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Quantum Leaps in global navigation.


Season 1 Episode 40


The UK’s Royal Navy has successfully tested a quantum navigation system. Space Force awards Northrop Grumman a weather satellite launch contract. Orbit Fab selects Impulse Space’s vehicle to host a fuel depot for an in-orbit refueling demonstration for the US Space Force. NASA completes its TROPICs constellation, and more.

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T-Minus Guest

Our guest for today’s episode is former NASA Astronaut Colonel Eileen Collins talking about current human spaceflight launches and future missions to Mars. 

Col. Collins has released a new book “Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission” and you can connect with her on LinkedIn.


Selected Reading

Royal Navy's experimental ship carries out first trial of quantum navigation system- Sky

£37bn added to UK economy by aerospace and defence- Aerospace Manufacturing

Northrop Grumman wins $45 million Space Force contract to launch small weather satellite- Space News

Orbit Fab selects Impulse Space’s orbital vehicle for in-space refueling demo- Space News

The Space Force’s new fitness regime has landed- Air Force Times

Rocket Lab launches 2 tiny NASA hurricane-watching probes to orbit- Space.com

SpaceX investment in Starship approaches $5 billion- Space News

Planet and UAE Space Agency Forge Climate Change Partnership- Via Satellite

Intuitive Machines Lunar Landing Site Moves to South Pole- NASA

Space Hero and Partners Launch Innovative Space Village, Boosting Space Tourism- Space Daily

Weather Network Needed For Precision Human Landings On Mars, Says ESA- Forbes

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