Space News for Thursday, May 23, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) House Armed Services Committee advances 2025 defense policy bill(00:54) NASA report identifies cost-effective approaches to dealing with orbital debris(01:27) ESA selects Thales Alenia Space and The Exploration Company for commercial cargo program(01:58) Why are the Department of Defense and Space Force talking about buying foreign space technology?(02:26) Beames is TrustPoint’s new executive chairman(02:54) Dominican Republic considering its own commercial spaceport(03:23) NASA, Boeing and ULA announce June 1 as new target date for Starliner’s Crew Flight Test(03:56) Month: (04:22) SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites as the company reaches 3 million customers globally(05:00) NASA ‘indefinitely grounds’ Boeing’s Starliner launch with astronauts – SatNews(05:33) UPDATE SpaceX launches NROL146 on next gen spy mission sending the first reconnaissance satellite constellation – SatNews(06:07) SpaceX’s hat trick with two launches down yesterday and one today – SatNews(06:34) SpaceX’s second launch in under 24 on two coasts – SatNews(06:59) ST Engineering iDirect’s SKYflow wins Show Product of the Year at 2024 NAB – SatNews(07:33) In Their Honor … Lest We Forget – SatNews(07:58) NASA’s Psyche Fires Up Its Sci-Fi-Worthy Thrusters