Space News for Tuesday, May 23, 2023

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Orbital Sidekick acquires first light imagery(00:50) L3Harris wins IARPA HAYSTAC contract(01:28) NGA to map lunar geography to enable GPS on the moon(01:58) NATO faces hurdles in acquiring commercial satellite imagery(02:26) OneWeb announces Innovation Challenge Winners(02:52) Exploration Upper Stage Unveiled: Revolutionary Leap in Crew Safety, Cargo Capacity, and Deep Space Power(03:27) DARPA selects Umbra to demonstrate radar imaging techniques(03:52) Axiom’s second private astronaut mission docks at International Space Station(04:21) Month: (04:45) DARPA selects Umbra for the DRIFT program – SatNews(05:10) Sidus Space’s agreement with Leaf Space provides additional ground station coverage – SatNews(05:43) Lockheed Martin on the Blue Origin team that has been selected to develop a human lunar lander – SatNews(06:11) Silicon Sensing strengthens relationships across the space sector at the third Space-Comm – SatNews