Space News for Saturday, June 08, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Planet’s first hyperspectral satellite is ready to launch(00:58) Space Force agency taps 20 companies for $1 billion ground systems IDIQ(01:27) Space startup funding rounds lift Seraphim’s investment portfolio(01:54) Starliner docks with International Space Station on crewed test flight(02:22) Space Pioneer raises $207 million for reusable rocket(02:52) SpaceX to launch 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base(03:29) Starliner crew welcomed aboard space station(03:50) NASA’s astronauts arrive at ISS safely after ULA’s launch of Boeing’s Starliner – SatNews(04:20) SpaceX Starlink Friday launch takes 22 smallsats skyward – SatNews(05:06) SpaceX Starlink launch Friday – SatNews(05:28) Redwire breaks ground on microgravity payload development and space ops facility – SatNews(05:59) Amendment 19: D.18 Euclid General Investigator Program: Names must be omitted from References.(06:27) PACE Celebrates National Ocean Month With Colorful Views of the Planet(06:52) Hubble Examines a Barred Spiral’s Light(07:20) NASA Exploring Alternative Mars Sample Return Methods