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Nicolina Elrick’s journey is a tale of relentless ambition and resilience. From her humble beginnings in Scotland, she has forged her way to becoming one of the first 100 women to travel to space. Nicolina was part of Blue Origin’s NS-26 crew which flew to the Kármán line in August 2024. 
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The first Scottish woman in space.

The US Pentagon has awarded SpaceX a contract to enhance Ukraine’s secure communications by expanding access to their Starshield satellite network. The US Department of Defense has selected SES Space & Defense to deliver satellite capabilities in support of the United States European Command. Nova Space Solutions has received a NASA contract worth approximately $822.7 million to provide operations, services, maintenance and infrastructure support services for the agency’s Stennis Space Center and the Michoud Assembly Facility and more.
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Our guest today is Arial DeHerrera, Vice President of Programs at NewSpace Nexus.
You can connect with Arial on LinkedIn, and learn more about the Newspace Nexus Showspace Summit on their website.

Selected Reading
Elon Musk's SpaceX Gets US Contract to Expand Ukraine’s Access to Starshield - Bloomberg 
U.S. DoD Awards USEUCOM BPA to SES Space & Defense- Business Wire
Nova Space Solutions Lands $823M NASA Contract for Operations, Maintenance Support - GovCon Wire
AST SpaceMobile Announces Definitive Commercial Agreement with Vodafone Through 2034- Business Wire
Space42 and ICEYE Announce Joint Venture to Bring Satellite Manufacturing to the UAE
Pixxel raises $24M in additional funding, taking its total Series B raise to $60M
SatixFy Announces Nine-Month 2024 Results- Business Wire
Satellogic Announces $10 Million Private Placement Made By a Single Institutional Investor- Business Wire
NI SPACE Initiative Launched to Tackle Blue Green Algae
NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024

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The US expands Starshield access in Ukraine.

Viasat has been awarded a five-year, sole-source Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract through the US General Services Administration (GSA) with a $568 million ceiling. Redwire has been awarded a $45 million plus five-year cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the design, development, and testing of prototype software and hardware for mission critical technologies. Aalyria has been selected by the US Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to enhance connectivity for defense applications, and more.
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T-Minus Guest
Our guest today is Astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell.
You can connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn and read the paper he co-authored on launch and reentry air pollutants on Nature.com.

Selected Reading
Viasat Awarded up to $568 Million IDIQ Contract from General Services Administration to Support C5ISR Capabilities for U.S. Defense Forces
Redwire Awarded $45 Million Contract from Air Force Research Laboratory to Advance Enhanced Space-Based Capabilities for the Warfighter- Business Wire
Aalyria selected by Defense Innovation Unit to enhance swarm connectivity for defense applications- Business Wire
NASA Awards Contract for NOAA’s Next Generation Space Weather Program
Lockheed Martin’s Newest Technology Demo for Space Connectivity Is Ready for Launch
Mission Success for Rocket Lab’s Latest Suborbital Hypersonic Launch
Planet Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2025- Business Wire
Sierra Space Advances Space Domain Awareness with NVIDIA
ispace and Magna Petra Agree to Future Resources Exploration on the Moon’s Surface
ION-X raises €13 million to scale up to industrial production
NASA Invites Media to Panama, Austria Artemis Accords Signings
NASA Researchers Discover More Dark Comets

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The Environmental Cost of the Space Race.

Bloomberg shares an exclusive look at an insider share transaction over at SpaceX, with the company and its investors buying 1.25 billion of insider shares, making the company worth roughly $350 billion. Maxar Intelligence and Satellogic are teaming up to support US National Security missions. South Korean pharmaceutical company Boryung has invested $10 million in Intuitive Machines, and more.
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T-Minus Guest
Our guest today is AJ Gemer, Co-founder and CTO at Lunar Outpost.
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Selected Reading
Elon Musk's SpaceX Share Sale Values Company at About $350 Billion - Bloomberg
Ship 33 prepares for engine testing, Booster 14 Completes Static Fire - NASASpaceFlight.com
Maxar Intelligence and Satellogic Announce Tasking Partnership to Support National Security Missions- Business Wire
Boryung Invests USD 10 Million in Intuitive Machines to Collaborate on Lunar Healthcare Infrastructure
ESA - Sentinel-1C captures first radar images
Message Received: Viasat Continues Direct-to-Device Showcase with First Demonstration in United Arab Emirates
Guerrilla RF Sees 125% Year-Over-Year Growth Driven by Direct-to-Cellular Satellite Applications- Business Wire
China conducts static firing test of XZY-1 verification rocket - CGTN
China set to launch its new Long March-8A rocket in January 2025 - CGTN
Astranis Targets December Launch for Dedicated Falcon 9 Mission - Via Satellite
EXOpod Index

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SpaceX valued at $350 billion.

Fleet Space of Australia has closed a $150 million Australian dollar Series D funding round to advance its ExoSphere exploration platform. Lumen Orbit has raised $11 million in their latest seed round. Panama and Austria have become the 49th and 50th nations to commit to the Artemis Accords, and more.
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Our guest today is Araz Feyzi, Co-founder and CTO at Kayhan Space. 
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Selected Reading
Fleet Space Closes A$150M Series D with A$800M+ Valuation 
200 VCs wanted to get into Lumen Orbit's $11M seed round- TechCrunch
Artemis Accords Reach 50 Signatories as NASA Welcomes Panama, Austria
Astroscale’s ADRAS-J Achieves Historic 15-Meter Approach to Space Debris
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
NASA Performs First Aircraft Accident Investigation on Another World
Blue Origin Licenses Nimbus Power Systems’ Fuel Cell Technology for Development of Space Power Systems- Business Wire
MDA Space And Indspire Launch New Indigenous Student Scholarship Program
Human Activities Might Create Temporary Atmospheres on the Moon - Eos
Jared Isaacman on U.S. space competitiveness: ‘We can't be second’ - SpaceNews
Innovative AstroRad Vest Poised to Safeguard Astronauts from Space Radiation
Amateur Radio Operators Detect Signals From Voyager 1- Hackaday

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Fleet boosts their search for minerals from space.

NASA has released the Mars Future Plan: “Expanding the Horizons of Mars Science, a plan for a sustainable science program at Mars”. The US Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) cleared the House this week and is heading to the Senate. Brazil has passed a bill to establish a state-owned company to provide services for rocket launches, and more.
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Elysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report.

Selected Reading
The Mars Future Plan - NASA Science
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reaches Top of Jezero Crater Rim
House Passes Final FY2025 NDAA – SpacePolicyOnline.com
Brazilian Space Industry Gets Boost in Win for Embattled Lula - Bloomberg
India practices pulling its Gaganyaan astronaut capsule out of the sea (photos)- Space
Virgin Galactic Partners with Italy’s Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile to Conduct Spaceport Feasibility Study- Business Wire
Stoke Space hotfires rocket engine on new vertical test stand — a 'very big deal' for Washington startup – GeekWire
Colorado Aerospace Industry Continues to Grow: Polis Administration Announces Astro Digital Expansion in Colorado
NASA’s Juno Mission Uncovers Heart of Jovian Moon’s Volcanic Rage
NASA Successfully Integrates Roman Mission’s Telescope, Instruments
The Geminids meteor shower peaks this week. Here's what to expect

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NASA's Mars Future Plan.

You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws.
Our guests today are Araz Feyzi, Co-founder and CTO at Kayhan Space and Tim Sills, Lead Security Solutions Architect at AWS for Aerospace and Satellite.
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AWS Aerospace and Satellite

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AWS in Orbit: Data Automation and Space Domain Awareness with Kayhan Space.

The SpaceRISE consortium has signed an agreement with the European Commission and the European Space Agency to design, deliver and operate the Infrastructure for the Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite (IRIS²) project. An unidentified company plans to spend $1.8 billion in capital improvements at Cape Canaveral. SpaceX has sent a letter to officials in Texas to request that Starbase be incorporated as a city, and more.

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Our guest today is the Cyberwire Daily’s host Dave Bittner. 

Selected Reading
IRIS2 lifts off as European Commission and SpaceRISE sign contract in Brussels- Business Wire
Unidentified space company planning $1.8 billion in launch infrastructure, 600 jobs at Cape
Elon Musk wants to turn SpaceX's Starbase site into a Texas city - AP News
Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture Tranche 3 Program Integration (T3PI) Solicitation
FAA takes step to streamline launch licensing process - SpaceNews
Millennium Space Systems Names Tony Gingiss as CEO
Esper and Loft team up to pioneer resource monitoring with next-generation hyperspectral imagery
China to launch Long March-8 rocket from its 1st commercial spaceport - CGTN
NASA Awards Multi-Center Administrative Support Services Contract
'We are preparing to make history': NASA's Parker Solar Probe gears up for epic sun flyby on Christmas Eve- Space

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SpaceRISE for IRIS².

NASA has released its long-term goals for sustaining human presence in low earth orbit (LEO) called NASA's Low Earth Orbit Microgravity Strategy. Lockheed Martin’s Global Positioning System III space vehicle (GPS III SV07) launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for the RRT-1 mission, the first “Rapid Response Trailblazer”. Thailand signs the Artemis Accords, and more.
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Our guests today are Aerospace Corporation’s Uma Bruegman, Executive Director, Space Safety Institute (SSI) and Brian Weeden from the Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS).
You can read the Aerospace Corporation’s newly published Space Safety Compendium at Aerospace.org.

Selected Reading
NASA Finalizes Strategy for Sustaining Human Presence in Low Earth Orbit
NASA Sees Progress on Starlab Commercial Space Station Development
Seventh Lockheed Martin-Built GPS III Satellite Launches, Supporting Next-Gen Constellation Modernization and Rapid Launch Capability
NASA Welcomes Thailand as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
Lunar Outpost Inc Co-Leads Australia’s First Lunar Rover Program
China successfully launches new group of SAR satellites - CGTN
China launches internet satellite constellation - CGTN
Frontgrade Gaisler Leads European Initiative for Ultra Deep Sub-Micron Semiconductor Technology for Space Applications- Business Wire
Rocket Lab Delivers Second Spacecraft, Completes Third for Varda Space Industries- Business Wire
Artemis II Core Stage Moves to High Bay 2 - NASA
NASA Names New Leader of STEM Engagement
T-Mobile Opens Registration for Starlink Direct-to-Cell Satellite Service Beta Launch- Business Wire
Hamilton completes astronaut flight training for potential space flight - F1technical.net

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What’s next for humans in LEO?

Axiom Space has announced that it will have its space station ready two years ahead of schedule. Eutelsat has selected Airbus Defence and Space to build the extension of its OneWeb low Earth orbit constellation. SES successfully launched its latest pair of O3b mPOWER satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center last night, and more.
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T-Minus Guest
Our guest today is Ryan Brown, Executive Director of SpaceCom.
You can find out more about SpaceCom on their website.

Selected Reading
Axiom Space Accelerates Axiom Station Assembly
Eutelsat Selects Airbus Defence and Space to Build OneWeb low Earth Orbit Constellation Extension- Business Wire
SES’s Seventh and Eighth O3b mPOWER Satellites Successfully Launched, Bolstering MEO Constellation- Business Wire
ICEYE Closes $65m Extension To Existing Growth Funding Round For A Total Of $158m Raised In 2024
Sidus Space Announces $14 Million Private Placement- Business Wire
Tokyo startup's second satellite launch attempt ends in failure - The Japan Times 
Viasat Selected by Defense Innovation Unit to Deliver Resilient Network Orchestration Software for Replicator Autonomous Systems
Momentus to Deploy Defense Department and Commercial Payloads on Rideshare Mission with SpaceX in 2026- Business Wire
ISS National Lab-Sponsored Projects on Cancer, Neurodegenerative Conditions, and More Return From Space Station
Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules - The New York Times
Crayola, Space4All, Blue Origin's Club for the Future, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Announce Partnership to Champion the Importance of Creativity in Space

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Axiom Space Station’s ambitious timeline.

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