Space News for Tuesday, August 27, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Fire, fed by leaking engines, destroyed ABL Space Systems rocket(00:55) Military-commercial space divide persists despite policy push, experts say(01:30) U.S. military space domain awareness lags behind expectations(01:58) Webinar Replay – Space: The Next Frontier of Strategic Competition(02:26) ReOrbit Completes PDR Phase for UKKO Mission(02:51) Launch delay: SpaceX pushes Polaris Dawn astronaut launch due to ‘a ground-side helium leak’(03:24) Month: (03:54) SpaceX’s Tuesday Hat Trick of triple launches from both coasts including Polaris’ astronaut mission – SatNews(04:31) NASA invites public input on LEO microgravity strategy – SatNews(05:01) U.S. Space Force’s SpaceWERX announces Program Year 24.2 STRATFI selections at Fed Supernova – SatNews(05:44) Loft Orbital and Marlan Space to create the Middle East’s first private manufacturing space company of commercial satellite constellations for LEO – SatNews(06:21) Watching Sala’s reentry — live from the sky – SatNews(06:49) Webb Finds Early Galaxies Weren’t Too Big for Their Britches After All(07:17) Hubble Captures Unique Ultraviolet View of a Spectacular Star Cluster(07:51) Registration Opens for the 2024 NASA International Space Apps Challenge(08:05) Our Alien Earth: Greece(08:27) Platform to Study the Solar System(08:49) Caltech/JPL Privacy Policies and Important Notices(09:14) Perseverance faces steepest climb yet, begins fifth science campaign