Europe returns to autonomous access to space with the successful launch of the Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket. NATO  says it is helping finance a project to use space as an alternative to subsea cables shuttling civilian and military communications across European waters. NASA and Boeing cannot confirm when Starliner will return to Earth, and more.

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Our guest today is Aerospace Engineer Jill Meyers.

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Selected Reading

ESA - Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space

ESA - Ariane 6 launches SIDLOC: opening up tools for safer space

Exolaunch Successfully Deploys Satellites on Historic Ariane 6 Inaugural Launch, Enhancing European Access to Space- Business Wire

NATO Backs Effort to Reroute Internet to Space in Event of Subsea Attacks - Bloomberg

Max Polyakov and Noosphere released by U.S. from restrictions imposed before Russian invasion of Ukraine

Science Committee Leaders Release Bipartisan Legislation to Reauthorize NASA

SpaceX rolls Starship Super Heavy booster to launch pad ahead of 5th test flight (video, photos)

Aerospacelab selected by MDA SPACE as part of MDA AURORA™ supply chain

Virgin Galactic Completes New Spaceship Manufacturing Facility in Arizona

Sidus Space Appoints former L3Harris Chief Human Resources Officer, Jeffrey Shuman, to its Board of Directors | Business Wire

Fleet Space's ExoSphere Enhances Barrick Gold's Data-Driven Copper Exploration at Reko Diq

Scotland’s First Satellite; The Project That Revolutionised The Scottish Space Sector

NASA Invites Media to 65th Birthday Celebration for Iconic Logo 

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