Stratolaunch bids $17 million to buy some of Virgin Orbit's assets, including the Cosmic Girl carrier. Virgin Galactic announces the next launch window from May 25. Space News is reporting that British cybersecurity software developer Arqit has hired a financial adviser to sell its space division, and more.

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T-Minus Guest

Our guest for today’s episode is Florida Today Space Editor Emre Kelly. Emre will be discussing the progress of Boeing’s Starliner program. 

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Selected Reading

Virgin Orbit enters $17 million 'stalking horse' bid to sell aircraft assets- Reuters

Virgin Galactic is a GO for Launch- Virgin Galactic

Arqit launches sale of satellite division- SpaceNews

Black Sky Aerospace’s Rocket Fuel Facility Approval- Space and Defense

China launches the 56th BeiDou navigation satellite- CGTN

SSC Wins New ESA Deal for Nodes Optical Communications Project- Via Satellite

Warpspace wins JAXA contracts for lunar and long-distance optical comms studies– SatNews

SpinLaunch Hires Leading Aerospace Investment Strategist Matthew Mejía As Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer- Business Wire

Political fight escalates over Space National Guard - SpaceNews 

NASA’s Artemis program may face a budget crunch as costs continue to rise- Ars Technica

Larger NASA Budget Essential to Beat China to Lunar Resources, Administrator Says- Nextgov

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