Space News for Thursday, September 29, 2022

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (0:00) Podcast Introduction(00:18) NASA to assess SLS work and next launch opportunities after rollback(00:42) China seeks new partners for lunar and deep space exploration(01:06) NASA and Astra modify TROPICS launch contract(01:30) House committee questions FCC orbital debris rule(01:53) Guetlein: improved space domain awareness essential for national security(02:17) Lamborn: ‘Merit on both sides’ of debate over Space National Guard(02:47) Watch live: Center of weakening Tropical Storm Ian nears Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now(03:10) SpaceX, ULA postpone launches as Hurricane Ian moves toward Florida – Spaceflight Now(03:36) NASASpaceFlight.com(04:07) Commercial Archives(04:29) International Archives(04:54) Chinese Long March 3B Launches APStar-6C Communications Satellite – Spaceflight101(05:33) Blue Origin’s New Shepard Reaches new Heights in latest Test Flight – Spaceflight101(06:08) News – Spaceflight101(06:31) ISS Updates – Spaceflight101 – International Space Station(06:57) Featured – Spaceflight101(07:25) Re-Entry: Long March 11 Rocket Body – Spaceflight101(07:49) NASA-Built Weather Sensors Capture Vital Data on Hurricane Ian(08:27) NASA’s Asteroid-Striking DART Mission Team Has JPL Members(08:53) NASA’s Juno Will Perform Close Flyby of Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa(09:23) NASA’s InSight ‘Hears’ Its First Meteoroid Impacts on Mars(09:43) NASA’s Perseverance Rover Investigates Geologically Rich Mars Terrain(10:10) NASA to Host Briefing on Perseverance Mars Rover Mission Operations(10:36) NASA’s AIRS Instrument Records Typhoon Hinnamnor Before Landfall(11:26) Podcast Outro