What’s Taylor Swift got to do with space?

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko sets a world record for total time spent in space, logging more than 878 days in orbit. China’s Geespace conducted its second successful satellite launch over the weekend, sending eleven satellites into low Earth orbit. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to send a robot called Vyommitra to space ahead of its first human spaceflight, and more.

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Our guest today is Richard McCammon, Founder and CEO of C6 Launch Systems.

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Selected Reading

Russian cosmonaut sets record for most time in space - more than 878 days- Reuters

China's Geespace Launches Eleven Low-orbit Satellites to Build Geely Future Mobility Constellation 

Isro’s woman robot astronaut ‘Vyommitra’ to fly into space in third quarter of this year: Minister Jitendra Singh | India News

Secretive moon startup led by ex-Blue Origin leaders raises new tranche of funding

UK’s first space degree apprenticeship launched- BAE Systems

New Strategic Collaboration between University of Leicester and National Nuclear Laboratory links academia and industry

Dark side of the Earth

Egyptian Space Agency receives initial signals from the experimental satellite Nexsat-1

Asteroid the size of eight Taylor Swifts to pass Earth Tuesday - NASA

We Need Cybersecurity in Space to Protect Satellites- Scientific American

The Explorers Club Names 2024 Ec50 Class

India's space ambition takes a quantum leap

Satellites losing billions in value, Orbit Fab CEO says

Frustrated by the constraints of Earth, a team of California scientists took tumor research to space—and may have discovered a 'kill switch' for cancer  

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