Space News for Saturday, October 12, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Boeing plans more commercial crew charges(00:51) Aetherflux joins Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF)(01:24) U.S. Space Force taps commercial satellites for Hurricane Helene disaster relief(01:50) China launches third high orbit internet satellite(02:16) Negar Feher, CEO, Orbital Outpost X – Leading Women in Space(02:43) Volta Space Technologies unveils plans for lunar power satellite network(03:10) ViaSat-3 satellite begins service for U.S. Marine Corps (03:38) Microsatellite project to monitor objects in space over Canada + the South Pole – SatNews(04:09) ViaSat-3 F1 initiates services for government customers – SatNews(04:48) INTEGRASYS is participating at this year’s Silicon Valley Space Week – SatNews(05:17) NASA, SpaceX Targeting NET Oct. 14 for Europa Clipper Launch – NASA's Europa Clipper Mission(05:46) Hubble Spots a Grand Spiral of Starbursts(06:16) Sail Along with NASA’s Solar Sail Tech Demo in Real-Time Simulation(06:43) NASA’s Hubble, New Horizons Team Up for a Simultaneous Look at Uranus(07:14) NASA’s Hubble Watches Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Behave Like a Stress Ball(07:39) Does Distant Planet Host Volcanic Moon Like Jupiter’s Io?(08:11) NASA-Funded Study Assesses Pollution Near Los Angeles-Area Warehouses(08:42) NASA Establishes New Class of Astrophysics Missions, Selects Studies(09:12) NASA Sets Coverage for Europa Clipper Launch to Jupiter Moon