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

space news stories. Enjoy!
(0:00) Podcast Introduction
(00:07) Virgin Galactic selects Aurora Flight Sciences to build new motherships
(00:31) Satellite companies watching where DoD goes with 5G
(01:03) Communications established with payload on stabilized PSLV upper stage
(01:34) L3Harris makes strategic investment in Mynaric
(02:03) New launch vehicles set for test flights from China’s Jiuquan spaceport
(02:35) SpaceX to continue Starlink network deployment with Thursday launch – Spaceflight Now
(03:05) World’s rockets on pace for record year of launch activity – Spaceflight Now
(03:33) Virgin Orbit’s first night launch a success; UK mission next – Spaceflight Now
(04:05) Atlas 5 rocket launches two U.S. military satellites on $1.1 billion mission – Spaceflight Now
(04:34) In a step closer to launch, NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket rolls back to hangar – Spaceflight Now
(05:05) NASASpaceFlight.com
(05:27) Commercial Archives
(05:53) International Archives
(06:21) Chinese Long March 3B Launches APStar-6C Communications Satellite – Spaceflight101
(06:59) Blue Origin’s New Shepard Reaches new Heights in latest Test Flight – Spaceflight101
(07:37) ISS Updates – Spaceflight101 – International Space Station
(08:03) My Favorite Martian Image: ‘Enchanted’ Rocks at Jezero Crater
(08:31) NASA’s Stratospheric Balloon Mission Gets Telescope With Giant Mirror
(08:53) Swarm of Tiny Swimming Robots Could Look for Life on Distant Worlds
(09:18) Help NASA Scientists Find Clouds on Mars
(09:42) NASA’s Curiosity Takes Inventory of Key Life Ingredient on Mars
(10:05) Scientists discover how first quasars in universe formed
(10:32) Why does inside of solar system not spin faster? Old mystery has possible new solution
(10:59) Two new rotating radio transients discovered by astronomers
(11:25) Contact restored with NASA spacecraft headed to lunar orbit
(11:49) Could we eavesdrop on communications that pass through our solar system?
(12:33) Podcast Outro