Space News for Thursday, August 01, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) ASCEND panel cites AI challenges and promise(00:54) CACI secures $450 million contract to support U.S. Space Command’s navigation warfare center(01:29) Honoring the Best in Space: 2024 SpaceNews Icon Awards Nominations Open(01:57) Satellite issues deliver mixed bag for Yahsat earnings(02:25) United Launch Alliance and SpaceX get $1.8 billion boost in Space Force contracts(03:02) UPDATE Boeing has a problem — too many astronauts and not enough ISS parking spaces – SatNews(03:37) Northrop Grumman completes PDR for SDA’s latest Proliferated Data Transport satellites – SatNews(04:09) Ubotica achieves additional breakthroughs in live Earth intelligence with Cognisat-6 – SatNews(04:36) Royal Australian Air Force welcomes the 1st Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton – SatNews(05:04) Launch Roundup: Atlas V, Electron, and Falcon 9 missions scheduled for this week