Space News for Saturday, October 19, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Ground systems could delay Artemis 2 launch(00:54) Astroport and Orbit Fab Join Forces for Lunar Exploration Breakthrough(01:23) Skyrora eyes spring 2025 launch amid UK regulatory hangups(01:49) ESA awards contract to begin work on Ramses asteroid mission(02:18) U.S. government eases export controls on space technologies(02:45) NRO pushes back on criticism of satellite intelligence delays(03:17) SpaceX’s Happy Friday, with launches of 20 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell – SatNews(03:50) Hubble Captures a New View of Galaxy M90(04:11) Old Data Yields New Secrets as NASA’s DAVINCI Preps for Venus Trip(04:41) NASA’s IXPE Helps Researchers Determine Shape of Black Hole Corona(05:20) Does Distant Planet Host Volcanic Moon Like Jupiter’s Io?