Space News for Thursday, August 29, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) FAA pauses Falcon 9 launches to investigate failed booster landing(00:56) Valve problem blamed for Peregrine lunar lander failure(01:26) Hungary for space: 4iG seeks vertically integrated capabilities(01:56) FAA grounds SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket following landing mishap(02:26) SpaceX’s UPDATE: Polaris Dawn still on hold – SatNews(02:59) SpaceX’s Falcon 9 in fiery demise after successful launch of 21 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct-to-Cell from Canaveral – SatNews(03:38) Aurora Flight Science’s SKIRON-XLE completes a 7 hour endurance flight – SatNews(04:12) Satnews Publishers wishes everyone an enjoyable Labor Day Holiday – SatNews(04:39) UPDATE: SpaceX another delay of Starlink small sat Group 9-5 including 13 Direct-to-cell from California – SatNews(05:22) USAF selects Outpost for million$$ award for scalable Earth return vehicle – SatNews(05:56) Work Is Under Way on NASA’s Next-Generation Asteroid Hunter(06:48) New NASA Study Tallies Carbon Emissions From Massive Canadian Fires