The US Space Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $1.8 billion contract extension and Millennium Space Systems has been awarded a $386 million Other Transaction Agreement. Blue Origin launched an uncrewed New Shepard mission verification flight to test the company’s new human-rated vehicle. The Space Development Agency (SDA) has selected 19 space companies to join the Hybrid Acquisition for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit pool (HALO), and more.

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Our guest today is Steve Wolfe, President and Co-Founder of the Beyond Earth Institute.

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Selected Reading

Space Force awards Northrop Grumman $1.8 billion contract extension for missile warning satellites - SpaceNews

Northrop Grumman Releases Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Exclusive: Europe agency says it is in talks with SpaceX on tackling space junk | Reuters 

Blue Origin Debuts Second Human-Rated New Shepard Rocket To Meet Demand

Millennium Space Systems awarded additional Missile Track Custody plane

SDA Selects Initial HALO Pool to Rapidly Compete Future Prototype Demonstrations

Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies to offer Iridium Certus and STL® Services to the U.S. Government

Dragon Undocks from Station, Crew-8 Heads Toward Earth

NASA Welcomes Republic of Cyprus as 46th Artemis Accords Signatory

GITAI's Inchworm-Type Robotic Arm Achieves TRL6 in a Thermal Vacuum Chamber Test Simulating the Lunar South Pole Environment

L3Harris and Palantir Announce Strategic Partnership- Business Wire

Honeywell Reports Third Quarter Results; Updates 2024 Guidance

SpaceX Flights In 2024 Will Emit More CO2 In The U.S. Than Tesla Will Save

Exclusive: Europe agency says it is in talks with SpaceX on tackling space junk- Reuters

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