T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing

NASA selects nine companies to study supporting long-term lunar exploration. The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has tasked the Space Professionals Partnership (SPPL) to investigate Post Mission Disposal Options in the Cislunar environment. Estonia to host the European Space Agency’s new cybersecurity testing ground, and more. 

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Elysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report.

NASA Invests in Artemis Studies to Support Long-Term Lunar Exploration

Space Professionals Partnership win Cislunar Post Mission Disposal Study

ESA - Estonia to host Europe's new space cybersecurity testing ground

AST SpaceMobile Announces Pricing of Private Offering of $400.0 Million of Convertible Senior Notes Due 2032

BlackSky Ships First Gen-3 Satellite for Expected Launch in February- Business Wire

ispace Receives Telemetry from Deep Space Radiation Probe

Blue Ghost Mission 1: Live Updates

European Launch Startups Send Open Letter to ESA Outlining Key Priorities

Fundraiser by Jonathan McDowell : Fund Jonathan's Space Report Library Transition 

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NASA’s acting Administrator removes DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility) programs from the US Space Agency. The UK’s Blue Abyss has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Glenn Research Center to accelerate advancements in commercial space training, research, and infrastructure development. Eutelsat and NIGCOMSAT to launch satellite services in Nigeria, and more.

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Our guest today is Giovanni Di Antonio, ENAC Technological Innovation Director 

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NASA moves swiftly to end DEI programs, ask employees to “report” violations - Ars Technica

Blue Abyss Partners with NASA Glenn Research Center

Eutelsat Partners with NIGCOMSAT to Launch LEO Satellite Services in Nigeria- Business Wire

Thales Alenia Space Will Contribute to NASA's Surface Biology and Geology Earth Observation Mission

Rocket Lab to Launch Global Wildfire Detection and Monitoring Mission for OroraTech - Business Wire

Space Florida Announces 2025 Space Transportation Call for Projects

NASA Day of Remembrance

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Bill Nelson steps down as NASA Administrator as US President Donald Trump begins his second term. Rocket Lab schedules its first launch of 2025 with a dedicated mission for Kineis. Karman Space and Defense has filed a registration statement for a proposed initial public offering, and more.

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Our guest today is Patrick O’Neill, Public Affairs and Outreach Lead at the International Space Station US National Laboratory.

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Bill Nelson steps down as NASA chief as Trump begins 2nd term- Space

Rocket Lab Schedules Next Electron Launch for Constellation Operator Kinéis- Business Wire

Karman Announces Filing of Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering

NASA Welcomes Finland as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

NASA Opens New Challenge to Support Climate-Minded Business Models

Flexential Links Up with Lonestar to Support First Commercial Data Center in Space

Exclusive: Trump likely to axe space council after SpaceX lobbying, sources say- Reuters

Explore Deep Space Without Leaving Home

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US President Trump takes office vowing to ‘pursue our manifest destiny into the stars’ and aims to plant a US flag on Mars. Taikonauts on the Tiangong Space Station conducted the world’s first in-orbit demonstration of artificial photosynthesis technology, producing oxygen, as well as the ingredients necessary for rocket fuel. China launches its first commercial rocket of 2025, and more.

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Our guest today is Daniel Fox, Founder of the Future of Space.

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Space stocks jump after Trump vows to ‘pursue our manifest destiny into the stars’ - MarketWatch

China’s Tiangong research generates oxygen, rocket fuel in major space exploration leap

CERES-1 Soars: China's first commercial rocket launch of 2025 - CGTN

Axiom Space, TUA to Explore Supply Chain Opportunities for the Turkish Space Industry Ecosystem

Redwire Announces Acquisition of Edge Autonomy; Transformational Transaction Creates a Multi-Domain, Scaled and Profitable Space and Defense Tech Company

General Atomics Successfully Tests Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor Fuel at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Canadian Space Agency Awards Over $970,000 to QEYnet for Quantum Key Distribution Technology

Turks and Caicos officials say SpaceX debris littered islands but no injuries reported 

Scientists call on UN to help solve Earth's space junk problem

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Welcome to the T-Minus Overview Radio Show. In this program we’ll feature some of the conversations from our daily podcast with the people who are forging the path in the new space era, from industry leaders, technology experts and pioneers, to educators, policy makers, research organizations, and more.

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You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws.

Our guests today are Giacomo Gatto, Partner at McKinsey & Company, London and Joy Fasnacht, Principal Solutions Architect at AWS for Aerospace and Satellite.

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AWS Aerospace and Satellite

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SpaceX’s Starship experiences a rapid unscheduled disassembly during the seventh testflight. China launches three  satellites including one for Pakistan. The US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) announces its vendors for the $200 million Luno B commercial data contract, and more.

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Elysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report.

SpaceX Starship explosion likely caused by propellant leak, Elon Musk says- Space

China launches Pakistani satellite, two others - CGTN

Ursa Space Systems selected for $200M Luno B IDIQ

NASA JPL Update

Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity- The White House

Space Force procurement official removed amid investigation - SpaceNews

General John W. "Jay" Raymond Elected to Planet’s Board of Directors- Business Wire

U.S. Space Force Awards Govini's Ark IL 5 Authority to Operate

SpaceX Transporter-12 launches more than 100 satellites - NASASpaceFlight.com

Copernic Space Makes History: Digital Copy of U.S. Constitution Traveling to the Moon in Groundbreaking Mission

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Blue Origin’s New Glenn lifts off to orbit for its inaugural flight. India completes its SpaDeX in-space docking mission. Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has received a UK launch license, and more.

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Our guest today is Dr. Harold Hess, CEO and Co-Founder of Eduralock.

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New Glenn NG-1 Mission Updates- Blue Origin

‘Key to space ambitions’: India succeeds in historic space docking mission- Al Jazeera

RFA receives launch licence from the UK- Rocket Factory Augsburg

Stoke Space Announces $260 Million in New Investment- Business Wire

Nasdaq Grants Momentus Inc. Continued Listing- Business Wire

K2 Space Names John Plumb, Former Pentagon Space Policy Chief, as New Head of Strategy

Voyager Technologies Ushers in a New Era of Innovation and Leadership in Defense and Space

UK and Ukraine sign landmark 100 Year Partnership to deepen security ties and strengthen partnership for future generations - GOV.UK

Sierra Space’s Resilient GPS Satellite Program Reaches Key Milestone- Business Wire

Successful Launch, Communications and Control of Xplore's Hyperspectral Satellite

Moon selected as historical preservation site to protect lunar heritage- Space

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SpaceX launched lunar probes for Firefly Aerospace and Japan’s ispace destined for the lunar surface. Loft Orbital has raised $170 million in a Series C funding round. Slingshot Aerospace has been awarded $1.9 million from the USSF’s Space Systems Command to further develop the Company’s existing GPS jamming and spoofing detection, and more.

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Our guest today is Chad Anderson, Founder and Managing Partner at Space Capital.

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Two lunar landers launch to the moon aboard a SpaceX rocket

Announcing Loft's $170M Series C

Slingshot Aerospace Selected to Provide Technology to USSF to Detect GPS Jamming and Spoofing Threats to International Security- Business Wire

Varda's Second Mission, W-2, Launches with Payloads from Air Force Research Laboratory and NASA

D-Orbit Launches Two Orbital Transportation Missions with ION Satellite Carrier 

ICEYE launches four new satellites, supporting additional customer missions

Planet Launches High-Resolution Pelican-2 Satellite & 36 SuperDoves- Business Wire

Pixxel Launches World’s Highest-Resolution Hyperspectral Satellites, Kickstarts Firefly Constellation for Climate Action- Business Wire

constellr Launches First Satellite, Ushering in a New Era of Global Thermal Monitoring- Business Wire

SpaceX

Space startup funding set for boost from US-China rivalry in 2025, report says- Reuters

China plans to build enormous solar array in space — and it could collect more energy in a year than 'all the oil on Earth'- Live Science

10 predictions for the space economy in 2025

A NASA astronaut may have just taken the best photo from space—ever - Ars Technica

Astrophotography and the ISS with Don Pettit.

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SpaceX launches the Transporter 12 rideshare carrying 131 payloads to low Earth orbit (LEO). Starlab Space has opened a European subsidiary based in Bremen, Germany. ispace says it has completed all mission 2 milestones ahead of the launch of its lunar probe, and more.  

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SpaceX 

Starlab Space launches European subsidiary to boost international collaboration on its commercial space station

ispace Completes Mission 2 Milestone Success 1- Business Wire

Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 1 - NASA

Chinese sea launch sends 10 navigation enhancement satellites into orbit - SpaceNews

Space Systems Command workforce development effort includes expanded partnership with University of Southern California 

NASA, Partners Open Applications for CubeSat Summer Program

Researchers build a 3D printer optimized for space applications — Designed to work in a vacuum, the printer could be used to rapidly prototype components while in space 

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