Space News for Sunday, September 29, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Xona scales up LEO navigation constellation plans in Canada(00:58) NASA funds Starfish Space debris inspection mission(01:28) SpaceX, at zero to 4,000 mph in less than three minutes, begins NASA’s Crew-9 astronauts’ journey on way to ISS – SatNews(02:04) D-Orbit closes a million€€€ Series C round – SatNews(02:27) Satellogic selected for NASA’s Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition program – SatNews(02:54) The West of Scotland Space Cluster launches – SatNews(03:20) NASA’s Hubble Finds that a Black Hole Beam Promotes Stellar Eruptions(03:45) Firefly offers insight on MLV testing, reusability plans