Space News for Saturday, January 20, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Google and AT&T join $155 million AST SpaceMobile investment(01:01) Astrobotic to begin formal investigation into failed Peregrine mission(01:29) Office of Space Commerce starts commercial pathfinder project for civil space traffic coordination system(02:02) Japan makes history with tense, successful moon landing(02:28) NASA report offers pessimistic take on space-based solar power(02:56) NASA study: clean, space-based solar power beaming is possible(03:31) China’s Landspace conducts first VTVL test for reusable stainless steel rocket(04:07) Month: (04:31) JAXA’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) touches down awaiting solar cells to power – SatNews(05:00) Innoflight successfully delivers avionics hardware to L3Harris – SatNews(05:25) Laser Instrument on NASA’s LRO Successfully ‘Pings’ Indian Moon Lander(05:49) ZhuQue-3 Hopper Takes Flight, as Landspace Prepares for a Reusable Rocket