Space News for Saturday, September 02, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Ball, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Micro Systems and Spire claim NOAA contracts(00:57) Space Tango names new CEO(01:20) Globalstar picks SpaceX to refresh LEO constellation(01:50) Intuitive Machines raises $20 million(02:21) Tiangong space station could alter perceptions of China’s space program, report says(02:52) NASA to Discuss Psyche Asteroid Mission, Optical Communications Demo(03:25) NASA, Partners Study Ancient Life in Australia to Inform Mars Search(03:50) OSIRIS-REx teams conduct final rehearsals before sample capsule return in September(04:22) Ship 25 awaits rollout for full-stack of Starship Flight 2(04:52) SpaceX launch of Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 moves to Saturday