In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:25) Zeno to recycle decades-old radioactive material to fuel its radioisotope power systems
(00:53) Northrop charges on lunar Gateway module program reach $100 million
(01:20) Lockheed Martin, Boeing win contracts to design U.S. military narrowband communications satellites
(01:54) Europe sets up space finance taskforce
(02:19) Ingenuity Mars helicopter mission ends after 72 flights
(02:45) International campaign required to map and monitor atmospheric methane
(03:10) Not Invisible Anymore: Satellites reveal sources of atmospheric methane
(03:34) Month:
(03:58) Despite engine malfunction, powered-down Japanese moon lander achieves major goals
(04:27) ESA and the European Commission give the Flight Ticket Initiative to PLD Space for launch contracts – SatNews
(05:02) Meteoric growth in VSAT, BGAN, SatPhones + 5G mobile services to fuel billion$$$ SATCOM terminals market by 2030 – SatNews
(05:40) Synspective’s MOUs enables InSAR risk assessment into Central Asia and Uzbekistan and disaster solutions in Kazakhstan – SatNews
(06:32) EUSPA unveils the new Earth Observation (EO) + Satellite Navigation Market Report issue – SatNews
(07:16) Overview for NASA’s Northrop Grumman 20th Commercial Resupply Mission
(07:58) Hubble Captures a Faint Bridge of Stars
(08:22) After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends
(08:49) IXPE investigates microquasar jets, finds unexpected magnetic field structure