SpaceX CEO Elon Musk outlines an ambitious launch timeline for the Starship at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Azerbaijan. China and Russia present plans for future space stations at the IAC. A new partnership between Voyager Space and Northrop Grumman's will see the Cygnus spacecraft provide cargo resupply services for the Starlab space station, and more. 

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Our guest is Steve Wolfe, President of the Beyond Earth Institute.

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Selected Reading

China to double size of space station, touts alternative to NASA-led ISS- Reuters

Russia talks a big future in space while its overall budget is quietly cut- Ars Technica

Voyager Space Announces Teaming Agreement with Northrop Grumman for the Starlab Space Station- PR Newswire

Start Your Engines: NASA to Begin Critical Testing for Future Artemis Missions

LMI Awarded $98M Small Business Innovation Phase III Contract Through Use of RAPTR™, a Proven and Trusted Modeling, Simulation & Analysis Tool for the Space Force- PR

UK joins mission to trace Universe back to the Big Bang - GOV.UK

Pale Blue Raises $7.5M in Series B Round, to build production facility

DoD Needs to Step Up Support for Commercial Space, Silicon Valley Defense Group Says- Via Satellite

New ‘Hyperspace Challenge’ aims to pair mature space tech with DOD, Space Force - Nextgov/FCW

Israel Aerospace Industries sells spy satellites to Azerbaijan

Jupiter-sized objects in Orion Nebula baffle scientists- Al Jazeera

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