Space News for Friday, January 26, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Zeno to recycle decades-old radioactive material to fuel its radioisotope power systems(00:53) Northrop charges on lunar Gateway module program reach $100 million(01:20) Lockheed Martin, Boeing win contracts to design U.S. military narrowband communications satellites(01:54) Europe sets up space finance taskforce(02:19) Ingenuity Mars helicopter mission ends after 72 flights(02:45) International campaign required to map and monitor atmospheric methane(03:10) Not Invisible Anymore: Satellites reveal sources of atmospheric methane(03:34) Month: (03:58) Despite engine malfunction, powered-down Japanese moon lander achieves major goals(04:27) ESA and the European Commission give the Flight Ticket Initiative to PLD Space for launch contracts – SatNews(05:02) Meteoric growth in VSAT, BGAN, SatPhones + 5G mobile services to fuel billion$$$ SATCOM terminals market by 2030 – SatNews(05:40) Synspective’s MOUs enables InSAR risk assessment into Central Asia and Uzbekistan and disaster solutions in Kazakhstan – SatNews(06:32) EUSPA unveils the new Earth Observation (EO) + Satellite Navigation Market Report issue – SatNews(07:16) Overview for NASA’s Northrop Grumman 20th Commercial Resupply Mission(07:58) Hubble Captures a Faint Bridge of Stars(08:22) After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends(08:49) IXPE investigates microquasar jets, finds unexpected magnetic field structure