T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing

India bestows wings and introduces to the world the selection of the first four Vyomanauts. France-based UNSEENLABS has raised €85 million in a new funding round. The FAA has closed the SpaceX-led mishap investigation of the Starship Super Heavy Orbital Test Flight 2 launch that occurred in November 2023, and more.

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Our guest is Eleftherios Kosmas, discussing the work of the Libre Space Foundation.

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Meet 4 astronauts selected for Gaganyaan mission- India News

UNSEENLABS announces a record-breaking fundraising of €85 million

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New funding to put the UK at heart of next generation telecommunications services - GOV.UK

Cambrian Executive

Intuitive Machines’s X Update

FAA closes Starship investigation as SpaceX seeks license for next launch

Varda’s drug-cooking Winnebago will be remembered as a space pioneer | Ars Technica

Is the FAA Ready for More Space Travelers? | U.S. GAO

Universal Hydrogen Successfully Powers Megawatt-Class Fuel Cell Powertrain Using Company’s Proprietary Liquid Hydrogen Module | Business Wire

Advanced satellites, space station and historic moon mission: China’s rocket launches will increase 50% this year

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Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander Odysseus seen in first images on the moon. Japan’s SLIM woke up after the lunar night. China launches a satellite for multi-band and high-speed communication technology experiments, and more.

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Our guest today is Matt Shieh, CEO and Co-Founder of Canopy Aerospace. 

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Lunar landing photos: Intuitive Machines' Odysseus sends back first images from the moon

EagleCam Updates: Device Remains Operational; Team Optimistic for Deployment- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Japan's SLIM moon probe unexpectedly survives lunar night- Reuters

China launches new communication technology experiment satellite - CGTN

China's Long March-8 rocket for Queqiao-2 arrives at launch site - CGTN

Space Force, NRO Will Fly Targeting Satellites ‘Shoulder to Shoulder’

How DOD’s Overhaul of Space Classification Will Help Operations, Industry, Allies

Lockheed Martin's Pony Express 2 Tech Demo Satellites Declared Ready For Launch

European Space Agency and GSMA Foundry Forge Ahead with Partnership, including funding opportunities to help the industry pioneer new innovations in terrestrial-satellite communication

Stratolaunch Completes 2nd Captive Carry Flight with TA-1 Test Vehicle

LeoLabs Appoints Commercial Space Executive Tony Frazier as Its New CEO

ASU-based space workforce training program expands to Australia and New Zealand

NASA Awards Spaceflight Development, Operations Contract

Final images of Ingenuity reveal an entire blade broke off the helicopter- Ars Technica

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Keisha Schahaff won a trip to space aboard a Virgin Galactic flight. She became the first woman from the Caribbean to go to space and she took her daughter with her. Find out how Keisha’s trip to space has transformed her life and influenced her career as a Wellness and Health Coach. She shared her incredible story with us.

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Intuitive Machines makes history as the first commercial company to land on the Moon. Payloads from NASA and commercial customers are at the Moon’s south pole carried by the Nova-C class lunar lander called Odysseus. The landing is the first for the US since 1972, and more.

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Our guest today is Wellness Coach and Virgin Galactic Astronaut Keisha Schahaff.

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Moon landing: US clinches first touchdown in 50 years | Reuters

Here's what just landed on the moon aboard Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander | Space

Intuitive Machines jumps in wild trading after moon landing

NASA, Intuitive Machines to Discuss Historic Moon Mission Today

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Intuitive Machine’s Nova to attempt to land on the moon. Rocket Lab and Varda return the W-1 to Earth carrying pharmaceutical crystals. The European Space Agency’s ERS-2 is deorbited and burned up in Earth’s atmosphere on reentry, and more.

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Our guest today is Space Business Advisor and Strategist, Tony Colucci.

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Watch Intuitive Machines' private Odysseus lander attempt historic moon landing today

Rocket Lab Successfully Returns Spacecraft Capsule to Earth, Brings Back Pharmaceuticals Made in Space | Business Wire

Voyager Vitality! Terran Orbital’s CAPSTONE Nanosatellite Exceeds Expectations

ESA - ERS-2 reenters Earth’s atmosphere over Pacific Ocean

ESA - Ariane 6 arrives at Europe’s Spaceport via Canopée

Cabinet approves amendment in the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy on Space Sector

Deputy Secretary General: NATO is strengthening its partnership with the space industry , 20-Feb.-2024

OSC Announces Opportunity to Provide Commercial SSA Data Quality Monitoring Services

General John W. Raymond Joins Board Of Impulse Space; Company Recently Selected For Two SBIR Awards By SPACEWERX

Blue Origin Debuts New Glenn on Our Launch Pad

Blue Origin has emerged as the likely buyer for United Launch Alliance | Ars Technica

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Forges Closer Ties With U.S. Spy and Military Agencies - WSJ

Data centers in space | CIO

Delta eclipse flight to let passengers spend ‘as much time as possible’ in totality

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The US Space Force wants a hotline with China to prevent crises in space. Chinese commercial company Space Circling raises $13.9 million in a Series A funding round. Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lunar lander is scheduled to touchdown on the moon tomorrow, February 22, at 1649 CST, and more.

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Our guest today is former NASA Astronaut Trainer and Author, Debbie Ramos Trainor. 

You can connect with Debbie on LinkedIn and find out more about “Tortillas to Astronauts: An Unexpected Journey” on Goodreads.

Space Force: We need a hotline to China - Defense One

Space Circling Secures $13.9 Million in Series A Funding to Revolutionize China's Commercial Space Industry

Lunar company Intuitive Machines' stock surges 50% to trade above SPAC debut price

IM-1 | Intuitive Machines 

Fly the Lightning - Firefly Aerospace

U.S., Partner Nations Strengthen Space Interoperability During Global Sentinel

Hughes Selected to Provide Modems and Multi-Orbit Auto-PACE Solution in Support of SES Space & Defense's US Air Force DEUCSI Program

Space Tango Selected by NASA for Key Role in Artemis II Mission

Spire Global Awarded €8.4M by the European Maritime Safety Agency for Provision of SAT-AIS Data Services

ClearSpace secures another UK contract to develop refuelling capabilities

Tamil Nadu's Space Industrial and Propellant Park: A New Era of Aerospace Achievement

Skyroot Aerospace launches Kalpana fellowship for women interested in space tech

Exposure to Role Models is Essential for Girl Students to Join Space Sector

SpaceX Senior Vice President Tom Ochinero is leaving the company in a rare high-level departure

How Elon Musk's SpaceX was boosted in Indonesia by a Chinese rocket failure | Reuters

Authentic STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION Captain's Chair Heads to Propstore Auction in March 

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Australia-based space services company Gilmour Space raises $55 million Australian dollars, in a Series D round. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched the second H3 rocket on February 17. Astroscale launched its commercial debris inspection demonstration satellite ADRAS-J, from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, and more.

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Our guest today is Sarvesh Garimella, Chief Scientist and CTO at MyRadar

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Fresh capital fuels Queensland’s space race as Gilmour eyes launch

JAXA | Launch Result of the second H3 Launch Vehicle (H3TF2)

Astroscale Successfully Launches World’s First Debris Inspection Spacecraft, ADRAS-J

United Nations agrees to address impact of satellite constellations on astronomy | ESO

Varda Space Industries Update 3 on Vardas W-1 Mission

Sateliot achieved “HELLO WORLD” on NTN 5G, integrating with KSAT and AWS

Big, doomed satellite seen from space as it tumbles towards a fiery reentry on Feb. 21 (photos)

Science and technology projects wanted for potential UK mission with Axiom Space - GOV.UK

Thales Alenia Space launches MARSBalloon to offer students the chance to fly experiments and test technologies that could one day be destined for Mars

How a new space race could be harming the Earth’s atmosphere | PBS News Weekend

Disney star turned space CEO: Bridgit Mendler launches satellite data startup backed by major VCs

Roscosmos seeks to obscure bidding process to evade US sanctions

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Kathy O’Donnell is the leader of Space Solutions Architecture for AWS Aerospace and Satellite. In this extended conversation, we dive into how AWS is supporting generative AI in the space domain. She walks us through some incredible case studies with AWS customers who are using generative AI and space technologies to improve life here on Earth.

Learn more about generative AI use cases for space at AWS re:Invent.

AWS in Orbit is a podcast collaboration between N2K Networks and AWS to offer listeners an in-depth look at the transformative intersection of cloud computing, space technologies, and generative AI. You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws.

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AWS successfully runs AWS compute and machine learning services on an orbiting satellite in a first-of-its kind space experiment | AWS Public Sector Blog

AWS re:Invent 2022 - Accelerate Geospatial ML with Amazon SageMaker (AER204) 

AWS re:Invent 2023

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With the mainstream media focusing on why we shouldn’t go to Antarctica, why we should not go to the Moon and why we should not venture beyond Earth, Daniel Fox takes us through the compelling case of why we should connect and feel places that were once only reachable through the sheer endurance of suffering.

You can connect with Daniel on LinkedIn and sign up for his Future of Space newsletter.

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The Artemis Accords now have 36 signatories, with Uruguay joining the space exploration cooperation agreement. Viasat wraps up installing satellite communications on a US Navy Military Sealift Command ship, marking a milestone in their 10-year contract.  Iridium has reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2023 and issued its full-year 2024 guidance, and more.

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Our guest is Daniel Fox, CEO and Founder of The Future of Space.

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NASA Welcomes Uruguay Foreign Minister for Artemis Accords Signing

Viasat Announces First U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Ship Installation

Iridium Announces 2023 Results; Company Issues 2024 Outlook

In-Space Missions awarded further UK Space Agency funding for Faraday Dragon

China eyes May 2024 launch for 1st-ever lunar sample-return mission to moon's far side- Space

Watch Japan launch its H3 rocket on return-to-flight mission tonight- Space

Rocket company inks MOU with Equatorial Launch Australia with plans to launch from Arnhem Space Centre as demand for launch in ‘Asia’s launch site of choice’ grows

AU Executive Council Appoints Dr Tidiane Ouattara as the President of the African Space Council- Space in Africa

Google to share oil and gas methane leaks spotted from space- Reuters 

Martians Wanted: NASA Opens Call for Simulated Yearlong Mars Mission

Long Beach hosting space industry job fair to snap up talent after NASA lab layoffs

We Have Liftoff EagleCam Successfully Launches into Space Bound for the Moon- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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