Space News for Friday, September 13, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) U.S. defense program seeks next-generation space monitoring tools(00:55) Jacqueline Good, CEO, Magnestar – Leading Women in Space(01:22) Polaris Dawn astronauts perform spacewalk(01:51) FAA defends Starship licensing delays(02:22) Space industry execs urge DoD to expand commercial funding in defense programs(02:55) U.S. Space Force budget falls short, officials warn(03:22) The invisible battle for space dominance(03:48) First non-government spacewalk goes off without a hitch for Polaris Dawn crew(04:18) SpaceX sends BlueBirds flying as AST SpaceMobile’s largest satellite communications array launches in low Earth orbit – SatNews(04:58) SpaceX to launch ESA’s Galileo L13, two more satellites for Europe’s alternative to American GPS – SatNews(05:33) SpaceX sends off second launch on Thursday, this one is 21 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell – SatNews(06:11) Sidus Space receives an additional contract award for NASA ASTRA – SatNews(06:34) Viasat + Pulsar expand commercial partnership – SatNews(07:03) NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 to Conduct Space Station Research(07:30) NASA’s Webb Peers Into the Extreme Outer Galaxy(07:56) NASA to Preview Europa Clipper Mission to Jupiter Moon(08:28) NASA Scientists Re-Create Mars ‘Spiders’ in a Lab for First Time(08:54) Polaris Dawn crew conduct first commercial spacewalk(09:30) Soyuz MS-26 has launched NASA and Roscosmos crew to ISS