China has landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon for a second time with the successful lunar touchdown of Chang'e 6. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who was planning the first private flight around the moon on SpaceX’s Starliner called ‘dearMoon’, cancels the project. Boeing’s Starliner first crewed mission to the ISS is scheduled to launch on Wednesday, June 5, and more.

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T-Minus Guest

Our guest today is Dr. Minkwan Kim, Associate Professor in Astronautics at the University of Southampton. 

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Selected Reading

China lands on moon's far side in historic sample-retrieval mission- Reuters

dearMoon Notice of Project Cancellation

LAUNCH: ULA Atlas V Boeing Starliner Crewed Flight Test

L3Harris Completes Sale of Non-Core Assets to an Affiliate of Kanders & Company, Inc. for $200 Million

SAIC Announces First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2025 Results- Business Wire

Astra Space Inc. Receives and Subsequently Cures Deficiency Notice from Nasdaq Due to Late 10-Q Filing- Business Wire

NASA Awards Advance Technologies for Future Habitable Worlds Mission

Eutelsat Group Achieves Platinum Score in Space Sustainability Rating- Business Wire

Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated LEO (HALO) Program Solicitation

China gifts Arab states flags returned from space to show friendship - CGTN

Japan loses contact with Akatsuki, humanity's only active Venus probe- Space

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