Secret space plane maneuvers.

The US Space Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is executing a series of novel maneuvers, called aerobraking, to change its orbit around Earth and safely dispose of its service module components. NASA’s Low-Cost Optical Terminal ground station transmitted its first laser communications uplink to the TBIRD (TeraByte Infrared Delivery). ispace and the Asteroid Mining Corporation (AMC) have announced an agreement for a space robotics demonstration on a future ispace mission to the lunar surface, and more.

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Our guest is Moez Kamel, Threat Management Specialist at IBM Security.

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Selected Reading

X-37B begins novel space maneuver

NASA Terminal Transmits First Laser Communications Uplink to Space

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1843797123420303789

ispace and Asteroid Mining Corporation Agree to Pursue Future Mission to the Moon

UAE Cabinet approves establishment of Supreme Space Council- The National

International Spaceports Launch New Strategic Alliance - Via Satellite

Billionaire Robinhood co-founder launches Aetherflux, a space-based solar power startup- TechCrunch

ViaSat-3 F1 Begins Delivering Service for Government Customers

Bridgit Mendler's space startup Northwood passes first test, connecting prototype antenna to Planet satellites

What’s at Stake for Space in the Presidential Election - Bloomberg

Carbon Mapper Releases First Emissions Detections from the Tanager-1 Satellite 

Varda Announces Participation in the Annual Meetings of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers

ESA - Sound of Earth’s magnetic flip 41 000 years ago

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