Space News for Wednesday, August 28, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Experts warn U.S. falling behind in satellite imaging race: ‘We’ve gone backwards’(00:59) Mynaric ousts CEO amid production troubles(01:21) Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander begins pre-launch environmental tests(01:51) SpaceX Falcon 9 booster collapses in a fireball on the droneship, ending a streak of 267 successful landings(02:09) Month: (02:39) UPDATE: SpaceX now is standing down and delays launch of Polaris Dawn’s first commercial space walk due to weather – SatNews(03:17) Blue Origin readies for Thursday tourism mission launch – SatNews(03:49) SpaceX plans Starlink Group 8-6 launch Wednesday at Cape of 21 smallsats including 13 Direct-to-Cell – SatNews(04:20) SpaceX moves Starlink Group 9-5 launch of 21 smallsats including 13 Direct-to-Cell ’til Wednesday – SatNews(05:01) NASA, Boeing optimizing vehicle assembly building high bay for future SLS stage production – SatNews(05:39) SpaceX Starlink smallsat launch now on for Thursday – SatNews(06:08) NASA’s Europa Clipper Gets Set of Super-Size Solar Arrays(06:41) Hubble Pinpoints a Dim, Starry Mini-galaxy(07:04) SpaceX ready to launch historic Polaris Dawn mission