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

space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:25) House bill would fully fund Mars Sample Return, block cooperation on ExoMars
(01:01) Revealing the Startup of the Year finalists for the SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards
(01:34) Norway opens Andøya spaceport
(01:55) NASA open to extending ISS beyond 2030
(02:20) SpaceRake wins $1.8 million in SDA funding for optical communications terminals
(02:54) Virgin Galactic carries researchers on fifth commercial suborbital flight
(03:28) Space Force takes over missile-warning ground stations previously run by the Army
(03:59) Virgin Galactic’s sixth successful mission in six months with a suborbital lab – SatNews
(04:36) UPDATE: SpaceX’s Friday night launch of 23 Starlinks and breaks another re-flight record – SatNews
(04:58) SpaceX plans to launch 23 Starlinks on Friday – SatNews