In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top

space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) China’s commercial Tianlong-3 rocket fails on debut launch
(00:45) Artemis 2 heads to the moon
(01:06) Swift spacecraft reorientation buys time for reboost mission
(01:40) Former Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice to lead Astrion
(02:35) Optical terminals still a bottleneck in Pentagon’s proliferated constellation
(02:50) CAS Space Successfully Launches Kinetica-2, Aiming for Global Cost Leadership
(03:26) L3Harris Taps Mercury Systems for High-Capacity Data Storage on SDA Tranche 3 Satellites
(04:10) Antaris Secures $28M Series A to Advance AI-Powered Satellite Mission Platform
(04:49) Amazon in Reported Talks to Acquire Globalstar in $9 Billion Move to Challenge Starlink
(05:26) Fortastra Expands Leadership Team with Defense and Intelligence Veterans to Drive National Security Mission
(06:09) Barents Sea Tied to Low Arctic Sea Ice
(06:34) NASA’s Artemis II Mission Leaves Earth Orbit for Flight around Moon
(07:01) Artemis II Astronauts Launch to Moon
(07:13) Artemis II Orion performs TLI Burn — Now headed to the Moon
(07:44) CLPS Companies Excited For NASA’s ‘Opportunity Bomb’ Lunar Plan
(08:09) Phantom Space Acquires Thermal Management Technologies
(08:46) DJI Avata 360 drone review
(09:27) Artemis 2 astronauts head for the moon after make-or-break engine burn (video)
(09:43) Lucky airplane passengers capture NASA's Artemis 2 moon launch from the sky
(10:23) Stunning new James Webb Space Telescope images reveal 'hidden' stars being born