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Lonestar Data Holding’s Independence payload was delivered as part of the successful Intuitive Machine’s IM-1 Odysseus Nova-C lander mission that touched down on the south pole of the Moon on February 22, 2024. From the surface of the Moon, Lonestar successfully completed the first ever data center test in their proof-of-concept demonstration. Lonestar’s CEO and Cofounder Chris Stott shares with us the journey from idea to reality.You can connect with Chris on LinkedIn and learn more about Lonestar Data Holdings 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

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a new regulatory framework to facilitate collaborations between satellite operators and cell phone companies. Redwire Corporation reported revenues for the full year 2023 increased 51.9% to $243.8 million. Astra Space Investors are requesting a legal review of the private sale of the company to founders Chris Kemp and Adam London, 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 Chris Stott, CEO and Cofounder of Lonestar Data Holdings.You can connect with Chris on LinkedIn and learn more about Lonestar Data Holdings on their website.Selected ReadingFCC Proposes Framework to Facilitate Supplemental Coverage From Space | Federal Communications CommissionRedwire Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results- Business WireASTRA SPACE INVESTOR ALERT by the Former Attorney General of Louisiana: Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC Investigates Adequacy of Price and Process in Sale of Astra Space, Inc. -ASTR- Business WireSpaceX Falcon 9 launch at Cape scrubbed for Thursday nightSpace Force Chief Says Shift to Warfighting Posture Continues Despite Slight Budgetary DecreaseESA Announces Reusable Upper Stage Demonstrator Project - European SpaceflightChina concludes selection of fourth batch of astronauts for future space missionsTwo Chinese satellites fail to enter orbit after abnormality - CGTNNASA’s Europa Clipper Solar Arrays Successfully Deploy at Kennedy Space CenterVirgin Galactic Reports Inducement Awards Under NYSE Listing Rule 303A.08- Business WireT-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

SpaceX launches Starship for a third test flight from Boca Chica. Lunar mining company Interlune says that it has raised $15 million, adding to previous rounds of angel investments. The European Space Agency, the German space agency DLR and the Free State of Bavaria have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on the development of lunar mission control capabilities at ESA's Columbus Control Centre, 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 FAA Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (AST) Kelvin B. Coleman.You can connect with Kelvin on LinkedIn and learn more about AST on their website.Selected ReadingSpaceX Starship lost on return to Earth after completing most of test flight- ReutersMining helium-3 on the Moon has been talked about forever—now a company will try-  Ars TechnicaNASA Awards Grants for Lunar InstrumentationNASA's Space Tech Prize Bolsters Diversity, Inclusivity ChampionsStudy documents headaches experienced by astronauts in space | ReutersSidus Space Receives Signals from LizzieSat™ after Successful Launch and Deployment on the SpaceX Transporter-10 Rideshare Mission | Business WireESA - From Munich to the MoonQuickLogic and Zero-Error Systems Partner to Deliver Radiation-Tolerant eFPGA IP for Commercial Space ApplicationsSatixFy’s Space Chips Advance into Customer Testing Stage- Business WireT-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 successfully deploys a fourth synthetic aperture radar satellite to Synspective’s Earth-observation constellation. Space One’s Kairos vehicle exploded seconds after launch from the Kii peninsula in western Japan.  The FAA has requested $57.13 million for its Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) for fiscal year 2025, 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 Holly Pascal, NASA Engineer and Founder of the Women's Aerospace Network.You can connect with Holly on LinkedIn and learn more about the Women's Aerospace Network on their website.Selected ReadingRocket Lab Successfully Launches 45th Electron Mission, 4th for Longtime Partner SynspectiveJapan's first private-sector rocket launch attempt has exploded shortly after takeoff- The IndependentFAA_FY_2025_Budget_Budget_Request.pdfRequest for Information (RFI) Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Geosynchronous SatelliteAST SpaceMobile Updates Licensing Administration of its Satellite Constellation | Business WireSpace Force mulls refueling as industry calls for funding, standardsPOLARIS Spaceplane UpdateSpaceX prepares third test of Starship rocketAnalyzing the Psychological Impact of the First Mars Habitat Simulation | KBRNASA uses world’s fastest supercomputer to simulate Mars crew landings - Interesting EngineeringT-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

Redwire Corporation and Eli Lilly announce a second spaceflight mission to conduct research on chronic diseases in microgravity. NASA has requested $25.384 billion for the 2025 fiscal year, the exact amount it received in fiscal year 2023. Crew 7 astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida early this morning, 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 Steve Gizinski, Managing Director of Viasat Government Services. You can connect with Steve on LinkedIn and learn more about Viasat government services on their website.Selected ReadingRedwire Partners with Eli Lilly and Company on Second Spaceflight Mission to Conduct Additional Research on Chronic Diseases Following Successful Results- Business WireFY 2025 Budget Request - NASASpace Force prioritizes missile warning, tracking satellites in fiscal 2025 budget- DefenseScoopNASA Welcomes Crew-7’s Return to Earth After Safely Splashing DownSierra Space Axelerator™ Unveiled: Pioneering the Future of Defense Technology with Groundbreaking Innovations- Business WireNASA Awards Environmental, Safety, Health, Mission Assurance ContractLumen Orbit emerges from stealth and raises $2.4M to put data centers in spaceSimera Sense, world leader in Earth observation optical imaging solutions, raises €13.5m in growth investment roundCall for Memoranda: Draft Kenya Space Bill 2024Varda Hopes New Research Draws More Drugmakers to Space Factories - WSJUmer Khan Joins Relativity Space As CIO And SVP Of SoftwareDelta IV Heavy NROL-70T-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

Science Applications International Corp (SAIC) awarded a $444 million to support Digital Transformation, Acquisition, Modernization and Modification (DTAMM) for the US Space Force's Space Systems Command and Space Launch Deltas (SLDs) 30 and 45. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson discussed the agency’s goals for the benefit of humanity during the annual State of NASA. The SpaceX Dragon Capsule carrying Crew 7 has left the International Space Station, 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 Dr. William (Bill) J. McGann, CEO of Quantum Computing Inc. (QCi).You can connect with Bill on LinkedIn and find out more about QCi on their website.Selected ReadingSAIC Receives $444 Million Contract to Provide System Modernization for Space Launch Ranges- Business WireNASA to Highlight Artemis, US Space Leadership During Annual Addresshttps://youtu.be/21X5lGlDOfgNASA to Host Boeing Crew Flight Test Preview, News ConferencesAFWERX, SpaceWERX announce Strategic Funding Increase selections at South by Southwest BlackSky secures back-to-back U.S. Air Force contracts - SpaceNewsStratolaunch Celebrates First Powered Flight of TA-1 Test VehicleUrsa Major Hadley Engine Flies for the First TimeRhea Space, Founded by Johns Hopkins Alumni, Receives $750,000 NASA GrantChina Space Station empowers aerospace industry of over $100 billion - CGTNNew band of space inspectors work for a safe blast-off as British rocket industry flourishesMDA Rebrands to MDA Space - Via SatelliteVolunteers build flying telescope to see total eclipse above the clouds - Vancouver Island Free Daily 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

Simone Petrella is the President of N2K Networks, a news to knowledge media company. N2K offers training and testing in cybersecurity in addition to podcasts covering cyber, intelligence and space. Simone has spearheaded a study with the Women in Cybersecurity organization to help identify gaps in the workforce where training and opportunity lags for women and underrepresented people in the workplace.You can connect with Simone on LinkedIn and learn more about N2K on our 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

It's International Women's Day! Viasat and Rocket Lab are teaming up. An end to Astra drama as they go private once again. The first entirely privately funded rocket might launch from Japan tomorrow.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 N2K Networks president Simone Petrella, and we’re chatting about  women in the STEM workforce. A perfect topic for today!You can connect with Simone on LinkedIn.Selected ReadingViasat and Rocket Lab Partner to Showcase On-Demand, Low-Latency Data Relay Services for LEO Satellites Astra Space, Inc. To Be Taken PrivateJapanese private-sector rocket to be launched Saturday | NHK WORLD-JAPAN NewsSpace Force reimagines training, operations as conflicts intensify VENUS AEROSPACE ROTATING DETONATION ROCKET ENGINE ACHIEVES LONG-DURATION RUN5800 pounds of batteries tossed off the ISS in 2021 will fall to Earth today | Space Atom Bombs in Space Are Back to Scare Us Again‘Space: The Longest Goodbye’ explores astronauts’ mental health 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

Nobody's having an easy time of things right now but NASA especially is feeling budgetary pressure. The Planetary Science Caucus is back. Airbus invites startups to its summer 2024 accelerator program. China’s Mars Sample Return mission is “progressing smoothly,” 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 Michael Stevens, CLPS program and Peregrine and IM-1, SpectaCam space camera. You can connect with Michael on LinkedIn.Selected Readinghttps://www.planetary.org/press-releases/planetary-science-caucus-rechartered-with-support-from-the-planetary-society?_gl=1*12oq2ih*_up*MQ.. https://www.planetary.org/advocacy/day-of-action?_gl=1*rxq0w7*_up*MQ..https://www.plexal.com/our-work/airbus-space-accelerator/ https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-aerospace-announces-second-round-of-dream-payload-awardees/ China’s Mars sample return mission ‘progressing smoothly’ while Nasa struggles behind schedule https://www.iceye.com/press/press-releases/new-iceye-ocean-vision-strengthens-maritime-security-applications 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 celebrates the newest class of Astronaut graduates as it puts out a call for new applicants. Terran Orbital is awarded an Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a $45 million ceiling value by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate. The UK Government has included up to £160 million for the connectivity in low Earth orbit program known as CLEO in the Spring Budget, 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 Dr Elaina Hyde, Director of York University’s Allan I Carswell Observatory.You can connect with Elaina on LinkedIn and learn more about the observatory at York University on their website.Selected ReadingNASA Opens Astronaut Applications as Newest Class Graduateshttps://twitter.com/lunarloral/status/1765001718163509569Terran Orbital Awarded Up To $45 Million IDIQ by NASA to Support Space Technology Advancement- Business WireAgile Space Receives SpaceWERX Contract for Innovative Mobile Payload Processing CenterSpace Force agencies pile on to find 'alternate PNT' capabilities - Breaking DefenseElve Secures $15M in Series A Funding to Increase Manufacturing and Expand Customer Base- Business WireGITAI Successfully Demonstrates Robotics Construction Capabilities for Lunar Communications TowersC-LEO Programme - GOV.UKSpring Budget 2024 speech - GOV.UKMeridian Space Command moves to Space Park LeicesterDhruva Space and Swedish Space Corporation expand Ground Station network synergies, indicative of the long-standing Indo-Swedish bilateral cooperationIs it time for a new Outer Space Treaty? Reports of Russian nuclear space weapon raise questionsNASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worriedCommentary: As space travel becomes more commercial, Florida must keep upThe Lost Universe - NASA ScienceT-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