Nobody's having an easy time of things right now but NASA especially is feeling budgetary pressure. The Planetary Science Caucus is back. Airbus invites startups to its summer 2024 accelerator program. China’s Mars Sample Return mission is “progressing smoothly,” and more. 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 Link...
Mar 07, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 229
NASA celebrates the newest class of Astronaut graduates as it puts out a call for new applicants. Terran Orbital is awarded an Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a $45 million ceiling value by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate. The UK Government has included up to £160 million for the connectivity in low Earth orbit program known as CLEO in the Spring Budget, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episod...
Mar 06, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 228
SpaceX launches the Transporter 10 rideshare mission carrying 53 payloads to low Earth orbit. Terran Orbital has been awarded a $15.2 million contract to supply Ambassador Class satellite platforms complete with solar arrays and support equipment to the Air Force Research Laboratory, and more. 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 f...
Mar 05, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 227
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 are currently on their way to the International Space Station, after they launched late last night from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Lockheed Martin’s makes a bid to acquire Terran Orbital for $600 million. NASA is shutting down a more than $2 billion project to test satellite servicing like fueling in space, citing higher costs and schedule delays, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss a...
Mar 04, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 226
Robert Kurson is the author of Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon. Find out what inspired him to document the lives of Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders. You can learn more about Robert Kurson’s novels on his website. 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 ...
Mar 02, 2024•35 min•Season 1Ep. 40
The US Department of State has concluded an administrative settlement with The Boeing Company to resolve 199 violations of the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. High winds and rough seas in the Atlantic have pushed back the launch of SpaceX Crew-8 Saturday at 11.16pm local time at the earliest, and more. 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 S...
Mar 01, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 225
Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander Odysseus continues to operate on the surface of the Moon. The Russian made Nauka module attached to the International Space Station has suffered a leak of a backup cooling system. Iran successfully launched the "Pars-I" remote sensing and imaging satellite into orbit from Russia, and more. 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 ...
Feb 29, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 224
Rocket Lab reports financial results and shares a backlog of contracts valued at over $1 billion dollars. Astra Space Founders have offered to buy out the struggling company for $278 million. Northrop Grumman has warned employees that it could be facing layoffs at their space facility in southern California following a termination of a Space Force contract, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence...
Feb 28, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 223
India bestows wings and introduces to the world the selection of the first four Vyomanauts. France-based UNSEENLABS has raised €85 million in a new funding round. The FAA has closed the SpaceX-led mishap investigation of the Starship Super Heavy Orbital Test Flight 2 launch that occurred in November 2023, and more. 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 ...
Feb 27, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 222
Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander Odysseus seen in first images on the moon. Japan’s SLIM woke up after the lunar night. China launches a satellite for multi-band and high-speed communication technology experiments, and more. 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 Guest Our guest today...
Feb 26, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 221
Keisha Schahaff won a trip to space aboard a Virgin Galactic flight. She became the first woman from the Caribbean to go to space and she took her daughter with her. Find out how Keisha’s trip to space has transformed her life and influenced her career as a Wellness and Health Coach. She shared her incredible story with us. You can connect with Keisha on LinkedIn and learn more about her work on her website. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an ep...
Feb 24, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Intuitive Machines makes history as the first commercial company to land on the Moon. Payloads from NASA and commercial customers are at the Moon’s south pole carried by the Nova-C class lunar lander called Odysseus. The landing is the first for the US since 1972, and more. 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 Lin...
Feb 23, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 220
Intuitive Machine’s Nova to attempt to land on the moon. Rocket Lab and Varda return the W-1 to Earth carrying pharmaceutical crystals. The European Space Agency’s ERS-2 is deorbited and burned up in Earth’s atmosphere on reentry, and more. 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 Guest...
Feb 22, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 219
The US Space Force wants a hotline with China to prevent crises in space. Chinese commercial company Space Circling raises $13.9 million in a Series A funding round. Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lunar lander is scheduled to touchdown on the moon tomorrow, February 22, at 1649 CST, and more. 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 foll...
Feb 21, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 218
Australia-based space services company Gilmour Space raises $55 million Australian dollars, in a Series D round. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched the second H3 rocket on February 17. Astroscale launched its commercial debris inspection demonstration satellite ADRAS-J, from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our weekly intelligence roun...
Feb 20, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 217
Kathy O’Donnell is the leader of Space Solutions Architecture for AWS Aerospace and Satellite. In this extended conversation, we dive into how AWS is supporting generative AI in the space domain. She walks us through some incredible case studies with AWS customers who are using generative AI and space technologies to improve life here on Earth. Learn more about generative AI use cases for space at AWS re:Invent. AWS in Orbit is a podcast collaboration between N2K Networks and AWS to offer listen...
Feb 19, 2024•41 min•Season 1Ep. 1
With the mainstream media focusing on why we shouldn’t go to Antarctica, why we should not go to the Moon and why we should not venture beyond Earth, Daniel Fox takes us through the compelling case of why we should connect and feel places that were once only reachable through the sheer endurance of suffering. You can connect with Daniel on LinkedIn and sign up for his Future of Space newsletter. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-u...
Feb 17, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 38
The Artemis Accords now have 36 signatories, with Uruguay joining the space exploration cooperation agreement. Viasat wraps up installing satellite communications on a US Navy Military Sealift Command ship, marking a milestone in their 10-year contract. Iridium has reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2023 and issued its full-year 2024 guidance, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our week...
Feb 16, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 216
Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission Nova-C class lunar lander has launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and is heading to the Moon. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Space Development Agency (SDA) confirmed the successful launch of six satellites to low-Earth orbit by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Varda has received long-awaited approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to bring its first spacecraft W-1 back to earth, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite ...
Feb 15, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 215
BAE Systems secures approvals for finalizing the acquisition of Ball Aerospace. SpaceX scrubs Wednesday’s launch of IM-1 due to methane issues and is now targeting the early hours of Thursday in Florida for launch. The launch window for the Space Force's classified USSF-124 mission opens at 5:30 p.m. tonight, and more. 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 mis...
Feb 14, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 214
Satellite manufacturer K2 Space has raised $50 million in new funding. Direct-to-device satellite connectivity service provider Skylo Technologies has raised $37 million in an equity round. Intuitive Machines and SpaceX have completed tests ahead of their planned IM-1 launch on a Falcon 9 rocket, and more. 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...
Feb 13, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 213
Space traffic management company LeoLabs has raised $29 million in new funding to support commercial and government customers. Synspective has signed an agreement with Vietnam to advance the application of satellite remote sensing technology in monitoring natural resources and the environment, preventing natural disasters, and fostering economic development. Greece has become the 35th country to sign the Artemis Accords, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite ...
Feb 12, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 212
The space industry has a workforce problem. Find out how Jacobs Senior Manager Joe Bullington uses community engagement and advocacy to reach new pools of talent. You can connect with Joe on LinkedIn and learn more about the Jacobs Space Exploration Group on their website. 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 Link...
Feb 10, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 37
The Axiom 3 mission crew have made it back to Earth following their mission to the International Space Station. Polaris Dawn announces further delays to its launch. Rocket Lab to launch Astroscale’s satellite later this month. Data and analytics company Spire Global has announced a partnership with Signal Ocean, a leader in shipping technology, and more. 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, Sig...
Feb 09, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 211
The US Air Force is partnering with Space Operations Command to integrate space-based capabilities into all of its warfighting operations to defend space assets from cyber attacks. The Republic of Indonesia has awarded a contract to BlackSky to establish a dedicated Earth imaging satellite network. Pale Blue has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research program grant from Japan to develop and demonstrate key technology for space debris mitigation, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star ...
Feb 08, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 210
You can learn more about AWS in Orbit at space.n2k.com/aws. 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. In this compelling conversation, we learn about Degas Ltd.'s innovative use of generative AI to promote regenerative agriculture practices. Yohei provides insights into case studies that demonstrate the transformative impact on local farmers and the environment. Yohei i...
Feb 08, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 4
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab has announced a new round of layoffs impacting about 8% of JPL's workforce. Viasat reported earned revenue of $1.1 billion for Q3 of fiscal year 2024, a 73% Year-over-Year increase. The Axiom 3 Mission crew undocked from the International Space station and began their journey home, and more. 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 ...
Feb 07, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 209
The return of the Axiom 3 crew and the launch of the NASA PACE mission have been delayed due to weather conditions in Florida. Intuitive Machines has successfully completed all integration milestones for its IM-1 mission Nova-C class lunar lander, and is looking to launch on February 14. Greece is looking for proposals for its planned €60-million Earth observation microsatellite constellation, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode...
Feb 06, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 208
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko sets a world record for total time spent in space, logging more than 878 days in orbit. China’s Geespace conducted its second successful satellite launch over the weekend, sending eleven satellites into low Earth orbit. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to send a robot called Vyommitra to space ahead of its first human spaceflight, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign...
Feb 05, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 207
Niamh Shaw is an Irish engineer, scientist, writer and performer. She has two degrees in engineering and a PhD in science. Niamh is passionate about igniting people's curiosity, and exploring crossovers in STEM, art and communication to share the human story of science. You can connect with Niamh on LinkedIn and learn more about her work on her website. 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, Sign...
Feb 03, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 36
