Space News for Friday, February 14, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) K2 Space’s double good news, $110M Series B and first successful in-space demonstration – SatNews(01:01) SpaceX Starlink Group 12-8 of 21 smallsats now Saturday including 13 Direct to Cell – SatNews(01:33) Trans Lunar Injection completed by Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost + imagery captures – SatNews(02:03) Lunar Space Station Module Will Journey to US ahead of NASA’s Artemis IV Moon Mission(02:33) Gateway Lunar Space Station 101 Podcast Series(02:57) How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Will Make a Looping Voyage to the Moon(03:30) NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Will Seek Life’s Ingredients(03:58) NASA’s Advancements in Space Continue Generating Products on Earth(04:27) NASA’s Mini Rover Team Is Packed for Lunar Journey(04:55) NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Colorful Clouds Drifting Over Mars(05:23) NASA-Led Study Pinpoints Areas Sinking, Rising Along California Coast(05:54) Euclid Discovers Einstein Ring in Our Cosmic Backyard(06:17) Launch providers step closer to first orbital launch from UK soil(06:50) Vast space station qualification article passes major milestone