Space News for Saturday, June 29, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) SpaceX launches second batch of satellites for NRO’s proliferated constellation(00:56) China gears up for deep space missions after collecting 1,935 grams of lunar far side samples(01:24) Russian satellite breaks up, creating debris in low Earth orbit(01:57) Viasat to supply satellite terminals for Spain’s maritime surveillance aircraft(02:32) Beta Project Kuiper broadband services pushed to early 2025(03:01) Starliner landing now on indefinite hold for more tests, but NASA insists crew not ‘stranded’ in space(03:28) Month: (03:54) SpaceX launches multiple satellites for the NRO from Vandenberg Space Force Base(04:26) SpaceX launches NROL-186 spy satellite mission to increase “space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance” – SatNews(05:15) UN Office for Outer Space Affairs and Exolaunch announce the first-round opportunity to launch CubeSats into space – SatNews(05:56) Hubble Examines an Active Galaxy Near the Lion’s Heart(06:24) Alphabet Soup: NASA’s GOLD Finds Surprising C, X Shapes in Atmosphere(06:48) Jonathan Lunine Appointed Chief Scientist of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory(07:20) NASA’s Mars Odyssey Captures Huge Volcano, Nears 100,000 Orbits