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United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket rolled out to Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral ahead of its scheduled Friday launch. The Deep Space Network (DSN) managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory successfully completed end-to-end test communications with Astrobotic’s Griffin lunar lander. The China Manned Space Agency has shared the design of the nation’s spacesuit for lunar landing, and more.

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Our guest today is Jean-François Morizur, CEO of Cailab.

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ULA rolls Vulcan Centaur rocket to pad ahead of 2nd-ever launch (photos)- Space

Griffin Mission One Ground Testing with NASA’s Deep Space Network a Success

ESA - Nearing Hera era in space

China releases external design of lunar-landing spacesuit - CGTN

Planet Renews Contract with the Federal Police of Brazil- Business Wire

A renewable bio-epoxy for space - iLAuNCH

U.S. Space Force Awards Virtualitics Contract to Increase Operational Readiness

RIT will receive $9.9M for Space Force research

Beneath the brushstrokes, van Gogh's sky is alive with real-world physics

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SpaceX Dragon “Freedom” carrying the two-man Crew 9 team docked to the International Space Station on Sunday.  SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is once again grounded pending investigation after it experienced an off-nominal deorbit burn.  A new report on NASA’s Management of Risks to Sustaining ISS Operations through 2030 has shared that the leak rate on the orbiting lab is getting worse, and more.

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SpaceX Dragon with Crew-9 Aboard Docks to Station

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1840245345118498987

NASA’s Management of Risks to Sustaining ISS Operations through 2030

China launches first reusable, returnable test satellite - CGTN

China-Europe SMILE satellite completes development - CGTN

ESA awards Deimos million€€ contract for space sustainability mission “DRACO” – SatNews

Anduril lands $25 million contract to upgrade aging space surveillance network - SpaceNews

Commerce Department’s New Traffic Coordination System for Space Launches Initial Capabilities 

Request for Information (RFI): Apophis 2029 Innovation (A29I) Using the Janus Spacecraft (A29I-Janus)

KKR completes acquisition of geospatial software business IQGeo

Lego Ideas submissions Lunar Landscape, Space Projection Telescope and Voyager 1's Pale Blue Dot need to be made into real sets

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D-Orbit completes their Series C round. Agile Space locks in new funding, too. Starlink subscriptions continue to balloon. 

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

D-Orbit Successfully Closes  a €150m [$166m] Series C Round (D-Orbit)

D-Orbit Successfully Closes $166m Series C Round (SpaceWatch) 

Lockheed Martin Ventures Leads Further Investment in Agile Space to Support Accelerating Growth (Agile Space Industries) 

Starlink hits 4 million subscribers (X) 

Air France launches free ultra-high-speed Wi-Fi on board all its aircraft (Air France) 

NASA, South Korea plan mission to unexplored region of deep space (Space.com)

Maiaspace Inherits Soyuz Launchpad In Kourou (Aviation Week Network)

University researchers flag cislunar space debris concerns (SpaceNews)

The Sun Will Destroy the Earth One Day, Right? Maybe Not. (The New York Times)

NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 Launch, Docking (NASA)

How to spot Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas (The Planetary Society)

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Our guest today is Jason Roberson, Industry Value Expert, Aerospace & Defense at Dassault Systèmes.

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NASA awarded a 3 year, $15 million dollar SBIR phase 3 contract to Starfish Space to complete a Small Spacecraft Propulsion Inspection Capability mission (SSPICY). Slingshot Aerospace, ExoAnalytic Solutions, and COMSPOC have been selected to participate in the Office of Space Commerce’s Improved Satellite Owner/Operator Ephemeris Pathfinder. Rocket Lab has completed testing and integration of its second Pioneer spacecraft for Varda Space Industries, and more.

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Our guest today is Jason Roberson, Industry Value Expert, Aerospace & Defense at Dassault Systèmes.

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Getting SSPICY: NASA Funds Orbital Debris Inspection Mission (NASA)

Office of Space Commerce Announces Commercial Partners for New TraCSS Pathfinder Project (NOAA)

Rocket Lab Completes Second Spacecraft for Varda Space Industries, Advancing In-Space Manufacturing (Business Wire)

Voyager Space Successfully Executes Bishop Airlock Operations in Starlab Preparation Mission (PR Newswire)

BlackSky Wins U.S. Navy Research Contract for Gen-3 Advanced Optical Intersatellite Links (Business Wire)

GITAI Expands Headquarters Office in LA (PR Newswire)

Starfighters Space Expands To Midland With Support From Midland Development Corporation (Midland Development Corporation)

China aerospace startup sets for rocket vertical recovery missions (CGTN)

ESA Astronaut Reserve starts training in October (ESA)

Space startup seeks to solve solar power's daylight problem (Axios)

Longshot Space closes over $5M in new funding to build space gun in the desert (Tech Crunch)

Arctic Sea Ice Near Historic Low; Antarctic Ice Continues Decline - NASA

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The China National Space Administration says China's lunar exploration project will launch two more missions after Chang'e-6 to lay the foundation for an International Lunar Research Station (ILRS). Radian Aerospace has completed the first round of ground taxi tests with its prototype flight vehicle, PFV01. The joint European Space Agency and German Aerospace Agency lunar analogue facility called LUNA opened in Cologne, and more.

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T-Minus Space Producer Alice Carruth updates us on her adventures in Florida ahead of the Crew 9 launch.

China to launch two more lunar station missions, first in 2026 - CGTN

Commercial Chinese rocket launches 8 satellites from sea - CGTN

Radian Aerospace Reveals First Prototype Flight Vehicle, Completes Initial Round of Taxi Tests

Joint Fact Sheet: The United States and India Continue to Expand Comprehensive and Global Strategic Partnership | The White House

SatSure Joins Hands with JICA DXLab and BCG on a Proof-of-Concept to Develop a Digital Forest Health Monitoring System for the Rajasthan Forest Department (RFD)

ESA-DLR lunar analogue facility inaugurated

Leaf Space Secures Contract with Maritime Launch Services to Install New Ground Station at Spaceport Nova Scotia- Business Wire

Viasat Awarded U.S. Air Force DEUCSI Contract for Phased Array Antenna Technology Development

Lunar Outpost Welcomes Leidos to the Lunar Dawn Team- Business Wire

Vodafone, Intelsat Expand Satellite Connectivity Services for Private and Public Sector- Business Wire

PTC Announces Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AWS to Help Companies Design Products Faster and Easier with Onshape

Outpost Technologies (Outpost Space) Appoints Jamie Landers as Company President- Business Wire

L3Harris Donates $50,000 to StellarXplorers - Air & Space Forces Association

NASA Relaunches Art Program with Space-Themed Murals

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Firefly to launch QuickSounder. Planet announces a Forest Carbon Monitoring. NASA authorization passes in the US House. And, more. 

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Our guest is Terry Shehata of the Maine Space, sharing the latest in space in the state of Maine, and the Maine Space Conference and the pitch competition - which closes soon, so get those ideas in. Enter the 2024 Maine Space Conference Pitch Competition here. 

NASA Selects Launch Provider for New NOAA Environmental Satellite 

https://investors.planet.com/news/news-details/2024/Planet-Releases-AI-powered-Forest-Carbon-Monitoring-Product--Worlds-First-Global-Scale-Forest-Monitoring-System-at-3-Meter-Resolution/default.aspx 

House passes NASA authorization bill - SpaceNews

Fact Sheet: 2024 Quad Leaders’ Summit | The White House 

US, Republic of Korea Sign Statement to Advance Aerospace Cooperation - NASA 

Space Force awards four 'Quick Start' Resilient GPS agreements 

France claims world's first space-to-earth laser comms - Breaking Defense 

Abbott opens grant applications for Space Exploration and Aeronautics Research Fund | KXAN Austin

New Glenn Completes Second Stage Hotfire | Blue Origin 

Xi calls for accelerating progress in China's space endeavors-Xinhua 

Space radiation measurements during the Artemis I lunar mission | Nature 

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-space-force-unit-patches-asc2024/

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The Soyuz MS 25 spacecraft carrying NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson along with Cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko made a parachute-assisted landing in Kazakhstan. Heads of States from 193 countries have agreed to the United Nations proposed Pact for the Future  addressing active debris removal, and space traffic and space resources. The US Office of Space Commerce’s Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS  is due to launch in just over 1 week, beginning a transition from the Defense Department that will run through next year, and more.

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Our guest today is Courtney Stadd, from the Beyond Earth Institute. 

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Soyuz Lands Returning Dyson, Two Crewmates Back to Earth – Space Station 

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs pact for the future 

Office of Space Commerce AMOS 

NASA creates space sustainability division to consolidate orbital debris activities - SpaceNews

What’s Happening in Space Policy September 22-28, 2024

Big-talking Sateliot raises €10m from flagship VC firm on way to €30m Series B round

IBM and NASA Release Open-Source AI Model on Hugging Face for Weather and Climate Applications

Space Systems Command and U.S. Space Command Award Contract to Astranis to Add Military Compatibility to New Satellites

SpaceX plans to send five uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years, Musk says- Reuters

Eutelsat explores partnerships to fund Europe’s space-based network

NASA Awards $1.5 Million at Watts on the Moon Challenge Finale

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Maria Lanas is an artist that discovered the power of engagement with children through a happy accident. Find out how her Projekt Postcards found a new purpose in space when it crossed paths with Astronaut Nicole Stott.

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