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The Commerce-Justice-Science subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee pushes for NASA to maintain their schedule, and avoid cost overruns and hold contractors accountable for the Artemis program. A resolution to use space to boost European competitiveness has been agreed to by the European Space Agency and the European Union at the conclusion of a Space Council summit held in Brussels. Amazon’s ​​Project Kuiper is actively deorbiting its two prototype satellites ahead of a full-scale deployment of its satellite constellation, and more.Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Ron Birk, Principal Director for  the Space Enterprise Evolution Directorate at the Aerospace Corporation.You can connect with Ron on LinkedIn and learn more about the Aerospace Corporation on their website.Selected ReadingSenate CJS Appropriators See Artemis as Top NASA Priority – SpacePolicyOnline.comESA and the EU resolve to strengthen Europe's competitiveness through spaceTwelve European countries sign up to zero debris space treaty – EuractivAmazon’s Project Kuiper actively deorbits prototype satellitesRFP - Space Test Experiment Platform (STEP) 2.0House proposal could derail Air Force plan to move space Guard unitsSpace Force wants 7 new telescopes in Hawaii. Local residents say 'no'Viasat and Azercosmos to expand satellite services across EMEA and AsiaSatixFy Announces First Quarter 2024 Results- Business WirePolicewoman Lai Ka-ying is Hong Kong’s first to land prestigious space role- The StandardSpace Force to hold annual Tactically Responsive Space demosNASA Selects Technology Transfer Services ContractorThe Tesla Elon Musk Launched Into Space Has A 22 Percent Chance Of Hitting Earth (Eventually)- IFLScienceT-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 signed a contract with Airbus Defence & Space UK worth €340 million for the development of its Vigil satellite. ESA’s Euclid mission has released five new images along with first scientific results. The University of Leicester in the UK and ispace have entered into a strategic consulting agreement to explore lunar night survivability, and more.Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest is Science Journalist and Author, Brad Bergan.You can connect with Brad on LinkedIn. SpaceX: Elon Musk and the Final Frontier will be available from June 4, 2024.Selected ReadingAirbus to build ESA’s Vigil space weather forecasting missionESA's Euclid celebrates first science with sparkling cosmic viewsispace and University of Leicester Collaborate on Lunar Night Survival Technology- Business WireYahsat partners with Eutelsat Group to leverage EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite to drive growth across its global footprintChina's low-orbit satellite internet expands abroad - CGTNNASA, Mission Partners Assessing Launch Opportunities for Crew Flight TestSpace Force Training HQ Gets Official Nod to Come to Space CoastIntelsat to Extend Life of Additional Satellites with Mission Extension Vehicles- Business WireFirefly Aerospace Backers Explore $1.5 Billion Sale - BNN BloombergVaya Space Awarded SBIR Phase I Hybrid Rocket Ejector-Ramjet Airbreathing Hypersonic Missile Study Ceres Robotics, Inc. Completes Preliminary Design Review of B5 Lunar Lander'Heartbreaking for our team': Founders push forward after losing contact with Aussie satellitehttps://www.instagram.com/p/C7RU_YrxYQz/?igsh=b3lkZHB3dGdmYTh5&img_index=1T-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 postpones the crewed flight test for Boeing's Starliner indefinitely. Viasat shares have tumbled after the company delivered its quarterly update forecasting its annual revenue below Wall Street estimates. Thales Alenia Space has signed a first phase contract worth €25m with the European Space Agency to demonstrate a complete cargo delivery service to and from space stations in low-Earth orbit by 2028, and more.Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Casey DeRaad, CEO of NewSpace Nexus.You can connect with Casey on LinkedIn and learn more about the State of the Space Industrial Base on the website.Selected ReadingBoeing Starliner's helium leak adds another delay to debut crew flight- ReutersViasat Releases Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2024 Financial ResultsThales Alenia Space signed a contract with the European Space Agency to develop a Low Earth Orbit Cargo Return ServiceESA astronauts Sophie Adenot and Raphaël Liégeois assigned for Space Station missionRussia denies U.S. charge that it put anti-satellite weapon in space- Reuters Defense Innovation Unit, DoD Mission Partners Join Forces To Combat 5G Interference ChallengesRedwire Awarded Contract by European Space Agency to Develop Robotic Arm Prototype for Argonaut Lunar Lander to Support International Lunar Exploration- Business WirePlanet and BASF Digital Farming Expand Strategic Partnership to Enhance Smart Farming Solutions From Space- Business WireSR sa pripojí k Dohodám Artemis týkajúcim sa vesmírneho prieskumu Opinion | Solar storms aren’t the apocalypse. But Earth should prepare now. - Washington PostNASA's Heliophysics Experiment to Study Sun on European 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

NASA has selected BAE Systems to develop a $450 million instrument for NOAA’s GeoXO satellite program.  The US Space Systems Command has awarded Starfish Space a $37.5 million Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract. ESA’s Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force says that the launch period and the first attempt for launch will happen within the first two weeks of July, and more.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guests today are Brianna Bace and Unal Tatar PhD.You can connect with Brianna and Unal on LinkedIn, and read their article on "Law in Orbit: International Legal Perspectives on Cyberattacks Targeting Space Systems" on Science Direct.Selected ReadingNASA Selects BAE Systems to Develop Ocean Color Instrument for NOAASpace Systems Command awards $37.5 million STRATFI contract to Starfish Space Inc. for Otter satellite augmented maneuver missionESA - Ariane 6 joint update report, 21 May 2024Russia fails in rival UN bid on nuclear, other weapons in space - ReutersNASA Study Provides New Look at Orbital Debris, Potential Solutions NASA, Sierra Space Deliver Dream Chaser to Florida for Launch PreparationSidus Space Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Provides Business UpdateChina sends four high-resolution satellites into space - CGTNChina unveils 1st radar network data for global space weather forecast - CGTNASCEND Diverse DozenArtemis Accords for sustainable space exploration - Canada welcomes partners from around the worldT-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 has selected four companies to provide spacecraft and related services, including acquiring spacecraft components and equipment, in support of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. China’s first vertical high-altitude simulation test bench for liquid rocket engines successfully completed its ground testing last week. Blue Origin successfully launched the NS-25 crewed mission taking six new astronauts to the edge of space, and more.Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Jennifer Speers, VP of Engineering at Merrick & Company.You can connect with Jennifer on LinkedIn and learn more about Merrick on their website.Selected ReadingNASA Awards Contracts for Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition ServicesBoeing Starliner's debut crewed flight delayed again to check helium leak | Reuters Blue Origin Completes 25th Mission to Space with Six Crew OnboardThales and Pasqal Report Quantum Satellite BreakthroughChina completes testing of a new bench for liquid rocket engines - CGTNWe have launched world's first autonomous in-space welding systemRocket Factory Augsburg (RFA)Flat6Labs Announces Investment in SARsatX, Space Tech Startup in KSA and UAE - SpaceTech in Gulf RegionNew Star Wars Plan: Pentagon Rushes to Counter Threats in Orbit - The New York TimesVipin Narang Named DOD Acting Assistant Secretary for Space Policy - GovCon WireInmarsat Launches Nexuswave: A Game-Changing 'bonded' Network Service For Maritime CommunicationsZebrafish on China's space station in good condition: experts-Xinhua 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

Humanity has long imagined what living in space looks like. We’ve seen it in Sci-Fi movies, series and graphic novels but science fiction will soon become science reality. What do the future habitats in space look like? We speak to Shawn Buckley, Vice President of Destinations at Sierra Space to hear their vision.You can connect with Shawn on LinkedIn and learn more about Sierra Space’s Destinations on their website.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.Audience 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. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NASA and ESA signed an agreement to expand NASA’s work on the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover. Aerospacelab has broken ground on its new manufacturing facility. Spain’s Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities has appointed Juan Carlos Cortés Pulido as the first director of the Spanish Space Agency, and more.Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Steve Taylor, President of the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association (ESRA).You can find out more about ESRA and the Spaceport America Cup by visiting soundingrocket.org or on the Cup website.Selected ReadingNASA, European Space Agency Unite to Land Europe’s Rover on MarsAerospacelab breaks ground on Europe's largest satellite manufacturing facility New Spanish Space Agency Chief Named - European SpaceflightTanzania plans to establish space agency, satellite in 2024/2025 fiscal yearChinese state-backed company to launch space tourism flights by 2028- ReutersLeoLabs Receives Order from NOAA's Office of Space Commerce to Continue Advancing the National Space Traffic Coordination SystemScout Space Awarded Contract to Develop Efficient Collision Analysis FrameworkThe Karman Project announces global space leaders selected for 2024 FellowshipNational Security Space Association's Moorman Center for Space Studies Paper Release: "Russia's Space-Based, Nuclear-Armed Anti-Satellite Weapon: Implications and Response Options"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

AT&T and AST SpaceMobile have entered a definitive commercial agreement to provide a space-based broadband network direct to everyday cell phones. Spire Global has announced Q1 financial results with revenue at $25.7 million, representing 6% year-over-year growth. The NASA-led Artemis Accords welcomes Lithuania as its 40th signatory, and more.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is former NASA Astronaut and former head of NOAA, Dr. Kathy Sullivan. This chat was shared from the Inter Astra Podcast Network. Over 120 episodes of Kathy Sullivan Explores and more can be found at https://interastra.space/.Selected ReadingAT&T and AST SpaceMobile Announce Definitive Commercial AgreementAST SpaceMobile Provides Business Update and First Quarter 2024 ResultsSpire Global Announces First Quarter 2024 Results- Business WireBooz Allen IDs Top 10 Emerging Technologies for DOD and National Security- Business WirePrivate mission to save Hubble Space Telescope raises concerns, NASA emails show : NPRChina’s giant Xuntian space telescope faces further delay until late 2026Artemis Accords Reach 40 Signatories as NASA Welcomes LithuaniaNew roadmap for pro-growth regulation in UK space sector launched as Science Minister launches new National Space Operations Centre - GOV.UKSaudi Center for Space Futures will support lunar mission and $2tn global space economy, NASA chief tells Asharq TV | Arab NewsSwedish delegation visits Rice campus with eye on space exploration- Rice News Robotic “SuperLimbs” could help moonwalkers recover from falls | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyT-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 Boeing Crew Flight pushed to Tuesday May 21st. Blue Origin has announced that its seventh human flight, NS-25, will lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas this Sunday, May 19. Axiom has announced that they are partnering with Virgin Galactic to send Turkish Space Agency astronaut Tuva Atasever on a suborbital flight on June 8 to conduct microgravity research, and more.Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Immigration Lawyer Sophie Alcorn.You can connect with Sophie on LinkedIn and learn more about her practice and podcast on her website.Selected ReadingNASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Eyes Next Launch OpportunityNew Shepard’s Crewed NS-25 Mission Targets Liftoff on May 19- Blue OriginAxiom Space Partners with Virgin Galactic to Send Second Turkish Astronaut to SpaceSpaceX launches 50th Falcon 9 rocket of 2024 on Starlink mission – Spaceflight NowESA - The spacecraft control centre of the futureAAC Clyde Space wins SEK 27.0 M order for 16U satelliteISS National Lab Announces Up to $750,000 in Funding for Technology Development in Low Earth OrbitSpace Force should consider alternative launch sites, lawmakers say173: In Orbit with Alice Carruth: Insights on Space Exploration, Communication, and Innovation | Alcorn Immigration LawAstreas Delivers Chocolate Spheres to International Space Station- NewswireT-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

Terran Orbital releases Q1 financial results and news of a new subcontract with Lockheed Martin to produce 18 satellite buses for the Space Development Agency Tranche 2 Tracking Layer. Voyager is partnering with NASA on the joint development of an airlock for the Mars Transit Vehicle. NASA appoints a new Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO), and more.Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Uma Bruegman, Executive Director of the Space Safety Institute at The Aerospace Corporation.You can connect with Uma on LinkedIn, and learn more about the Aerospace Corporation on their website.Selected ReadingTerran Orbital Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Results- Business WireTerran Orbital is Awarded Subcontract by Lockheed Martin for SDA’s Tranche 2 Tracking Layer- Business WireVoyager Space Awarded by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center to Develop New Airlock ConceptNASA Names First Chief Artificial Intelligence Officerispace EUROPE and CDS Sign Payload Service Agreement to Transport Precise Location Measurement Technology to the Moon£9 million funding for satellite instruments to monitor climate - GOV.UKKingston University Rocket Engineering team building the most powerful 3D-printed rocket by students in the UK - NewsNews- Marble ImagingLife360 Partners with Hubble Network to Build Global Location Tracking Network Aiming to Leapfrog Apple and GoogleULA could fly dummy payload on next Vulcan launch if Dream Chaser is delayed - SpaceNewsESA - A cosmic chronicle 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