T-Minus Space Daily
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- 34 minutes 9 secondsWeighing the future of space exploration.
SolaMed Solutions provides aerospace medical expertise with innovative solutions to elevate human performance in space exploration. We speak to Chief Operating Officer Charles (Chuck) Doarn about his background and what he hopes to bring to the new space industry through Solamed Solutions.
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10 January 2026, 7:00 am - 18 minutes 53 secondsNASA decides to bring Crew-11 home early.
NASA has made the decision to bring Crew-11 home early from the International Space Station (ISS) due to a medical concern. Satellogic has signed a seven-figure contract with an unnamed customer for satellite imagery. Ursa Major has been selected as a partner for Teledyne Brown Engineering's prime contract under US Army Space and Missile Defense Command's Design, Development, Demonstration, and Integration Domain 1 contract, and more.
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Elysia Segal brings us the Space Traffic Report from NASASpaceflight.com.
Selected Reading
NASA Shares Latest Update on International Space Station Operations
Satellogic Secures 7-Figure Imagery Deal for Monitoring - Via Satellite
INNOSPACE chooses Santa Maria as its European launch base
GomSpace signs 2.9 MEUR Contract with Leading North American Space Company
Chinese space station explores battery behavior in microgravity conditions
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9 January 2026, 8:50 pm - 31 minutes 6 secondsNASA weighs an early end to Crew 11’s mission.
NASA says it is considering the possibility of an earlier end to Crew-11’s mission due to a medical situation on board the International Space Station. Karman Space and Defense has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Seemann Composites and MSC. PowerBank and Smartlink AI’s Genesis-1 satellite is confirmed to be operating an artificial intelligence model directly in orbit, and more.
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Our guest today is John Serafini, the CEO of HawkEye 360.
You can connect with John on LinkedIn, and find out more about HawkEye 360 on their website.
Selected Reading
International Space Station Update - NASA
NASA Postpones Jan. 8 Spacewalk
Major firsts achieved: China unveils 2025 space station 'work summary' - CGTN
Eric and Wendy Schmidt to fund space telescope, three ground-based observatories
Stellant Systems to be Acquired by TransDigm for $960M - Via Satellite
Study casts doubt on potential for life on Jupiter's moon Europa- Reuters
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8 January 2026, 8:45 pm - 16 minutes 1 secondCongress rejects proposals for cutting NASA’s budget for the fiscal year.
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees released the text of their joint conference agreement on the FY2026 Commerce-Justice-Science bill with a rejection of the cuts to NASA proposed by the Trump Administration. NASA has selected ARES Technical Services Corporation to provide launch range operations support at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Sierra Space has completed the first nine satellite structures, Plane 1 of the 18 total satellites the company is contracted to deliver for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA’s) Tranche 2 Tracking Layer program (T2TL), and more.
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Selected Reading
NASA Awards Launch Range Contract for Wallops Flight Facility
Israel announces $19 million national space R&D lab to accelerate startup access to orbit - JNS.org
NASA's Hubble Examines Cloud-9, First of New Type of Object
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7 January 2026, 8:50 pm - 24 minutes 53 secondsNASA launches an infrastructure modernization effort.
NASA’s Dynamic Test Stand and the Propulsion and Structural Test Facility, known as the T-Tower at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are due to be demolished. The library at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland is closing after a number of disruptions and reductions by the Trump administration. NASA has selected industry proposals to advance technologies for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory concept, and more.
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Our guest today is Greg Gillinger, SVP for Strategy & Development, Integrity ISR.
Selected Reading
NASA begins infrastructure overhaul under Isaacman as Trump pushes ambitious space exploration goals
Goddard Space Flight Center staff says library's closure degrades NASA's mission- NPR
NASA Selects Tech Proposals to Advance Search-for-Life Mission
Spain’s New Communications Satellite Suffers “Space Particle” Strike
Tory Bruno Hops From ULA, Skips to Blue Origin - Via Satellite
A Mouse Just Gave Birth After Going to Space. Here's Why That's a Big Deal- ScienceAlert
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6 January 2026, 8:50 pm - 28 minutes 1 secondESA ended 2025 with a data breach.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has confirmed that some of its systems have been breached after a hacker offered to sell data allegedly stolen from the organization. L3Harris Technologies has agreed to sell a majority part of its Space Propulsion and Power Systems business to private equity firm AE Industrial Partners. The United States Space Force (USSF) has issued requests for launch provider interest in launch pads at both Cape Canaveral Space Force Base, and Vandenberg Space Force Base, and more.
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Bailey Reichelt from Aegis Space Law and Matthew Linton from Linton Space Law bring us Space Law FAQs.
Selected Reading
Space Agency Confirms Breach — Hackers Claim 200 GB Of Data Stolen
L3Harris to Sell Majority Stake in Space Propulsion & Power Business to AE Industrial Partners
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Request for Information for Space Launch Complex-46 Lease
SpaceX launches Italian Earth-observing satellite to orbit on the 1st mission of 2026- Space
After half a decade, the Russian space station segment stopped leaking - Ars Technica
NASA Astronaut Nick Hague Retires
SpaceX lowering orbits of 4,400 Starlink satellites for safety's sake- Space
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5 January 2026, 8:49 pm - 25 minutes 3 secondsInspiration4 with Dr. Sian “Leo” Proctor.
Dr. Sian “Leo” Proctor was the keynote speaker at SpaceCom 2025. We caught up with the Inspiration4 astronaut to find out about her journey into space and how it inspires her art here on Earth.
You can find out more about Dr. Proctor on her website.
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3 January 2026, 7:00 am - 26 minutes 22 secondsFlight and the future with Astronaut Wendy Lawrence.
Wendy Lawrence (Captain, US Navy, Retired) is an engineer, pilot (helicopter), and a former NASA Astronaut. She flew on four space shuttle missions, and is now using her experience to inspire the next generation of the space workforce. She tells us about her work with the Challenger Learning Center and Higher Orbits.
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2 January 2026, 7:00 am - 34 minutes 50 secondsIs space becoming more political?
Space has long been considered bi-partisan domain in the US, but is it becoming more political? Our guest is Kevin Kelly. Kevin is a former Senate appropriations staffer who oversaw funding for NASA, the NSF, and 25 other agencies. Now a partner at Actum, he advises some of the most influential players in science and defense. His career has spanned everything from nuclear tech and climate systems to the tools we use to monitor near-Earth threats, and he shares his thesis on why space is becoming more political.
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1 January 2026, 7:00 am - 27 minutes 44 secondsSatellite IoT with Iridium.
Satellite IoT refers to the integration of satellite networks with Internet of Things (IoT) devices to enable connectivity and data exchange in remote and challenging environments. This allows IoT devices, like sensors and trackers, to communicate directly with satellites, bypassing terrestrial infrastructure. We spoke to Ian Itz, Executive Director of Global IoT Line of Business at Iridium about the service they offer.
You can connect with Ian on LinkedIn, and learn more about Iridium on their website.
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31 December 2025, 7:00 am - 23 minutes 14 secondsMentorship with the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.
The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) was created in 1984 by six Mercury 7 astronauts. Since then astronauts from the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs have pursued the mission to encourage university students pursuing scientific excellence. The prestigious Astronaut Scholarship is known nationwide for being among the largest merit-based monetary scholarships awarded to undergraduate STEM juniors and seniors. ASF has a life-long relationship with each Astronaut Scholar and provides them with mentors, professional and personal development and networking with astronauts. Former NASA Astronaut Christopher Ferguson joins us to talk about the power of mentorship along with his mentee Vikas Patel.
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