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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed a second satellite docking demonstration as part of the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mission. India plans to partner with NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) on seven experiments for the Axiom 4 mission. SpaceX launches the Bandwagon 3 mission carrying payloads for South Korea, Tomorrow Companies and Atmos Space Cargo, 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 Dan Barstow from Earthmusictheater.orgCheck out the Earth Harmony Sonata for Earth DaySelected ReadingSPADEX Mission: Successful demonstration of Second Docking and Power TransferISRO-NASA-European Space Agency Partnership For Experiments On Axiom-4Bandwagon 3EntX and ispace Awarded Australian Government Grant to Progress Cutting-Edge Lunar Night Survival TechnologyNASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Images Asteroid DonaldjohansonLockheed Martin Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial ResultsIridium Announces First Quarter 2025 ResultsThe honeymoon is over for space investorsEarth Harmony Sonata for Earth DayCelebrating Earth as Only NASA CanT-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 African Space Agency (AfSA) has officially opened its headquarters in Cairo. The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO( in partnership with the United States Space Force (USSF) Space Launch Delta 30 and SpaceX, launched the NROL-145 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. SpaceX launched the 32nd resupply mission to the ISS, 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 is Parker Wishik, Communications Lead for Commercial and Civil Space at the Aerospace Corporation.You can connect with Parker on LinkedIn, and learn more about the Aerospace Corporation on their website.Selected ReadingAfrican Space Agency Now OperationalLaunches- launch-nrol-145NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 32nd SpaceX Resupply Station MissionBahamas puts SpaceX rocket landings on hold pending review: report- SpaceCreotech Instruments secures a 52 million euros contract with ESA for the CAMILA constellation – SatNewsULA on LinkedInChina Space Project Investigated by Newsweek Illegal, Chile SaysUnited States – Italy Joint Leaders’ Statement – The White HouseESA - ACES on its way to spaceT-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

NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) has raised concerns with risks on the International Space Station (ISS). Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin hands over command of the ISS to JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi ahead of his departure from the ISS. China says it has completed the rescue of two satellites after a launch failure, 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 GuestElysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report.Selected ReadingNASA safety panel warns of increasing risks to ISS operations - SpaceNewsCrew Swaps Command on Friday Before Soyuz Departure and Dragon Launch - NASABehind China's 123-day space rescue: The math that defied the odds - CGTNKenya Space Agency LinkedInAtmos Strengthens Key Industry Partnerships In Germany’s Bid For Independent Space LogisticsThe Role of SpaceTech in Europe's Security Dilemma WhitepaperNation's First Space Weather Simulation Exercise Examines U.S. Preparedness Science Meets Art: NASA Astronaut Don Pettit Turns the Camera on ScienceESA - Webb spots clues of black hole at heart of nearby galaxy M83T-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

You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws.Our guests on this episode are Dax Garner, CTO at Cognitive Space and Ed Meletyan, AWS Sr Solutions Architect.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.Selected ReadingAWS Aerospace and SatelliteAudience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our short 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. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James “Jim” Myers, Senior Vice President of the Civil Systems Group at the Aerospace Corporation discusses the shift in cybersecurity threats and the need for better cyber hygiene in the space industry. You can connect with Jim on LinkedIn, and learn more about the Aerospace Corporation 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 United States Space Force releases its Warfighting Framework. Northrop Grumman launches a Minotaur 4 rocket from Vandenberg for an NRO mission. L3Harris Technologies has completed a $125 million expansion at its space manufacturing facility in Indiana, 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 Joshua Western, CEO and Co-founder of Space Forge.You can connect with Josh on LinkedIn, and learn more about Space Forge on their website.Selected ReadingSPACE WARFIGHTINGNorthrop Grumman launches first Minotaur 4 rocket from Vandenberg in 14 years – Spaceflight NowL3Harris Expands Indiana Facility to Support America’s Golden DomeNASA Sees Progress on Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef Design Development$26 million approved by Texas Space Commission for SEARF grant awardsGlitch forces Japan's asteroid-sampling Hayabusa2 probe into protective 'safe mode' in deep spaceWhere to see the Lyrid meteor shower 2025. Top viewing tips- SpaceT-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

HRL Laboratories and Boeing have completed the construction of their joint quantum entanglement swapping satellite. Officials from the US and the Republic of Korea have held the fourth U.S.-ROK Civil Space Dialogue. Chunghwa Telecom has signed an agreement with US satellite provider Astranis to bring a dedicated microGEO satellite to Taiwan, 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.Selected ReadingHRL Laboratories and Boeing Achieve Key Milestone in Quantum Entanglement Swapping Satellite MissionJoint Statement from the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Korea at the United States-Republic of Korea Civil Space Dialogue Chunghwa Telecom and Astranis Sign Strategic Agreement to Launch Taiwan’s First Dedicated SatelliteChina prepares to launch Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship - CGTNSpace Systems Command and U.K. Space Command foster international collaboration with first-ever civilian exchange program space position- Space Systems Command Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement – The White HouseDecision to Move U.S. Space Command HQ to Alabama Expected Soon – SpacePolicyOnline.comSpace Force ‘Meadowlands’ jammer ready for formal testingT-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

Rocket Lab has been on-ramped for US and UK defense contracts to expand hypersonic technology development with its Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE). Redwire has been selected by Thales Alenia Space to provide four International Berthing and Docking Mechanism (IBDM) for ESA’s Lunar I-Hab. Lúnasa has been awarded a contract by ESA for “Deep Neural Network for Robust Satellite Model Matching”, 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 Elizabeth Kyrst, the CEO of i-space US. You can connect with Elizabeth on LinkedIn, and learn more about ispace-US on their website.Selected ReadingRocket Lab Onramped To Multi-Billion Dollar U.S. and U.K. Defense Contracts To Expand Hypersonic Technology Development with HASTERedwire Awarded Contract From Thales Alenia Space to Provide Docking System for European Habitation Module on the Gateway Lunar Space StationLúnasa LinkedIn Space ISAC Announces UK Global Hub During 40th Annual Space SymposiumOutpost Awarded DAF Contract for the AFRL Rocket Cargo Vanguard Program to Advance Deployable Heat Shield Technology for Shipping Container Size Deliveries from SpaceSpaceApps and Blue Abyss sign MoU for Mobile Gravity Off-loading System (MOGOS) - Space ApplicationsGlam in Space: Why the NS-31 Women Are More Astronaut Than Most of Us50 years of ESAT-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

Blue Origin carries the first all-female crew to the Kármán line. A leaked copy of the US Administration's 2026 budget request includes a 47% cut to NASA's science programs. NASA seeks business models that propose new approaches to solving complex Earth science problems using unconventional computing methods, 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 Patrick O'Neill, Public Affairs and Outreach Lead at the International Space Station US National Laboratory.You can connect with Patrick on LinkedIn, and learn more about the ISS National Lab on their website.Selected ReadingNew Shepard Mission NS-31- Blue OriginAdvocacy Action Center- The Planetary SocietyNASA Announces Call For New Computing Approaches to Earth ScienceSatellogic Awarded $30 Million Contract for Its AI-First Constellation ServicesIndia, UAE to step up defence and Coast Guard cooperationAE Industrial Partners Mull $2 Billion York Space Sale - BloombergJonathan McDowell on Retiring From Harvard and Leaving the U.S. - The New York TimesWorld Quantum DayT-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 Space Foundation produces quarterly space reports providing data and analysis into the global space economy. Q1’s report focuses on the space workforce. It found that the space industry talent market surged in early 2025, with job postings to an industry website up 17% from the prior year. We spoke to Lesley Conn, the Director of Research & Analysis and Digital Programming and Cass Cameron Managing Editor of the Space Foundation  Q1 edition of The Space Report.You can find the Space Report on the Space Foundation 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