The Gist: Space News

Space News for Wednesday, July 06, 2022


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In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(0:00) Podcast Introduction
(00:06) Northrop Grumman selects Airbus to supply satellite buses for U.S. military constellation
(00:35) L3Harris makes strategic investment in Mynaric
(01:04) New launch vehicles set for test flights from China’s Jiuquan spaceport
(01:27) Kongsberg to acquire majority stake in NanoAvionics
(01:51) New Zealand joins ASAT testing ban
(02:16) Atlas 5 rocket launches two U.S. military satellites on $1.1 billion mission – Spaceflight Now
(02:42) In a step closer to launch, NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket rolls back to hangar – Spaceflight Now
(03:17) Atlas 5 launch scrubbed due to stormy weather – Spaceflight Now
(03:40) Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket launches with experimental military payloads – Spaceflight Now
(04:16) Indian rocket launches three satellites for Singapore – Spaceflight Now
(04:40) NASASpaceFlight.com
(05:06) Commercial Archives
(05:25) International Archives
(05:51) Chinese Long March 3B Launches APStar-6C Communications Satellite – Spaceflight101
(06:29) Blue Origin’s New Shepard Reaches new Heights in latest Test Flight – Spaceflight101
(06:58) ISS Updates – Spaceflight101 – International Space Station
(07:25) My Favorite Martian Image: ‘Enchanted’ Rocks at Jezero Crater
(07:53) NASA’s Stratospheric Balloon Mission Gets Telescope With Giant Mirror
(08:15) Swarm of Tiny Swimming Robots Could Look for Life on Distant Worlds
(08:39) Help NASA Scientists Find Clouds on Mars
(09:08) NASA’s Curiosity Takes Inventory of Key Life Ingredient on Mars
(09:34) 8,000 kilometers per second: Star with the shortest orbital period around black hole discovered
(10:08) Cosmic radio pulses probe hidden matter around galaxies
(10:30) Gamma-ray pulsations detected from pulsar PSR J1835−3259B
(11:01) NASA considers sending swimming robots to habitable 'ocean worlds' of the solar system
(11:23) Researchers pinpoint location of extremely energetic particles in a 'space manatee'
(12:09) Podcast Outro
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The Gist: Space NewsBy Dr. Mason Nixon