Space News for Tuesday, August 22, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Crew-7 mission to the Space Station given green light for launch by NASA, partners(01:14) UPDATE #5: SpaceX scrubs Monday launch due to Hilary — alternate date set – SatNews(02:12) Northrop Grumman to build Tranche 2 Transport Layer-beta data transport satellites – SatNews(02:40) Exolaunch to deploy Muon Space constellation smallsats – SatNews(03:03) Axiom Space raises million$$$ with Series-C + billion$ + in customer contracts – SatNews(03:34) Astranis unveils the UtilitySat GEO satellite – SatNews(03:57) In-Space Missions’ UK International Bi-lateral Fund grant for Asia-Pacific rideshare missions – SatNews(04:25) True Anomaly announces opening of GravityWorks spacecraft manufacturing facility + federal OK to demo non-Earth imaging + rendezvous + proximity Ops – SatNews(05:01) Caltech/JPL Privacy Policies and Important Notices(05:32) New Video Series Reveals What Drives NASA’s Psyche Mission Team(06:13) Looking past Luna 25’s lunar landing failure: what’s next?