The Gist: Space News

Space News for Saturday, February 22, 2025


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In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:25) NASA awards Planetary Defense Space Telescope launch services contract – SatNews
(00:59) SpaceX sends 23 Starlink smallsats soaring including 13 Direct to Cell – SatNews
(01:27) Arianespace ‘postpones’ Ariane 6 launch of French CSO-3 with operations underway – SatNews
(02:00) Forrester’s Digest: Airbus, Thales to merge satellite divisions? – SatNews
(02:24) NASA’s PUNCH Mission to Revolutionize Our View of Solar Wind
(02:56) Hubble Spies a Spiral That May Be Hiding an Imposter
(03:27) Lunar Trailblazer's Looping Lunar Voyage
(03:54) NASA's Lunar Trailblazer in Moon's Orbit (Artist's Concept)
(04:20) Packing Up a CADRE Rover
(04:49) Taking a CADRE Rover in Hand
(05:17) Map of California Subsidence and Uplift
(06:05) Star Trackers for Europa Clipper
(06:35) First Images From NASA's Europa Clipper
(06:58) Isar Aerospace completes static fires of Spectrum rocket ahead of first European launch
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The Gist: Space NewsBy Dr. Mason Nixon