NASA selects seven commercial space companies to partner with through its second Collaborations for Commercial Space Capabilities program. VAST selects Impulse to provide the Haven-1 Space Station propulsion system. Virgin Galactic announces a flight window for its first commercial spaceflight, and more.

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T-Minus Guest

Our guest today is Dr. George Nield, former Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation at the Federal Aviation Administration, Blue Origin Astronaut and Head of the Global Spaceport Alliance.

You can connect with George on LinkedIn and find out more about the Global Spaceport Alliance on their website.

Selected Reading

Seven US Companies Collaborate with NASA to Advance Space Capabilities- NASA

VAST selects Impulse Space for Haven-1 Space Station Propulsion- Vast Space

VIRGIN GALACTIC ANNOUNCES START OF COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT SERVICE- Virgin Galactic

Luxembourg greenlights new military SATCOM network using SES satellites- Breaking Defense

Eutelsat reversing course with European retail broadband business sale- SpaceNews

Astronaut Chris Hadfield working with King Charles on 'Astra Carta'- CTV News

NASA recognizes James Webb Flight Operations Subsystem team at Raytheon- Military Embedded

Space Command's leader is building out his Colorado HQ even as Congress tries to force the HQ to move to Alabama- NBC

How a Shady Chinese Firm’s Encryption Chips Got Inside the US Navy, NATO, and NASA- Wired

Astrobiology Space Missions Need To Be More Aggressive And Less Risk Averse- Forbes

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