NASA is pushing back its schedule for Artemis 2 to September 2025, with the Artemis 3 mission, which will land the first humans on the moon since the 1970s, delayed to September 2026.  NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory lays off 100 contractors as part of a  cost-cutting effort. Astrobotic says there’s no chance of soft landing Peregrine on the moon, and more.

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Our guest today is Anurita Chandola, a textile artist who has transitioned into a spacewear designer. 

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Selected Reading

More delays for NASA's astronaut moonshots, with crew landing off until 2026

Questions about NASA's Mars Sample Return mission put JPL jobs in jeopardy - Los Angeles Times

News & Press | Astrobotic Technology

Voyager Space and Airbus Finalize Starlab Space LLC Joint Venture

Rocket Lab Makes its Defense Prime Debut with $0.5 Billion Contract to Design and Build Satellite Constellation for Space Development Agency- Business Wire

Army Space Vision 

Venus Aerospace Partners With Nasa's Marshall Space Flight Center On New Engine Technology

Muon Space Selected by AFWERX for SBIR Phase I Contract

ESA - Einstein Probe lifts off on a mission to monitor the X-ray sky

Arka Shines and Rudra Roars

NASA TechLeap Prize: Universal Payload Interface Challenge

Space Force taps Microsoft to build cloud-based, simulated space environment- DefenseScoop

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