SpaceX and the United Launch Alliance have secured $1.76 billion in contract modifications from the US Space Force to provide launch services under the second phase of the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program. NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) 4 mission. Axiom Space selects British astronaut Tim Peake to join their team as a strategic advisor, and more.

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Our guest today is Former NASA Astronaut, Colonel Eileen Collins. 

You can connect with Colonel Collins on LinkedIn and you’ll find her book “Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission” in all good retail stores.

Selected Reading

ULA, SpaceX Book $1.8B in Space Force Contract Modifications Under NSSL Phase 2 Contract - GovCon Wire

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for NOAA's JPSS-4 Mission

Axiom Space Welcomes British Astronaut Tim Peake to its Astronaut Corps

InCubed2 - innovation in public services with satellite Earth observation - GOV.UK

BiologIC Technologies wins share of £65m fund for space medicine

Sweden Exploring Gripen Responsive Space Launch Capability- Aviation Week Network

Chinese scientists discover water molecules in Chang'e-5 lunar sample - CGTN

Lockheed Martin Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Iridium Announces Second-Quarter 2024 Results

Fire on the launch pad destroyed ABL Space rocket

Facilitating Intelligent Conversations About Artificial Intelligence- Space Systems Command 

New dawn for space storm alerts could help shield Earth's tech- The Royal Astronomical Society 

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