Maria Varmazis

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Host @ T-Minus, the daily space industry #podcast.

On T-Minus, we cover all the developments happening in commercial/gov/mil space around the world AND talk to the people who are making it happen. New episodes every weekday, with special episodes on occasional weekends.

I'm using this account mainly to post episodes of the show for folks who might want to get updates that way, as well as related show notes and posts by show guests.

#TMinusSpaceDaily #spacepodcast

T-Minus podcasthttps://space.n2k.com/
recording fromgreater Boston, MA
about mehttps://www.mvarmazis.com
And, dang it, I forgot to do yesterday's episode :(

#TMinusSpaceDaily 194: SDA Tranche 2 awards for L3Harris, Lockheed, and Sierra! ๐Ÿš€

1๏ธโƒฃ SDA grants $2.5B contracts to L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, & Sierra Space. ๐Ÿš€

2๏ธโƒฃ US Space Force's flexible troop policy enhances adaptability. ๐ŸŒŒ

3๏ธโƒฃ Divergent views on NASA's Artemis Program emerge in US Federal Government hearing. ๐ŸŒ•

Guest: Student Tyler Glymph on academia to workforce transition.

Listen: https://space.n2k.com/podcasts/t-minus/194

#spaceindustry #spacenews #podcast #space

SDA Tranche 2 awards for L3Harris, Lockheed and Sierra.

$2.5B from SDA for L3Harris, Lockheed and Sierra. The US Space Force gets a bit more flexible. Artemis is scrutinized by a US Subcommittee. And more.

And a programming note - Monday is a federal holiday here in the US - Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We're off on Monday -- all T-Minus and all of the N2K podcasts will not be publishing our regular daily shows.

But we will drop a special program in our podcast feed on Monday for our listeners, just in case you miss my voice ๐Ÿ˜‰

#TMinusSpaceDaily 192: "It's been a week"! (phew ๐Ÿ˜Œ)

๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ Japan launches H2A with IGS Optical-8 launch, prepares for H3 test. ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต

๐Ÿšข China's Tianzhou-6 separates from Tiangong, Orienspace's Gravity-1 debuts with Yunyao-1. ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ

๐Ÿš€ ESA considers Falcon 9 for Sentinel-1C due to Vega C delays. ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

๐Ÿš€ GUEST: Daniel Pรฉrez Grande, CEO of IENAI Space, talks palm-sized propulsion.

Listen: https://space.n2k.com/podcasts/t-minus/192

#spaceindustry #spacenews #podcast #space

Itโ€™s been a week.

Japan launches a new spy satellite. The Gravity-1 vehicle has a successful inaugural launch in China. NASA reassesses space-based solar power. And more.

For three months, scientists struggled to open the canister of asteroid samples brought back by NASA's OSIRISREx mission

It was frustrating and a bit embarrassing. But at long last they have succeeded. The fasteners are off. Here come the asteroid rocks!

https://news.arizona.edu/story/nasas-osiris-rex-curation-team-clears-hurdle-access-remaining-bennu-sample #science #astronomy #space

NASA's OSIRIS-REx curation team clears hurdle to access remaining Bennu sample

NASA's Johnson Space Center curation team members have successfully removed the two fasteners from the sampler head that had prevented the remainder of OSIRIS-REx's asteroid Bennu sample material from being accessed.

University of Arizona News

#TMinusSpaceDaily 191: Europe's Flush With Funds ๐Ÿš€

D-Orbit: โ‚ฌ100M for global space cleanup. ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ

Sateliot: โ‚ฌ6M speeds up 5G nanosatellite constellation launch. ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ“ก

EO4Security: ESA's Orbital Guardian fights environmental crime. ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ

Listen: https://space.n2k.com/podcasts/t-minus/191

Guest: Meredith Garafalo on space comms and Foundation for the Future.

#spacenews #podcast #spaceindustry #space

Europeโ€™s flush with funds.

D-Orbit raises over $100M in new funding and Sateliot raises โ‚ฌ6M. ESA launches an environment monitoring platform. AX3 is ready for launch. And more.

@AstroHyde Will do! Having to do this manually is really *A Lot*

I'm trying to make sure I keep up a daily episode summary post cadence for T-Minus. Fingers crossed I keep this going!

I'm a real human posting these updates manually (and not a clever AI or whatnot) so if I'm doing something with the updates that does, or doesn't, work for you... tell me ๐Ÿ˜…

2023 in review! My first ever yearly directorโ€™s newsletter has been published and is available now. Read all about some of our biggest adventures over this last year: https://www.yorku.ca/science/observatory/ #Astrodon #astronomy #2023Recap #observatory #2023inreview #newyearseve
Welcome to the Allan I. Carswell Astronomical Observatory

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Basking in Aditya's Glow ๐ŸŒž T-Minus Space Daily episode 190
https://space.n2k.com/podcasts/t-minus/190

Today's episode highlights:

India's Aditya-L1 solar mission reaches Lagrange point 1. ๐Ÿ”†
Chinese lunar explorer preps at Hainan launch site. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿš€
ArianeGroup boosts MaiaSpace with 125 million euros. ๐Ÿ’ถ

Our guest: CEO John Rendon shares space event insights. ๐ŸŒŒ

#spacenews #podcast #spacepodcast #TMinusSpaceDaily

Basking in Adityaโ€™s glow.

Indiaโ€™s Aditya-L1 reaches its final destination. China prepares its lunar lander for launch. ArianeGroup reportedly increases support for MaiaSpace. And more.