Space News for Thursday, June 13, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:24) Congressional letter asks NASA to rescind Chandra cuts(00:52) ESA-China moon cooperation could end with Chang’e-6(01:21) Apex raises $95 million to increase satellite bus production(01:51) Fifth helium leak detected on Starliner(02:18) Rocket Lab wins government support to expand solar cell production(02:48) Pentagon embracing SpaceX’s Starshield for future military satcom(03:14) Kongsberg NanoAvionics strengthens government focus with new CEO(03:45) SpaceX scrubs Wednesday Starlink satellites launch – SatNews(04:11) Optical Surfaces receives order for extremely large reference flat for testing space optics – SatNews(04:44) Digital Earth Africa’s major advancement in the observation + monitoring of Africa’s waterbodies – SatNews(05:18) Rocket Lab to launch France’s “No Time Toulouse” IoT mission – SatNews(05:41) Lakita Lowe: Leading Space Commercialization Innovations and Fostering STEM Engagement(06:13) Coming in Hot — NASA’s Chandra Checks Habitability of Exoplanets(06:40) NASA’s Repository Supports Research of Commercial Astronaut Health(07:13) NASA’s Roman Mission Gets Cosmic ‘Sneak Peek’ From Supercomputers(07:43) NASA Funds Study of Proposals to Investigate Space Weather Systems(08:15) Ed Stone, Former Director of JPL and Voyager Project Scientist, Dies