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Pam Underwood, Director of Spaceports at the Federal Aviation Administration, joins us on T-Minus Deep Space for a special edition all about the global spaceport industry and the FAA’s role to enable safe and sustainable space launch operations.You can follow Pam on LinkedIn.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 Twitter and LinkedIn.Selected ReadingOffice of Spaceports- Federal Aviation Administration    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

Maria Varmazis, N2K host of T-Minus Space Daily, talks with WiCyS Executive Director Lynn Dohm and N2K's Simone Petrella, Dr. Heather Monthie, and Jeff Welgan about the 2024 Cyber Talent Study. N2K and WiCyS have come together under a common mission to attract, retain, and advance more women in cybersecurity. Together, we strive to support women throughout their career journey, and secure the future of our industry.  This groundbreaking report leverages skills data from the professional members of Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), and offers valuable insights into cybersecurity competencies within the industry. The Cyber Talent Study establishes a new benchmark for understanding the capabilities and potential of women in cybersecurity, and can be used to inform both individual training needs and organizational strategies for career advancement and skills enhancement. Resources: Landing page: WiCyS Partners with N2K to deepen understanding of cyber competencies within the industry. Study Launch article: WiCyS Partners with N2K Networks for Pioneering Cyber Talent Study. Key Takeaways: Outstanding Performance: WiCyS members have demonstrated exceptional performance across several key areas of the NICE Framework, underscoring the importance of WiCyS’s training and development programs. Strategic Insights: Analysis revealed remarkable strengths and areas for development, providing WiCyS with actionable data to tailor future programs and initiatives and ensure its members remain at the forefront of cybersecurity excellence. Actionable Insights for Cybersecurity Workforce Development: The study revealed critical areas for targeted development to enhance cybersecurity workforce readiness. This insight empowers WiCyS to tailor its programs specifically to meet the diverse needs of its members, ensuring all participants are prepared to take on significant roles and lead in the cybersecurity industry. Leadership Readiness Among WiCyS Members: The study highlights that WiCyS members are highly skilled and uniquely prepared for leadership roles within the cybersecurity industry. Proven Expertise in Critical Cybersecurity Domains: The data show the outstanding capabilities of WiCyS members within the cybersecurity landscape. Excelling in nearly every N2K Functional Area mapped to the NICE Framework, WiCyS members have shown they not only meet but exceed the standards in key domains. You can access the final report of the 2024 Cyber Talent Study here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the T-Minus Overview Radio Show. In this program we’ll feature some of the conversations from our daily podcast with the people who are forging the path in the new space era, from industry leaders, technology experts and pioneers, to educators, policy makers, research organizations, 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; Phnam Bagley, Jason Michaud and Frank White.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. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Firefly’s standing down Alpha 5. ESA taps TESAT for a 6G lab in orbit. CHAPEA’s first mission set to complete. A bunch of NASA updates came over the wire late yesterday. 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 GuestsToday’s guests are Sunjum Mehta and Michael Mallamaci, two members of the Terrapin Rocket Team, which is the University of Maryland rocketry team that won this year’s Spaceport America Cup. Selected ReadingFirefly Space on X (Formerly Twitter) (Firefly/X)ESA SELECTS TESAT FOR 6G SATELLITE PRECURSOR TO BOOST EUROPEAN DIGITAL LEADERSHIP (TESAT)Las Vegas Spaceport project takes ‘monumental step’ forward (Review Journal)Chinese satellite manufacturer MinoSpace raises $137 million - SpaceNews (Space News)The Spaceport Company Wins U.S. Air Force R&D contract (LinkedIn)NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Space Telescope Mission (NASA)Volunteer Crew to Exit NASA’s Simulated Mars Habitat After 378 Days (NASA)Set your calendars: NASA’s Boeing Test Flight Crew to Discuss Starliner Mission from Space (NASA)Carnarvon anniversary marks remote WA tracking station's 60-year NASA lunar history milestone (ABC News)NASA administrator weighs in on China’s historic lunar far side samples — and potential US access (CNN)Fourth of July Holidays in Space (NASA)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 fate of the International Space Station once its mission is up seems pretty set in stone now, what with NASA hiring SpaceX to eventually de-orbit it. If that idea is heartbreaking to you - you are not alone. No matter what though, the ISS is on its last legs and come 2030 there need to be alternative stations if nations and companies still want to access orbiting labs in space. And that's why Russia has said, yeah, that’s why they're going to make a space station of their own. 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 Anthropologist Savannah Mandel. She has a new book coming out called Ground Control: An Argument for the End of Human Space Exploration. Selected ReadingUpcoming Mission Noise of Summer NASA VCLS Demo 2 (Firefly) New spaceports territories have been announced in Florida (WFTV)Russia plans to create core of new space station by 2030 (Reuters)$1.9M Orbital Prime TACFI Contract Awarded from USSF (Turion Space LinkedIn)Orbit Fab delivers first GRIP™ In-Space Refueling Nozzle following successful testing (Satellite Evolution)Greece taps AI-powered satellite tech to build wildfire defence system (The Next Web)Dhruva Space partners with Kinéis to provide Space-based IoT connectivity in India (Dhruva Space)Vyoma awarded two European Defence Fund contracts to enhance space security (Vyoma)Find a piece of SpaceX space junk? Call the hotline (Space) Editorial: Save Freedom: We must stop the destruction of the International Space Station (Space News)The US Wants to Integrate the Commercial Space Industry With Its Military to Prevent Cyber Attacks (WIRED)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

It's not long now until Ariane 6 is expected to launch - July 9th is the date on the schedule. It's Europe's next flagship launch vehicle, and there are high hopes for this rocket to get the next generation of European spacecraft to orbit. That's why it was a big, big punch in the gut when a major customer, who signed up for an Ariane 6 launch four years ago, backed out of the deal. To make matters worse, they're switching to SpaceX, 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 Brian Barnett, CEO of Solstar Space, speaking with me today on the Outernet and wifi for spacecraft. You can read more about Solstar Space’s work here. Selected ReadingMeteosat satellite to be launched with SpaceX (EUMETSAT)Boeing delays Starliner return by 'weeks' for testing, NASA says astronauts aren't stranded (CNBC)Japan successfully puts advanced satellite into orbit using H3 rocket (Japan Times)TELSAT marKoni FM Transmitter (CISA)SERA names India as partner country for Blue Origin space flight (Reuters)Yahsat taps Musk’s SpaceX for next satellite launches (AGBI)CNES awards two GEO in orbit services missions to Infinite Orbits and Telespazio France : an inspection and a life extension mission! (Infinite Orbits)COSPAR Launches Space Innovation Centre in Cyprus (Spacewatch Europe) This desert moss has the potential to grow on Mars (Eureka Alert)Rescale Receives Success Memorandum from the Defense Innovation Unit for Its HPC Modernization Program (PR Newswire)Space Pioneer says part of rocket crashed in central China (Reuters)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

Apollo 14 launched on January 31, 1971. Five days later Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell walked on the Moon while Stuart Roosa, a former US Forest Service smoke jumper, orbited above in the command module. Packed in small containers in Roosa's personal kit were hundreds of tree seeds, part of a joint NASA/USFS project. Upon return to Earth, the seeds were germinated by the Forest Service. Known as the "Moon Trees", the resulting seedlings were planted throughout the United States and the world. NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive Lead Dave Williams has made it his pet project to find out what happened to the Moon Trees.You can find out more about the Moon trees on the NASA website.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.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

SpaceX's tender offer values the company at a record  $210 billion. A defunct Russian satellite forced ISS astronauts to shelter and added to the growing space junk problem. Thales Alenia Space announced that their ASCEND study shows promising results for space-based data centers 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 Kaci Heins, Executive Director Limitless Space Institute on providing education to educators. Limitless Space Institute is a non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire and educate the next generation to travel beyond our solar system and to research and develop enabling technologies. You can follow Kaci on LinkedIn. Selected ReadingSpaceX Tender Offer Said to Value Company at Record $210 Billion (Yahoo)Russian satellite breaks up in space, forces ISS astronauts to shelter (Reuters)Thales Alenia Space reveals results of ASCEND feasibility study on space data centers (Thales Alenia Space)Japan's space agency delays launch of upgraded observation satellite on new H3 rocket due to weather (AP News)Project Kuiper's new satellite facility: A peek into production ramp up for Its first launch (About Amazon)Amazon’s Project Kuiper completes successful test of space lasers (About Amazon)Planet Labs to slash 180 jobs, expects $9.5M-$10.5M in charges (Seeking Alpha)House spending bill cuts NASA science and education programs (SpaceNews)Starship preparations point to possible tower catch attempt on Flight 5 (NASASpaceFlight.com )Asteroid Day Public Event (NASA/JPL Edu) 2 large asteroids will be visible this week (WTNH)NASA Awards Contract for Cargo Mission Support (NASA)NASA is flying planes low over the US to make maps of air pollution sources (Space)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

NASA selects SpaceX to build a vehicle to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS). MDA Space has been awarded $1 billion from the Canadian Space Agency for the next phases of the Canadarm3 program. Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser left off the manifest on the next ULA Vulcan launch in September, 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 Troy Morris, CEO and Co-founder of Kall Morris Inc. (KMI). You can connect with Troy on LinkedIn and learn more about KMI on their website.Selected ReadingNASA Selects International Space Station US Deorbit VehicleMDA Space Awarded $1B Contract To Design And Deliver Canadarm3 Flight SystemDream Chaser spaceplane is off the manifest for ULA's second Vulcan launch- TechCrunchIntelsat, Starfish Space Reach Deal for Satellite Servicing MissionNASA Collins xEVAS Update Bavarian State Government Intends to Collaborate with U.S. Space Company Axiom Spaceispace RESILIENCE Lunar Lander Successfully Achieves Testing Milestone in Preparation for Mission 2SANSA Becomes the 28th UN-SPIDER Regional Support OfficeViasat to Deliver Secure Broadband SATCOM on Airbus' C295 MPA Fleet for Spanish MoDUS military project aims to prevent hackers targeting satellites and recognises rising threat of cyberattacks in spaceEurope wants to send data centers into space — study says it's possibleSurprising Phosphate Finding in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid SampleT-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

A joint research group in China studying Chang'e-5 lunar samples report that they've found flakes of naturally occuring few-layer graphene. Blue Origin calls for the FAA to cap the rate of SpaceX’s Starship and  Super Heavy launches to limit environmental impact in Florida. Collins Aerospace reportedly backed out of a spacesuit contract with NASA, 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 John ‘Das’ Galloway, Director of Operations at NASASpaceflight.com.You can find out more about NASASpaceFlight.com on their website.Selected ReadingChinese researchers discover first natural few-layer graphene on moonChina hands over humankind's 1st moon far side samples to researchershttps://www.regulations.gov/comment/FAA-2024-1395-0040RTX's Collins in talks to drop ISS spacesuit contract with NASA, sources say- ReutersNASA, SpaceX Launch NOAA's Latest Weather SatelliteNASA confirms space debris in North Carolina was from SpaceX Crew Dragon reentryPixxel signs landmark 350th iDEX contract to develop Miniaturised Multi-Payload SatellitesESA - Time to build zero-debris satellitesLeaf Space enables Sateliot to scale without significant capex in the ground segment - IoT Business NewsCool imagery from the GOES satellite series, a retrospective- National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationT-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