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Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore disembark from the Starliner capsule on to the International Space Agency. Rocket Lab has announced the launch window for the Company’s 50th Electron launch. Plant Labs first quarter revenue increased 15% year-over-year to a record $60.4 million, and more.Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestAWS in Orbit: Empowering small farming through AI and space technologies. Yohei Nakayama, Chief Technology Officer at Degas Ltd., shares how his company is revolutionizing small farming in Ghana through AWS's cloud, AI, and space technologies. Yohei is joined by AWS Solutions Architect Emma Higashikawa. You can hear the full episode at space.n2k.com/aws.Selected ReadingBoeing's astronaut capsule arrives at the space station after thruster trouble Rocket Lab Sets Launch Date for 50th Electron Mission, Prepares to Deploy Five Satellites for Kinéis- Business WirePlanet Reports Financial Results for First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2025- Business WireChina's private space company launches 3 satellites into orbit - CGTNFirst test of space-based hypersonic tracking sensors 'within a week,' MDA director says - Breaking DefenseRTX provides Blue Canyon Satellites for NASA Polar climate missionESA and Vast signed a Memorandum of Understanding for future Vast space stationsTelespazio unveils deal with Starlink - Business - Ansa.itFAA to Receive Launch and Reentry Flight Data from Two More CompaniesTürkiye's 2nd astronaut prepares for historic space flight- Daily SabahThat giant sunspot that supercharged auroras on Earth? It's back and may amp up the northern lights with June solar storms- SpaceT-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SpaceX’s Starship completes a full test mission around the globe on the rocket's fourth flight. Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule docks with the International Space Station. Astra Space is proceeding with a merger agreement that will result in the delisting of its Class A common stock from the Nasdaq, and more.Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Scott McLaughlin, Executive Director of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority.You can connect with Scott on LinkedIn and learn more about the Spaceport America Cup on the website.Selected ReadingSpaceX's Starship survives return to Earth, achieves landing test on fourth try- ReutersBoeing Starliner team detects new helium leaks en route to space station- CNNAstra Space, Inc. Files Definitive Information Statementhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240314204182/en/ASTRA-SPACE-INVESTOR-ALERT-by-the-Former-Attorney-General-of-Louisiana-Kahn-Swick-Foti-LLC-Investigates-Adequacy-of-Price-and-Process-in-Sale-of-Astra-Space-Inc.--ASTR Aalyria Selected for $1 Billion Space Force Rapid Capabilities Office Contract- Business WireCosmonaut Oleg Kononenko reaches 1,000 cumulative days in space – Spaceflight NowChina's Space Pioneer raises $207 mln to fund development of reusable rockets-  Reutershttps://www.faa.gov/media/80271Dozens of companies, institutions and NGOs sign the Zero Debris CharterFlorida Venture Forum, Space Florida, DeepWork Capital, and FPL Announce Winners of $300,000 in 2024 Early Stage Venture Conference InvestmentMoon Tree Planted at U.S. Capitol Marks Enduring NASA, Artemis LegacyT-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Boeing's Starliner successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida this morning atop a ULA Atlas V rocket. Rocket Lab successfully completed the second of two back-to-back launches on Electron for NASA's latest climate science mission called PREFIRE. The Federal Aviation Administration has approved a license authorization for SpaceX Starship Flight 4, and more.Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest is Paul Bagdanove, Webb Telescope Mechanical Systems Engineer at KBR.You can learn more about KBR on their website.Selected ReadingRocket Lab Successfully Completes Second Launch for NASA Climate Science Mission- Business Wirehttps://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DRSDOCID173891218620231102140506.0001NASA to Change How It Points Hubble Space TelescopeFirefly Aerospace Announces Multi-Launch Agreement with Lockheed Martin for 25 Alpha LaunchesTrue Anomaly Awarded Space Force Contract to Further Security in Space DomainSES Space & Defense Demonstrates First Multi-orbit, Multi-band Commercial LEO Relay- Business WireSlingshot Aerospace and DARPA Develop New AI System Capable of Detecting Anomalous Satellites- Business WireBlackSky Awarded Electro-Optical Commercial Layer Contract Extension from National Reconnaissance OfficeNASA Awards University Research Projects to Support Agency MissionsSUHORA and SatVu form a multi-year strategic alliance to provide Spaceborne High Resolution Thermal Sensing and analyticsRedwire Breaks Ground on New State-of-the-Art Microgravity Payload Development and Space Operations Facility in Floyd County, IN- Business WireKnow your Chang'e-6: Chinese flag on moon's far side made of basalt - CGTNT-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iridium awarded a new five-year contract by the United States Space Force's Space Systems Command's Commercial Space Office (COMSO), for Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) capabilities and security sustainment services (ECS3). China’s Chang’e 6  has lifted off from the lunar surface and is making its way back to Earth with moon rock samples. The first metal 3D printing aboard the International Space Station took place last Thursday in the European Space Agency’s Columbus laboratory module, and more.Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Erin Miller, Executive Director of Space Information and Analysis Center (Space ISAC). You can connect with Erin on LinkedIn, and learn more about Space ISAC on their website.Selected ReadingIridium Awarded Five-Year, $94 Million Contract by Space Systems Command - Jun 4, 2024space.n2k.com/awsCarrying lunar rocks, Chinese probe lifts off from far side of moon- ReutersESA - First metal 3D printing on Space StationATEL Ventures, Inc. Provides $20M Venture Debt Facility to Isar AerospaceNASA’s Hubble Temporarily Pauses ScienceThe ISS has a urine pump problem. Boeing's Starliner astronaut launch will flush it out.- SpaceMDA Space Awarded Contract For Square Kilometre Array ProjectHyImpulse set for more Koonibba blast offs - Space ConnectTranscelestial and Axiom Space forge collaboration to pioneer space laser communications from Southeast AsiaNew Zealand’s nascent space industry aims for the stars | ReutersSpace-Based Solar Power Started as Sci-Fi and It Still Is - IEEE SpectrumSpaceX: Elon Musk and the Final Frontier: Bergan, Brad: 9780760384015: Amazon.com: Books "Flattered and Humbled": Two NASA astronauts inducted into Hall of Fame under AtlantisT-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China has landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon for a second time with the successful lunar touchdown of Chang'e 6. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who was planning the first private flight around the moon on SpaceX’s Starliner called ‘dearMoon’, cancels the project. Boeing’s Starliner first crewed mission to the ISS is scheduled to launch on Wednesday, June 5, and more.Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Dr. Minkwan Kim, Associate Professor in Astronautics at the University of Southampton. You can connect with Dr. Kim on LinkedIn and learn more about his research on the website.Selected ReadingChina lands on moon's far side in historic sample-retrieval mission- ReutersdearMoon Notice of Project CancellationLAUNCH: ULA Atlas V Boeing Starliner Crewed Flight TestL3Harris Completes Sale of Non-Core Assets to an Affiliate of Kanders & Company, Inc. for $200 MillionSAIC Announces First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2025 Results- Business WireAstra Space Inc. Receives and Subsequently Cures Deficiency Notice from Nasdaq Due to Late 10-Q Filing- Business WireNASA Awards Advance Technologies for Future Habitable Worlds MissionEutelsat Group Achieves Platinum Score in Space Sustainability Rating- Business WireHybrid Acquisition for Proliferated LEO (HALO) Program SolicitationChina gifts Arab states flags returned from space to show friendship - CGTNJapan loses contact with Akatsuki, humanity's only active Venus probe- SpaceT-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shelli Brunswick champions space for all. Formerly a space acquisition, program management leader, and congressional liaison for the U.S. Air Force and COO at Space Foundation, she works with organizations around the world to connect the commercial, government, and educational sectors. Shelli brings a rich perspective and deep vision of the global space ecosystem, advocating for space technology innovation, entrepreneurship, and global partnership. Now she’s running her own organization and shares her passion for space workforce development with us.You can connect with Shelli on LinkedIn and learn more about her work with SB Global LLC on her website.Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.Audience SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © 2023 N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China’s commercial launch company Galactic Energy has launched two rockets in three days setting a new record for the shortest interval between two commercial launches by a private Chinese rocket company. NASA has welcomed Peru and Slovakia as new signatories to the Artemis Accords. NASA, Boeing and the United Launch Alliance say they’re still on track to launch the Starliner crew capsule on Saturday, June 1, and more.Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Amit Srivastava, Head of Lunar Architecture at the Andy Thomas Center for Space Resources at the University of Adelaide.You can connect with Amit on LinkedIn, and learn more about the Australian Space Architecture Challenge on their website.Selected ReadingGalactic Energy sets domestic record with 2 rocket launches in 3 days - CGTNChina to impose export controls on certain aviation, space equipment - CGTNNASA Welcomes Peru as 41st Artemis Accords SignatoryNASA Welcomes Slovakia as New Artemis Accords SignatoryNASA Updates Coverage for Boeing’s Starliner Launch, DockingSpace Force Leverages Commercial Data Analytics to Aid Combatant Commands in New Ways- Space Systems Command BlackSky Wins $7 Million Dynamic Space-Based Imagery and Analytics Services Contract Renewal with Legacy International Government CustomerSidus Space’s LizzieSat-1 Successfully Transmits Data from Orbit through the Power of its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Rapid Delivery Platform- Business WireScout Space “Sparrow” Successfully Captures First In-Space ImageCisLunar Industries Earns Space HeritageKyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry unveil world's first wooden satellite - The Japan TimesTrailblazers to Lead ISSRDC Panel on Cancer Research, Regenerative Medicine, and In-Space ManufacturingMomentus Receives Nasdaq Deficiency Notification Regarding Delayed Form 10-Q- Business WireParagon Announces Water Purification System EDU for StarlabNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Finds Most Distant Known GalaxyT-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Indian commercial space company Agnikul Cosmos launched the Agnibaan rocket for the first time. Russian cargo spacecraft Progress 88 lifts off carrying about 3 tons of food, propellant, and other supplies for the astronauts living aboard the International Space Station. INNOSPACE has signed launch service agreements with Brazil’s Federal University of Maranhão and Castro Leite Consultoria, and more.Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guests today are Nathan Butler and Barry Creighton from Brigham Young University’s rocket team.You can find out more about the Spaceport America Cup at SoundingRocket.org.Selected ReadingIndian space startup Agnikul launches country's second privately built rocket- ReutersWatch Russian cargo ship launch toward the ISS this morning- SpaceINNOSPACE Signs Agreements on HANBIT-Nano Rocket to Launch Brazilian Satellites and Inertial System- Business WireSLIM Sleeps in this Month – SpacePolicyOnline.comMomentus Receives Contract from DARPA to Pave the Way for Large-Scale Space Structures- Business WireVirgin Galactic Receives NYSE Continued Listing Standard Notice- Business WireRocket Lab Sets Date for Second NASA PREFIRE Launch-  Business WireNorth Korean Military Satellite Launch Fails – SpacePolicyOnline.comCommercial Spaceflight Federation Welcomes New President – Dave CavossaShetland spaceport prepares for first rocket launch after official openingT-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched the Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) satellite for ESA and JAXA. Chinese commercial company Galactic Energy launched their second sea-based mission of the Ceres 1 rocket. Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has launched the Neo Space Group focused on the space industry, and more.Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestMaria Varmazis, N2K host of T-Minus Space Daily, talks with WiCyS Executive Director Lynn Dohm and N2K's Simone Petrella, Dr. Heather Monthie, and Jeff Welgan about the 2024 Cyber Talent Study. You can find out more about the study here.Selected ReadingESA - EarthCARE launched to study role of clouds and aerosols in Earth's climateGalactic Energy makes second sea-based launch mission - Chinadaily.com.cnChinese, Omani AI satellite companies to cooperate on urban planning - CGTNSaudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund launches new group to boost space industryMDA Space Joins Starlab Space as Strategic Partner, Equity Owner in Commercial Space Station Joint VentureRedwire Expands Investment in Artificial Intelligence Strategy to Enhance its Space Domain Awareness Capabilities- Business WireAST SpaceMobile and Verizon Announce Plans to Target 100 Percent Geographical Coverage of the Continental United States from Space on Premium 850 MHz Cellular Spectrum- Business WireIntelsat Delivers Unprecedented Connectivity To Palau With Dual-Satellite Solution- Business WireTerran Orbital Expands Leadership Team with Focus on Growth and Profitability- Business WireSpace Force Eyes Better EW Test and Training Ranges with New Contract Awards15 Years Ago: First Time all Partners Represented aboard the International Space Station - NASAT-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rocket Lab launched the first of two back-to-back launches for NASA’s PREFIRE. SpaceX is targeting June 5th for the fourth test flight of its Starship spacecraft, pending regulatory approvals. The Spaceport Company has been awarded a contract by the Defense Innovation Unit to deliver cargo from their mobile space launch complex, and more.Our 2024 N2K CyberWire Audience Survey is underway, make your voice heard and get in the running for a $100 Amazon gift card. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app.Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roundup, Signals and Space, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow T-Minus on LinkedIn and Instagram.T-Minus GuestOur guest today is Aunika Yasui, Captain of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s High Power Rocketry Club.You can find out more about the 2024 Spaceport America Cup at SoundingRocket.org.Selected ReadingRocket Lab Successfully Launches First of Two Climate Science Satellites for NASA- Business WireElon Musk's SpaceX Raptor engine test ends in a fiery explosion, Starship launch schedule remains unaffected - BusinessTodayThe Spaceport Company Signs Contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to Demonstrate Novel Sea-Based Space Launch InfrastructureRivada Space Networks Announces New Partners at AsiaTechX 2024Orbit Announces Successful Trial Of Airtrx30 Satcom Terminal Over Viasat Global Xpress (Gx) Satellitehttps://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874315/000143774924018333/satl20240522_6k.htmESA Awards Contracts for Spain’s Contribution to Atlantic ConstellationChina's Shenzhou-18 crew completes first extravehicular activity - CGTNKorea's inaugural space agency officially launchesSpace Force to accept Air Force Reserve volunteers for full-time positionsAmerica Is Getting Ready for Space Warfare - WSJ'It's once in a lifetime': Man finds heavy, mysterious object in North Carolina mountainsT-Minus Crew SurveyWe want to hear from you! Please complete our 4 question survey. It’ll help us get better and deliver you the most mission-critical space intel every day.Want to hear your company in the show?You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at space@n2k.com to request more info.Want to join us for an interview?Please send your pitch to space-editor@n2k.com and include your name, affiliation, and topic proposal.T-Minus is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices