Space News for Thursday, August 15, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Redwire to acquire satellite manufacturer Hera Systems, bolstering defense portfolio(00:54) Webinar – Space: The Next Frontier of Strategic Competition(01:22) Northrop Grumman continues to trim space workforce in California(01:51) Intuitive Machines seeks to take over NASA’s VIPER lunar rover(02:17) Terran Orbital removes Rivada constellation from revenue backlog(02:46) Moog Unveils New, Radiation-Hardened Space Computer to Support the Next Generation of High-Speed Computing On-Orbit(03:21) Lockheed Martin taps General Dynamics for solid rocket motor manufacturing(03:54) SpaceX ready to go tomorrow with Maxar 2’s WorldView Legion 3-4 satellites mission – SatNews(04:45) ISRO to launch EOS-08’s three payloads including latest EO and cubesat Space Rickshaw-0 on Thursday – SatNews(05:24) Ovzon receives first order for Ovzon 3 from the U.S. Department of Defense – SatNews(06:00) L3Harris marks Artemis III + IV jettison solid rocket motor milestones – SatNews(06:34) X-Bow passes PDR for their hypersonic booster contract – SatNews(07:05) New TEMPO Cosmic Data Story Makes Air Quality Data Publicly Available(07:36) NASA’s X-59 Progresses Through Tests on the Path to Flight(07:57) Amendment 42: A.30 Understanding Changes in High Mountain Asia Deferred to ROSES-25(08:24) NASA Funds Research Projects Advancing STEM Career Development(08:52) NASA’s Perseverance Rover to Begin Long Climb Up Martian Crater Rim(09:20) NASA Demonstrates ‘Ultra-Cool’ Quantum Sensor for First Time in Space