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Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander Athena is heading to the Moon. Varda’s W2 spacecraft lands back in the Australian outback after completing its second mission. Astroscale Japan has been awarded a 7.27 billion yen contract by Japan’s Ministry of Defense to develop a responsive space system demonstration satellite prototype, and more.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Colleen McLeod Garner, Commercial Strategist and Brand Developer.You can connect with Colleen on LinkedIn. Selected ReadingIM-2 | Intuitive MachinesAstroscale Japan Secures Contract with Japanese Ministry of Defense to Develop a Responsive Space System Demonstration Satellite PrototypeNikon Selected to Implement the Space Strategy Fund at JAXA "Innovative Technology for Lightweight, High Performance, and Lower Cost Space Transportation Systems" Lumen Orbit changes name to Starcloud and raises another $10M for space data centersWeather Stream Awarded ONR Contract to Advance SPECTRUM for Environmental Remote SensingSatellogic EarthView Dataset Now Openly Accessible via Registry of Open Data on AWSVirgin Galactic Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results and Provides Business UpdateEtihad-SAT Blue Origin Announces Crew For New Shepard’s 31st MissionT-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AST SpaceMobile has been awarded a contract in support of the US Space Development Agency (SDA) through a prime contractor, with total expected revenue of $43 million. SpaceX says a small liquid oxygen leak caused its Falcon 9 second stage to reenter Earth's atmosphere over Europe last week. Astroscale’s ADRAS-J concludes phase I of the commercial removal of debris demonstration for JAXA, and more.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Rahul Rughani, Chief Systems Engineer at Arkisys.You can connect with Rahul on LinkedIn, and learn more about Arkisys on their website.Selected ReadingAST SpaceMobile Secures $43 Million Contract in Support of U.S. Space Development Agency Through Prime Contractor | Business WireSpaceXAstroscale ADRAS-J Update Phase I of the Commercial ActivityFlight VA263 now scheduled on March 3, 2025NASA Prepares Gateway Lunar Space Station for Journey to MoonIntuitive Machines’ IM-2 Mission - NASAHuntsville, Ala., hopes President Trump delivers on Space Command Praveen Kurian Promoted to Senior VP of Defense Space at SAIC - GovCon WireTESS and JWST Unveil Disintegrating Planetary InteriorsT-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vanessa Wyche appointed as the acting associate administrator for NASA. Verizon and AST SpaceMobile have conducted the first live video call between two mobile devices with one connected via satellite and the other connected via Verizon’s terrestrial network.  The Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability partnership (DARC) has completed facilities construction at the first of three sites that will host a global network of advanced ground-based sensors, and more.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Khalia Padilla, Quantum Physicist and Space Venture Capitalist.You can connect with Khalia on LinkedIn.Selected ReadingNASA Names Acting Associate Administrator, More Leadership ChangesVerizon completes its first satellite to cellular enabled video call with AST SpaceMobile BlueBird 2Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability makes tremendous progress in first yearWatch Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launch 10th space tourism flight todayKBR Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2024 ResultsSpaceX Falcon 9 Intuitive Machines (IM-2) - Kennedy Space Center EventsNASA to Provide Coverage of Progress 91 Launch, Space Station DockingSpaceX targeting Feb. 28 for next launch of Starship megarocket Columbia Sportswear offers limited edition apparel celebrating its 2nd moon mission- collectSPACET-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BAE Systems Space and Mission Systems has won a $230.6 million contract to build spacecraft for the Lagrange 1 Series project as a part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next program. NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the Near-Earth Object Surveyor mission. The first Australian-designed and built rocket by Gilmour Space is scheduled for its inaugural launch on March 15, and more.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Mark Lester, Aerospace and Defense consultant at Merrick. You can connect with Mark on LinkedIn, and learn more about Merrick on their website.Selected ReadingNASA Awards Delivery Order for NOAA’s Space Weather ProgramNASA Awards Planetary Defense Space Telescope Launch Services ContractGilmour Space announces launch window for Australia’s first sovereign orbital rocketEutelsat succeeds in world's first 5G network trial from space with Airbus, MediaTek- ReutersRocket Lab Clears Critical Design Review for Space Force VICTUS HAZE MissionSpace Force bumps Astrion from Resilient GPS programNASA, SpaceX Move Launch of Space Telescope, Sun MissionsRedwire Camera Technology to Launch On Board Intuitive Machines’ Second Commercial Mission to the MoonKapta Space Launches out of Stealth Mode to Develop the Next Generation of Advanced Spaceborne Radar SystemsDVIDS - Images - Novel space maneuver conducted by X-37BT-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

European startup Atmos Space Cargo has received the regulatory approvals it needs for its first mission to demonstrate reentry technologies. The Company is based in Germany, is launching its Phoenix capsule from the US, and intends to return it in international waters. Sebastian Klaus CEO and Co-founder of ATMOS Space Cargo and Dr. Ingo Baumann,  partner at BHO Legal talk us through the process of obtaining licenses for their first mission.You can find out more about ATMOS Space Cargo on their website.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

European startup Atmos Space Cargo has received the regulatory approvals it needs for its first mission to demonstrate reentry technologies. The Company is based in Germany, is launching its Phoenix capsule from the US, and intends to return it in international waters. Sebastian Klaus CEO and Co-founder of ATMOS Space Cargo and Dr. Ingo Baumann,  partner at BHO Legal talk us through the process of obtaining licenses for their first mission.You can find out more about ATMOS Space Cargo on their website.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has launched a $57.58 million fund to support early-stage space technologies and reduce reliance on imports. The US Department of the Air Force has agreed to revoke a Space Development Agency (SDA) award to Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, and reopen bidding. SAIC and AWS have been awarded contracts by NOAA to provide cloud hosting services for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS), and more.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Scotland’s Trade Envoy to Space, Daniel Smith.You can connect with Daniel on LinkedIn, and on the Scottish Government website.Selected ReadingIndia's space regulator launches $58 million fund to boost startups, cut reliance on imports- ReutersIn response to Viasat suit, SDA will recompete 10-satellite award to Tyvak - Breaking DefenseNOAA Awards $4.8M TraCSS Cloud Services OrderSuperSharp and NanoAvionics to partner on a disruptive Thermal InfraRed (TIR) imaging satelliteNASA Associate Administrator Jim Free to Retire After 30 Years ServiceSpaceX Starlink mission lands rocket off coast of The Bahamas for 1st time 60 Years Ago: John Glenn, the First American to Orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7 - NASAT-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Space debris from a SpaceX Falcon 9 second stage creates a fireball over Europe in the early hours of the morning. True Anomaly opens a 90,000 square foot factory in Long Beach, California. Exolaunch opens a new location in Toulouse, France, and more.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Alex Pospekhov,  CEO and co-founder of Mission Space.You can connect with Alex on LinkedIn, and learn more about Mission Space on their website.Selected ReadingServices check whether remnants of SpaceX rocket fell on western Poland | Polska Agencja Prasowa SADutchspace.bsky.socialTrue Anomaly Announces Significant Expansion into California with Long Beach CampusCareersExolaunch France United States-India Joint Leaders’ Statement – The White HouseRocket Lab Successfully Launches 60th Electron, First of Multiple Missions for BlackSky- Business WireFireflyspace_weve-got-the-scoopBlue Origin Announces Crew for New Shepard’s 30th MissionTrump says Musk will not take part in space-related government decisions- ReutersJumping workouts could help astronauts on the moon and Mars, study in mice suggests | ScienceDailyT-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Astroscale UK for the Capture Bay for Active Debris Removal (CAT) for In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) mission. AAC Clyde Space kicks off a €30 million maritime domain awareness constellation with support from ESA. The ESA/ NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft readies for its closest encounter with Venus, and more.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Jeff Gilbert from Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing TechnologiesYou can connect with Jeff on LinkedIn, and find out more about Spectrum AMT on their website.Selected ReadingAdvancing In-Orbit Servicing: Astroscale’s Role in ESA’s CAT IOD MissionInterim report for AAC Clyde Space AB (publ) January - March 2024 ESA - Solar Orbiter ready for close encounter with VenusNASA Awards Blue Origin Category 1 Certification- TalkOfTitusville.comFasten Your Space Belts- Rocket LabSeedFord Investment Company Backs Privateer in Global Expansion of Earth Intelligence and AI SolutionsMaritime Launch Services Announces Approval of Financing and Two-Year Debenture Extension- Business Wireispace Completes Success 5 of Mission 2 Milestones- Business WireScientists see powerful explosion from mysterious, unknown object in space | The IndependentT-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cape Canaveral has long been the gateway to space in the US. It’s the location of the early human spaceflights and it continues to be the most active spaceport in the world. Hidden on the base is the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum. James Draper is the Director of the museum at the Cape, and shares insights into what is at the museum and what is accessible to the general public.You can connect with James on LinkedIn, and learn more about the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum on their website.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices