It's October, and that means it’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month. This feels like a good moment to review how to keep our personal and professional worlds secure, because it is not just one department's job, it's really up to each and every one of us to do our bit to keep our important stuff safe from cybercriminals. 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...
Oct 03, 2024•10 min•Season 1Ep. 374
T-Minus Producer Alice Carruth participated in the NASA Social Media event ahead of the Crew 9 launch from Florida. She shares her experience with the tour and launch. 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 T-Minus Producer Alice Carruth. Selected Reading SpaceX Dragon with Crew...
Oct 02, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 373
United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket rolled out to Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral ahead of its scheduled Friday launch. The Deep Space Network (DSN) managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory successfully completed end-to-end test communications with Astrobotic’s Griffin lunar lander. The China Manned Space Agency has shared the design of the nation’s spacesuit for lunar landing, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an...
Oct 01, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 372
SpaceX Dragon “Freedom” carrying the two-man Crew 9 team docked to the International Space Station on Sunday. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is once again grounded pending investigation after it experienced an off-nominal deorbit burn. A new report on NASA’s Management of Risks to Sustaining ISS Operations through 2030 has shared that the leak rate on the orbiting lab is getting worse, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our wee...
Sep 30, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 371
D-Orbit completes their Series C round. Agile Space locks in new funding, too. Starlink subscriptions continue to balloon. 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 Elysia Segal from NASASpaceflight.com brings us the Space Traffic Report. Selected Reading D-Orbit Successfully Close...
Sep 30, 2024•24 min•Season 1Ep. 370
Our guest today is Jason Roberson, Industry Value Expert, Aerospace & Defense at Dassault Systèmes. You can connect with Jason on LinkedIn and learn more about Dassault Systèmes 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 LinkedIn and Instagram. T-Minus Crew Survey We want to hear from you! Please c...
Sep 28, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 67
NASA awarded a 3 year, $15 million dollar SBIR phase 3 contract to Starfish Space to complete a Small Spacecraft Propulsion Inspection Capability mission (SSPICY). Slingshot Aerospace, ExoAnalytic Solutions, and COMSPOC have been selected to participate in the Office of Space Commerce’s Improved Satellite Owner/Operator Ephemeris Pathfinder. Rocket Lab has completed testing and integration of its second Pioneer spacecraft for Varda Space Industries, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating...
Sep 26, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 369
The China National Space Administration says China's lunar exploration project will launch two more missions after Chang'e-6 to lay the foundation for an International Lunar Research Station (ILRS). Radian Aerospace has completed the first round of ground taxi tests with its prototype flight vehicle, PFV01. The joint European Space Agency and German Aerospace Agency lunar analogue facility called LUNA opened in Cologne, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite p...
Sep 25, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 368
Firefly to launch QuickSounder. Planet announces a Forest Carbon Monitoring. NASA authorization passes in the US House. 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 is Terry Shehata of the Maine Space, sharing the latest in space in the state of Maine, and the Mai...
Sep 24, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 367
The Soyuz MS 25 spacecraft carrying NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson along with Cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko made a parachute-assisted landing in Kazakhstan. Heads of States from 193 countries have agreed to the United Nations proposed Pact for the Future addressing active debris removal, and space traffic and space resources. The US Office of Space Commerce’s Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS is due to launch in just over 1 week, beginning a transition from the Defense De...
Sep 23, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 366
Maria Lanas is an artist that discovered the power of engagement with children through a happy accident. Find out how her Projekt Postcards found a new purpose in space when it crossed paths with Astronaut Nicole Stott. You can connect with Maria on LinkedIn and learn more about Space For Art Foundation 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 m...
Sep 21, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 66
India’s government approves several major new space initiatives, including the first module of the country’s own space station, the Bhatariya Antariksh Station (BAS-1). Japan’s government has approved a Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase 3 grant for Interstellar Technologies worth up to ¥4.63 billion ($32.5 million). China launched the last pair of backup satellites for the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3), and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in yo...
Sep 20, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 365
Forbes reports that Axiom is facing financial troubles and that about 100 people have been laid off from the company this year. BlackSky has been awarded a data services contract by HEO to bring automated low-latency capabilities to non-Earth imaging services for defense, intelligence and commercial use. SpaceX threatens to file suit against the FAA for regulatory overreach, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our w...
Sep 19, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 364
NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines with a Near Space Network (NSN) contract for communication and navigation services for missions in the near space region, which extends from Earth’s surface to beyond the Moon. NASA and NOAA have selected Lockheed Martin to develop a lightning mapping instrument as part of NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program. York Space Systems has successfully established optical communications in orbit with its Tranche 0 satellites, and more....
Sep 18, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 363
Sierra Space has unveiled its Carbothermal Oxygen Production Reactor which successfully completed thermal vacuum testing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Softbank and Intelsat are collaborating to launch a single “Ubiquitous Network” enabling customers to stay connected everywhere they go. The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed $633,009 in civil penalties against SpaceX for allegedly failing to follow its license requirements during operations in 2023, and more. Remember to leave us a 5...
Sep 17, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 362
The Polaris Dawn all-civilian crew safely splashed down near Florida on early Sunday morning, concluding their 5 days in Earth's orbit. Telesat has completed funding agreements with the Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec for its Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit broadband satellite constellation. Construction is underway on MDA Space’s 185,000 square foot expansion at its satellite production facility in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rat...
Sep 16, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 361
Our guest today is Jai Dialani, Managing Director of Leaf Space US. Leaf Space is an Italian company specializing in Ground Segment as a Service (GSaaS) solutions. Its mission is to simplify satellite communications by providing managed services for satellite operators. The company supports a range of space operations, including small satellite constellations and launch vehicle tracking, with a focus on innovation and sustainability within the expanding space ecosystem. You can connect with Jai...
Sep 14, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Polaris Dawn’s crew released a music video from space collaborating with musicians back on Earth. Venture Capitalist group Airbus Ventures have raised a $155 million fund. United Airlines have signed an agreement with SpaceX’s Starlink to provide free inflight wifi to customers using the airline's mainline and regional aircraft fleet, 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...
Sep 13, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 360
Two members of the Polaris Dawn crew performed spacewalks this morning marking the first ever privately funded EVA. AST SpaceMobile has announced the successful launch of its first five commercial satellites, called BlueBirds. Chinese space company LandSpace conducted a successful 10-kilometer vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) jump test, 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,...
Sep 12, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 359
The crew of Soyuz MS-26 joins Expedition 71 on the International Space Station. Varda Space has announced a research collaboration with SSPC, the Research Ireland Centre for Pharmaceuticals, that aims to advance mathematical modeling of crystallization in microgravity. The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) has announced a new opportunity for commercial space situational awareness (SSA) companies to support the development of the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS), and more. Remember to ...
Sep 11, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 358
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched the Polaris Dawn mission from Florida to an apogee higher than any human has traveled since the Apollo program. ispace has formed a Lunar Advisory Board that includes respected leaders in the space industry. MDA Space has been contracted by SWISSto12 to provide antenna systems for three of the company's HummingSat satellites for geostationary orbit, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up f...
Sep 10, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 357
Boeing’s Starliner capsule returned to Earth on Friday night concluding a three-month flight test to the International Space Station. NASA has delayed the launch of the ESCAPADE mission to Mars until at least the spring of 2025. NASA has selected eight companies for a new award to help acquire Earth observation data and provide related services for the agency, 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 intellige...
Sep 09, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 356
Our guest today is Space Educator and Author, Mark Wagner. You can connect with Mark on LinkedIn and read his Space Education Book, access his Space Education Curriculum for high school developed with the Space Prize Foundation and find out more about the Space Education Summit that is coming up on November 22. 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...
Sep 07, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Starliner’s set to return. Varda space cinches their next re-entry license ahead of time. NASA and DARPA to collaborate on a servicing demo in GEO. 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 And Elysia Segal from NSF will be bringing us the Space Traffic Report, taking a l...
Sep 06, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 355
The last Vega rocket lifted off from the European Space Agency’s spaceport in French Guiana transporting the third Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite to orbit. China’s space agency and its counterpart in Senegal signed an agreement on the Chinese-led International Lunar Research Station (ILRS). General Dynamics Missions Systems has been awarded a $491.6 million contract by the Space Development Agency (SDA), and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Mis...
Sep 05, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 354
Atlas Space Operations has raised $15 million in its latest growth investment round. The University of Notre Dame is leading a series of experiments onboard the International Space Station to revolutionize early cancer detection. Sierra Space has successfully completed acoustic testing on its Shooting Star cargo module at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, 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 roundu...
Sep 04, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 353
The FAA declares that the SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle may return to flight operations while the overall investigation of the anomaly during the Starlink Group 8-6 mission remains open, provided all other license requirements are met. Polaris Dawn is expected to launch on Friday, September 6 from Florida. NASA says that the pulsating noise on the Starliner was the result of an audio configuration between the space station and Starliner, and more. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in you...
Sep 03, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 352
Welcome to the T-Minus Overview Radio Show. In this program we’ll feature some of the conversations from our daily podcast with the people who are forging the path in the new space era, from industry leaders, technology experts and pioneers, to educators, policy makers, research organizations, 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...
Sep 02, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Our guest today is Analog Astronaut and International Space Alliance Founder, Martina Dimoska. Martina is creating her own path into the space industry from a non-traditional space region. She represents her home nation of North Macedonia, and the Balkan region in general, on the global stage. You can connect with Martina on LinkedIn and learn more about the International Space Alliance on their website. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episod...
Aug 31, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 63
NASA has selected Intuitive Machines for a fourth Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative (CLPS) delivery award. Boeing’s Starliner is set to depart the International Space Station no earlier than September 6. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the ISS, 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...
Aug 30, 2024•24 min•Season 1Ep. 351
