- Reuters ESA - Ireland’s first satellite on its way to launch Space age manufacturing to boost frontline support - GOV.UK United Launch Alliance’s New Vulcan Rocket Begins Final Road to First Launch How Israel shot down a ballistic missile in space for the first time China launches mystery satellite on Long March 7A rocket (photo)- Space SpaceX Eyes $15 Billion in Sales Next Year on Starlink Strength - Bloomberg T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Astra has defaulted on its recent debt agreement. SpaceX breaks their own re-flight record with the 18th flight for a Falcon 9 booster. Italy, France and Germany reach a deal over future launches of the delayed Ariane 6 and Avio's smaller Vega-C rockets at the ESA Space Summit, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Ché Bolden, President and CEO of the Charles F. Bolden Group. You can connect with Ché on LinkedIn and learn more about the Bolden Group on their website. Selected Reading https://investor.astra.com/node/9716/html SpaceX launches Falcon 9 booster from Cape Canaveral on recording-breaking 18th flight– Spaceflight Now Flight test of new commercial carrier rocket succeeds in NW China- CGTN Italy, France and Germany agree on launches of Ariane 6 and Vega-C- Reuters Norway's Andøya Spaceport: A New Era for European Space Ambitions New funding secured for the Cornwall Space Cluster- South West Tech Daily Surprise! Asteroid 'Dinky' is actually a double space rock, NASA's Lucy probe reveals (photo) Can Australia defend its place in space? Net zero by 2050? The answer is up in space - New Statesman NASA Astronauts Accidentally Lose Tool Bag During Space Walk T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SaxaVord Spaceport is weeks away from hosting its first launch. T-Minus spoke to CEO Frank Strang to find out what it takes to build a spaceport, where the idea came from and what we can expect in the future. You can connect with Frank on LinkedIn and learn more about SaxaVord on their website. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The ORBITS act unanimously passes in the US Senate and moves on to the House. US Congress has introduced a bipartisan amendment to title 51, US States code, to update government oversight of commercial space activities and other purposes. Sidus Space has been awarded an Indefinite-Delivery/ Indefinite-Quantity or IDIQ, contract to provide services to a US owned company in support of their commercial lunar program, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is SaxaVord Spaceport CEO Frank Strang. You can connect with Frank on LinkedIn and learn more about SaxaVord on their website. Selected Reading Cantwell, Hickenlooper Bill to Clean Up Space Junk Passes Senate Unanimously US HB6131 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress | LegiScan Consolidating the commercial space mission authorization regime- Deep Space Episode 22 Space Force Terminates ICBM During Test Launch Due To Anomaly Sidus Space Awarded a 5-Year $10 Million Ceiling (IDIQ) Commercial Contract to Support Commercial Lunar Transportation UNIIQ investeert € 350.000,- in de ruimtevaartstartup Spherical Systems - InnovationQuarter SpaceX, NASA delay CRS-29 cargo launch again, to Nov. 9 | Space Starlink achieves cash-flow breakeven, says SpaceX CEO Musk- Reuters NASA’s Lucy spacecraft swoops past first of 10 asteroids on long journey to Jupiter- AP China, U.S. and EU sign milestone declaration to teamwork in AI safety - CGTN Astronaut Ken Mattingly, who flew to the moon on Apollo 16, has died at 87 T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Netherlands and Iceland join the Artemis Accords. Finnish Earth observation company Kuva Space has successfully raised €16.6M in a latest funding round. The US Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate has awarded Intuitive Machines a Joint Energy Technology Supplying On-Orbit Nuclear Power (JETSON) Low-power Mission Application contract worth $9.49 million, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is David Caponio, Senior Vice President of Product and Business Development at Vast. You can connect with David on LinkedIn and learn more about Vast on their website. Selected Reading NASA Welcomes Netherlands as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory European Space Agency Shares Space Safety Programme Plans to Tackle Space Debris and Use AI to Boost Cyber-Resilience Polaris Spaceplane Update Hydrosat & Muon Space Team Up for 2024 launch of Multispectral Thermal IR Satellite AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate Selects Intuitive Machines to Provide Solutions for Nuclear-Powered Satellites My Suborbital Life Blog 3: The Suborbital Revolution Is Here -S. Alan Stern- NASA Watch Astroskin's first suborbital flight with Kellie Gerardi on Virgin Galactic's 05 mission Firehawk Aerospace Announces Development of 30-Square-Mile Launch Range for Hybrid Rocket Testing in West Texas- Newswire https://www.mea.gov.in/newsdetail1.htm?11613/ Rocket Lab Welcomes Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno to Board of Directors- Business Wire T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

US Space Systems Command has assigned new launches to SpaceX and ULA for fiscal year 2024. The Federal Aviation Administration concludes its SpaceX Super Heavy safety review. HawkEye360 has been awarded a $12.25 million contract by the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is space communicator Yumna Majeed. You can connect with Yumna on LinkedIn and follow her work on Instagram. Selected Reading SpaceX, ULA Secure Additional Launch Assignments for NSSL Phase 2 Contract - GovCon Wire FAA completes safety review of SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy license- Reuters HawkEye 360 Awarded $12.25 Million Phase II Contract by the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific SpinLaunch Announces New Leadership Roles to Accelerate the Commercialization of Low-Cost, High-Performance Space Solutions- Business Wire MDA Completes Acquisition Of Satixfy Digital Payload Division University of Luxembourg SnT signs Rideshare Agreement with Alba Orbital to deploy a Pico-satellite in Late 2024 China launches new cartographic satellite - CGTN U.S. Space Force chief urges universal rules to keep China in check - Nikkei Asia Japanese scientists grow mouse embryos in space for first time. Are human births next?- South China Morning Post T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Space Development Agency has announced two new contracts for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer – Alpha totaling $1.3 billion to Northrop Grumman and York Space Systems. US Space Systems Command has launched its technology accelerator program at its newest Technology, Applications, and Process Lab (TAP). Three Chinese Taikonauts have returned to Earth after their five-month stay on the Tiangong space station, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Alejandro Roman Molinas, General Director of Aerospace Development at the Paraguayan Space Agency / Agencia Espacial del Paraguay (AEP). You can connect with Alejandro on LinkedIn and learn more about AEP on their website. Selected Reading Pentagon awards $1.3 billion in contracts to Northrop Grumman and York for 100 satellites Air Force, Space Force raise max enlistment age to 42 World's first commercial space plane soon headed from Colorado to Ohio Microbes, Mucus, and Brain Organoids--Experiments to Prevent and Treat Disease Launching on Next Space Station Resupply Mission 3 astronauts return to Earth after 6-month stay on China's space station - ABC News Rocket Lab plans launch of Venus mission as soon as late 2024 - SpaceNews FACT SHEET: President Biden Issues Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence- The White House The Cyber-Space Connection: Why It's Imperative For Our Future AWS in Orbit series premieres on the T-Minus Space Daily podcast T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Skyroot Aerospace raised $27.5 million dollars in a new round of funding led by Singapore's Temasek. UK-based Space Solar has announced an innovation partnership with Thales Alenia Space, to continue to collaborate on their commercial space-based solar power system. NASA says the first Boeing Starliner flight with astronauts to the International Space Station will happen no earlier than April, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Steve Luczynski, Board Chairman of the Aerospace Village. You can connect with Steve on LinkedIn and learn more about the Aerospace Village on their website. Selected Reading Skyroot raises $27.5 mln, heating up India's private sector space race- Reuters Astronauts hand over space station to new crew - Chinadaily.com.cn Space Solar and Thales Alenia Space in the UK working together to deliver Space-Based Solar Power Rocket Factory UK gets £3.5m boost to launch from Shetland Islands ASES to Collaborate with ESA to Leverage Space Technology for Socio-Economic Growth in Senegal Progress Continues Toward NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to Station Intuitive Machines Sets January 2024 for Historic U.S. Lunar Mission Message to the Moon. Smithsonian To Open First Public Display of Asteroid Bennu Sample Collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Space Bureau Kicks Off Satellite Applicants Transparency Initiative- Federal Communications Commission NASA-ISRO Radar Mission to Provide Dynamic View of Forests, Wetlands T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kathy O’Donnell is the leader of Space Solutions Architecture for AWS Aerospace and Satellite. In this extended conversation, we dive into how AWS is supporting generative AI in the space domain. She walks us through some incredible case studies with AWS customers who are using generative AI and space technologies to improve life here on Earth. Learn more about generative AI use cases for space at AWS re:Invent. AWS in Orbit is a podcast collaboration between N2K Networks and AWS to offer listeners an in-depth look at the transformative intersection of cloud computing, space technologies, and generative AI. You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. AWS in Orbit Guest Kathy O’Donnell is the leader of Space Solutions Architecture for AWS Aerospace and Satellite. Selected Reading AWS successfully runs AWS compute and machine learning services on an orbiting satellite in a first-of-its kind space experiment | AWS Public Sector Blog AWS re:Invent 2022 - Accelerate Geospatial ML with Amazon SageMaker (AER204) Audience Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The United States and Australia have signed a Technology Safeguards Agreement opening opportunity for US participation in space launches from Australia. Canada’s MDA has selected SpaceX to be the launch service provider for the space technology firm's next-generation satellite constellation for Earth observation known as CHORUS. Scientists from the Air Force Research Lab are leading the first non-domestic Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between the US Space Force and two Indian companies, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our guest today is Dr. Mindy Howard, founder and CEO of Cosmic Girls Foundation. You can connect with Mindy on LinkedIn and learn more about the Cosmic Girls Foundation on their website. Selected Reading Canada's MDA taps SpaceX to launch CHORUS satellite constellation- Reuters IHS Towers Partners with Limitless Space Institute to Inspire Space Exploration and Education in Brazil and Nigeria- Business Wire 1st international CRADA between AFRL, Indian startups ignites strategic collaboration for USSF in space technologies SDA gets OK to begin limited testing of data satellites Link 16 nodes Putin aims to have Russian space station by 2027- Reuters SoundingRocket.org Space Force sees SATCOM awards surging to $20 billion this fiscal year Space Force Solidifies New JTAGS Mission With Stand-Up of Squadron and Detachment Artificial Intelligence in Its Many Forms Will Be the Most Important Area of Technology in 2024, According to New IEEE Global Survey of CIOs, CTOs and Technology Leaders T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane successfully completes its first mission flight operations review at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Rocket Lab receives FAA authorization to resume Electron launches from New Zealand after a launch failure in September. The US and Australia have announced an Innovation Alliance which will cover new areas of cooperation on science and critical and emerging technologies, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest T-Minus producers Brandon Karpf and Alice Carruth share their experience at the AIAA ASCEND conference. Selected Reading Sierra Space and NASA Prepare for Revolutionary Dream Chaser® Spaceplane’s Debut Mission to Space Station | Business Wire Rocket Lab expects to resume Electron launches before year-end after September failure- CNBC United States-Australia Joint Leaders’ Statement Building an Innovation Alliance- The White House Atlas, other ‘troubled’ Space Force programs to miss 2023 deliveries Cosmonauts on ISS spacewalk encounter toxic coolant 'blob' while inspecting leaky radiator China's youngest-ever crew of astronauts heads to space station | Reuters Space Force wants ability to refuel military satellites in orbit- Stars and Stripes U.S. and Chinese officials meet to discuss space safety - SpaceNews Check out the NASA EV that will drive Artemis crew (partway) to the moon- Digital Trends T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The US Senate has confirmed Michael Whitaker as the new administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. UK Space Agency and Axiom Space announce a new partnership to bring a four person crew to orbit composed entirely of UK astronauts. Airbus and Northrop Grumman have formed a strategic partnership to compete for a part of the UK's military satellite communications program called SKYNET, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest T-Minus Producer Alice Carruth is speaking to Patrick O’Neill from the ISS National Lab, reigning Miss England, Jessica Gagen, and Deputy NASA Administrator Pam Melroy at the AIAA ASCEND Conference. Selected Reading Senate confirms Michael Whitaker to run Federal Aviation Administration UK Space Agency and Axiom Space Sign Agreement on Plans for Historic Human Spaceflight Mission Airbus and Northrop Grumman shake on pact for UK’s lucrative SKYNET satellite program Terran Orbital Awarded $4.7 Million Contract by European Space Agency Ariane 6 Update China Focus: China discloses tasks of Shenzhou-17 crewed space mission-Xinhua- CN Space startup Skyroot unveils Vikram-1 rocket, set to launch satellites next year - The Economic Times ULA targets Christmas Eve for inaugural Vulcan rocket launch, CEO says- CNBC Spire Global Awarded Subcontract by Riverside Research for United States Space Force Space Domain Awareness Program Protecting our critical satellite infrastructure: the importance of space-based infrastructure to humanity and its status within NATO T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SpaceX plans the 29th CRS mission to transport scientific experiments to the International Space Station. SpaceX reaches 5,000 Starlink satellites in space. China and Belarus have signed a joint declaration on cooperation on the International Lunar Research Station program. Canopy Aerospace secures an $850,000 NASA SBIR Ignite Phase II contract, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest Our interview today is a preview of our new mini-series called AWS in Orbit. Our guest is Kathy O’Donnell, leader of Space Solutions Architecture for AWS, and she’ll be telling us about AWS customers pioneering space innovations at the intersection of cloud computing, space technology, and generative AI. You can find out more about AWS in Orbit at Space.N2k.com/AWS Selected Reading NASA’s SpaceX CRS-29 Mission Flies Research to the Space Station Space Coast breaks yearly orbital launch record Launch Roundup: SpaceX surpass 5,000 active Starlink satellites; China to send taikonauts to space station - NASASpaceFlight.com SpaceX Plans to Deploy Thousands of Satellites in Earth's Orbit Canopy Aerospace Receives NASA SBIR Ignite $850k Phase II Award to Democratize Access to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Terran Orbital Selected to build Satellite Buses for SDA Tranche 2 Progress Continues Toward NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to Station Belarus and China Sign Declaration for ILRS program Netherlands to build laser pointer for ESA black hole space mission https://space.n2k.com/podcasts/t-minus/120 Rock collected by Apollo 17 astronaut in 1972 reveals moon's age- Reuters T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

York has been awarded a contract estimated to be valued over $615 million by the Space Development Agency to provide 62 data relay satellites for the SDA's planned Tranche 2 Transport Layer mesh network in LEO. The US Space Force says they're eyeing MEO for a missile tracking and warning constellation with awards for this constellation expected late 2024. India held a successful first test flight of the Test Vehicle Demonstration 1 as part of the Gaganyaan human spaceflight program, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Guest T-Minus is at AIAA’s ASCEND conference in Las Vegas. Our guest today is Ariel Ekblaw, who is co-hosting the Humans in Space Symposium at this year’s ASCEND. Ariel is the CEO and co-founder of the Aurelia Institute. You can connect with Ariel on LinkedIn and learn more about Aurelia on their website. Selected Reading SDA taps York for 62 Tranche 2 Transport Layer data relay sats to provide ‘global’ coverage Space Force plans next MEO missile tracking satellite awards by early 2025 SAM.gov Data Bank Missile warning satellite review completed for U.S. Space Force by Northrop Grumman - Military Embedded Systems Gaganyaan: India launches test flight ahead of sending crew into space - BBC News Redwire Awarded Contract to Provide Onboard Computer for ESA’s Comet Interceptor Mission to Study Pristine Comet Qosmosys Secures Historic US$100 Million in Seed Funding, Sets New Industry Record Taking on SpaceX: Why Germany is building its own spaceport– DW Poland's Leap Into Space: ESA Backs National Satellite Project Scientists Just Came Up With a Wild Idea For Making Oxygen on Mars- ScienceAlert T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. Want to join us for an interview? Please send your pitch to [email protected] and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal. T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices