Space News for Tuesday, December 10, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Mission success for Rocket Lab’s latest suborbital hypersonic launch – SatNews(00:56) Blue Ring Pathfinder payload ready for launch — Blue Origin’s New Glenn on track for this year – SatNews(01:25) Lockheed Martin’s newest tech demo for space connectivity is ready for launch – SatNews(01:58) Scotland loses a Spaceport – SatNews(02:26) NASA awards contract for NOAA’s Next Generation Space Weather Program – SatNews(02:55) constellr’s multi-year contract with the German Space Agency to provide Earth Observation research – SatNews(03:30) NASA’s update on Artemis missions, heat shield investigation findings – SatNews(04:01) NASA Eyes Launching SPHEREx Sky-Mapping Mission in Early 2025(04:26) NASA’s PACE, US-European SWOT Satellites Offer Combined Look at Ocean(04:59) NASA Researchers Discover More Dark Comets(05:32) Leader of NASA’s VERITAS Mission Honored With AGU’s Whipple Award