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Listen to the daily headlines from the First Up newsletter on the business, politics, and perspective of the space industry.

Jeff Foust


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    What NASA's budget proposal could mean for Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 9:26


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    Three space companies, three funding announcements

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2025 8:36


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    Voyager Technologies' big day on Wall Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 7:55


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    SES-Intelsat merger clears key hurdle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2025 6:49


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    Two Chinese satellites may be testing refueling

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2025 7:41


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    Starliner's future? Still undecided

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 7:40


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    Cruz floats $10B boost for NASA programs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2025 9:30


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    Isaacman: NASA nomination derailed by staff with ‘axes to grind'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 9:02


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    A push to modernize launch sites

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2025 8:03


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    BAE's billion-dollar Space Force win

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 6:25


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    NASA awaits new leader, faces a roughly 25% budget cut

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 8:37


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    China's goal to dominate AI in space

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 8:54


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    A rush to launch the next GPS satellite

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 6:43


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    Rocket Lab's latest deal could shape its Pentagon prospects

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 6:52


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    What happened on the SpaceX Starship Flight 8

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 8:48


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    Starship could launch as early as Tuesday

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 7:30


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    The need for more space-based maritime surveillance

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 8:54


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    Trump names a leader for Golden Dome

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 9:45


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    Director of National Intelligence pushes intel shift to border security

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 8:33


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    The first failure of India's PSLV rocket since 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 8:52


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    Putting a price tag on Golden Dome

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 8:16


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    Concerns about the NRO's imagery budget

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 7:30


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    Faulty altimeters and the Intuitive Machines 2 mission

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 8:45


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    Managing a 25% duty on foreign satellites

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 8:25


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    White House may revive the National Space Council

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 8:20


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    Uncertainty clouds Artemis — but the work goes on

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 8:20


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    Why IonQ acquired Capella Space

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 8:42


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    The Space Force's squeeze: flat budgets, new responsibilities

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 6:08


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    Stratolaunch's hypersonic vehicle hits Mach 5

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 7:07


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    Eutelsat brings in a new CEO

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 7:39


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    Space Force takes a STEP on small sat testing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 5:50


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    Golden Dome: fantasy or essential?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 6:42


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    A simmering fight over spectrum sharing

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 8:21


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    Project Kuiper milestone: first 27 satellites launched - April 29 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 6:36


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    A $25B budget push for Golden Dome

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 8:22


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    Isaacman calls NASA science cuts not optimal

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 8:10


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    Boeing reports progress on Starliner amid issues

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 7:57


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    An early data point on the impact of tariffs

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 6:25


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    DARPA targets water ice on the moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 5:55


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    The NRO's surge: 200 satellites in two years

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 6:51


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    The 'riskiest period' of the ISS' existence

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 6:08


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    Minotaur's first launch in nearly 5 years

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 7:29


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    Astranis wins Taiwan order despite satellite problem

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 6:39


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    Tournear returns to Space Development Agency

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 6:11


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    White House proposes big cuts to NASA and NOAA programs

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 7:15


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    Validation for Space Force's commercial focus

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 8:33


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    Moon, Mars — why not both?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 9:28


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    A playbook for building satellites faster

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 11:22


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    An 'unsettling' time for federal workers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 10:19


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    What a trade war means for space

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 9:34


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    Tracking China's growing counterspace arsenal

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 7:56


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