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In this episode, Apogy founder Jessica Crow speaks with April and Wil Jackson, both of whom participated in Apogy's online Change Management Training and Certification Program, which included coaching with Jessica. April and Wil, who both retired from the U.S. Air Force after more than 20 years of service, have certifications in change management as well as project management. They are active members of the Project Management Institute's Pikes Peak Regional Chapter, where April also serves on the board. Currently, Wil is the director of contracts for Boecore, LLC, an aerospace and defense engineering company that specializes in software solutions, systems engineering, cybersecurity, enterprise networks, and mission operations. April is a program analyst for Dynetics, a Leidos Company, where she provides program management and logistical support to the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command's 1st Space Brigade. During this fun and impactful conversation, April and Wil discuss their motivation to get change management training and how the experience gave them not only a solid foundation in the practice, but also resulted in several powerful mindset shifts that led to positive changes at work and within their professional communities. Other highlights from the conversation include: Learning how change management is not a linear process; How to connect with others so they are more open and willing to change; Why you should not let “good get in the way of great” if you want to make progress; and, How being a good leader of others starts with being a good leader of yourself. If you are curious about change management training, want to be a better leader at work, or want to experience more on-the-job fulfillment - do not miss this episode!

Straight from Benzinga newsdesk, hosts Brent Slava and Michael O'Connor bring you the market news and stocks to watch.Subscribe to our Stocks To Watch Newsletter here : https://go.benzinga.com/sales-page-187126583617110118712659STOCKS TO WATCH:  $MU $RKT $DLTR $LDOS $IRWDMicron Technology (MU) - Shares were down about 4% Monday morning following a report the Chinese government found cybersecurity issues related to Micron's products. Chinese officials have asked its infrastructure operators not to buy Micron products. Rocket Companies (RKT) - A play on interest rates. Last week Fed Funds Futures rates showed more conviction by institutions the Federal Reserve will pause interest rate hikes by July. As a mortgage company, Rocket Companies is among the most sensitive publicly-traded companies tied to the interest-rate cycle. Dollar Tree (DLTR) - A play on consumers being more (or potentially less) focused on cost savings. Dollar Tree will report quarterly results on Thursday before market open. Leidos Holdings (LDOS) - Shares appeared unaffected Monday morning despite news (as highlighted in a William Blair research report) NASA awarded its second human lunar lander contract to a team led by Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin. Leidos' subsidiary, Dynetics, was pursuing this contract with partner Northrop Grumman (NOC). Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (IRWD) - Shares were down about 7% following news the company offered to acquire VectivBio (VECT) in about a $1 billion deal. Shares of Vectiv were up 35% on the news.Did someone forward you this email? Click here to get your own copy, delivered hot and fresh to your inbox every morning. Hosts:Brent Slava Reach out to Brent at brent@benzinga.comSr. Reporter, Head of Benzinga NewsdeskMichael O'Connor Reach out to Michael at michaeloconnor@benzinga.comBenzinga Strategy Developmentpro.benzinga.comIf you have ideas for stocks we should cover or have feedback about the info or presentation, please drop us a line at newsdesk@benzinga.com or aslicoskun@benzinga.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Construction Begins on the Square Kilometer Array. Artemis I's iconic crescent Earthrise picture. A gamma-ray burst that breaks all the rules. SpaceX launches a new service.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses the Reagan National Defense Forum, the Pentagon's new strategic capital initiative, Leidos' investor day at the company's Dynetics unit in Huntsville, Ala., and the B-21 Raider bomber rollout last week; and an analysis of the Reagan Forum with former Pentagon comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim, Michael Herson of American Defense International, and Dr. Kathleen McInnis who leads the Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

The Artemis lunar landing program is moving ahead. While the SLS works toward its test flight, SpaceX makes progress on its Lunar Starship, and after a lawsuit-riddled two years, Blue Origin and partners will bid on a secondary landing system. Also, the Mars helicopter gets quiet, and nukes in space are back! Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 Blueland.com/SPACE

The Artemis lunar landing program is moving ahead. While the SLS works toward its test flight, SpaceX makes progress on its Lunar Starship, and after a lawsuit-riddled two years, Blue Origin and partners will bid on a secondary landing system. Also, the Mars helicopter gets quiet, and nukes in space are back! Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 Blueland.com/SPACE

Abe Harper and Dave King talk about their work on the Alabama Innovation Corporation.

The technological Valley of Death sounds dramatic because it is. In the life cycle of a program or product, it's the difficult divide between concept and production. “[The Valley of Death is] called that because many, many programs get to level three, level four, and they don't go any further, or they may make it to level five, but they don't go any further.”Why is the technological Valley of Death such a hot topic? Because getting a product from one end of the valley to the other - from inception to operational - is how innovative ideas come to life. But things don't make it across the valley often enough. Innovation is the lifeblood of an organization - if new ideas don't get to the operation stage, a company's growth quickly stalls. Stephen Cook, Deputy Group President at Dynetics, knows all about the technological Valley of Death. In today's episode, he explains why it's so hard to cross the valley successfully, and how Dynetics and Leidos successfully live in the valley. “Don't fear it. Right. It's gotten this name for good reason. But there are reasons to change it and there are ways to deal with it.”On today's podcast:What is the the technological Valley of DeathWhy it has become so common5 keys to success in crossing the Valley Examples of innovations that made it through the Valley

On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Michael Herson, President and CEO, American Defense International, Dr Gordon Adams, the senior White House budget official for national security during the Clinton administration who is now a distinguished fellow at the Quincy Institute and the Stimson Center as well as an American University professor emeritus, and Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute. Topics — Outlook for federal budget and NDAA as lawmakers strike stopgap deal through Dec. 3 to avert government shutdown — Defense spending implications of bipartisan infrastructure deal and Democratic $3.5 trillion spending package — Beijing's sharp rhetoric against Australia, Japan, Philippines and Taiwan as Washington focuses on domestic issues — Whether China becomes more dangerous as Xi Jinping's economic policies and “wolf warrior” diplomacy undermine continued economic growth — Senate and House Afghanistan hearings and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley's defense of his conversations with his Chinese counterpart in the wake of the 2020 election — What to expect from new Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the upcoming German government expected to be led Olaf Schultz — Rising tensions between Azerbaijan and Turkey and Iran over access to Armenian enclave of Nagorno Karabakh — US Army's decision to reject RAFAEL's combat proven Iron Dome system for Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 in favor of AIM-9X Sidewinder based approach by Dynetics and Raytheon

El propietario de Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos, escribió una carta abierta a la NASA el lunes ofreciendo un descuento de $ 2 mil millones para permitir que su compañía construya un módulo de aterrizaje lunar. El contrato del sistema de aterrizaje humano (HLS), por un valor de $ 2.9 mil millones, se otorgó a su rival SpaceX en abril, pero Blue Origin y una tercera compañía, Dynetics, presentaron protestas que actualmente están a la espera de la adjudicación de la Oficina de Responsabilidad del Gobierno de EE. UU.

In today's Federal Newscast, NASA is able to move forward with a contract award involved with its plans for sending people back to the moon.

In this episode (our first official one) we discuss with Christian Masiye, Daniel Cheng, Adam Shann, Seb Howles, Tom Vernon, Sofia Nwachukwu and Fiona Trimby about recent topics in Space exploration development such as NASA's Artemis program and China's Mars Rover and Space station module. We dive into the different aspects of this topic including the future of moon colonisation, ethics related to moon colonists and space debris and the protests held by Blue Origin and Dynetics. If you enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to hear more be sure to subscribe/follow and make sure to tell your friends about it.

SpaceX successfully flew and landed Starship SN15 last week, amid protests of their NASA HLS award by Blue Origin and Dynetics.This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 40 executive producers—Brandon, Matthew, Simon, Lauren, Melissa, Kris, Pat, Matt, Jorge, Ryan, Donald, Lee, Chris, Warren, Bob, Russell, Moritz, Joel, Jan, Grant, David, Joonas, Robb, Tim Dodd (the Everyday Astronaut!), Frank, Julian and Lars from Agile Space, Tommy, Matt, The Astrogators at SEE, Chris, Aegis Trade Law, and seven anonymous—and 576 other supporters.TopicsStarship | SN15 | High-Altitude Flight Test - YouTubeFollowing Starship SN15's success, SpaceX evaluating next steps toward orbital goals - NASASpaceFlight.comLittle Joe 2 BP-22 Successful Failure - YouTubeT+186: NASA Selects Starship as Artemis Lander - Main Engine Cut OffBlue Origin protests NASA Human Landing System award - SpaceNewsDynetics protests NASA HLS award - SpaceNewsSpaceX bid on launch of NASA cubesat mission - SpaceNewsNASA Suspends HLS Contract With SpaceX – SpacePolicyOnline.comThe ShowLike the show? Support the show!Email your thoughts, comments, and questions to anthony@mainenginecutoff.comFollow @WeHaveMECOListen to MECO HeadlinesJoin the Off-Nominal DiscordSubscribe on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn or elsewhereSubscribe to the Main Engine Cut Off NewsletterBuy shirts and Rocket Socks from the Main Engine Cut Off ShopMusic by Max JustusArtwork photo by NASA

This week join Space Explored's Seth Kurkowski and Zac Hall to discuss SpaceX's Starship SN15 landing, Crew-1's return to Earth, Coldplay playing music in space, and more new. This followed by a spoiler-filled review of For All Mankind season 2. Subscribe YouTubeSpotifyApple PodcastsOvercast Follow Seth Kurkowski @SethKurk Zac Hall @apollozac Read More [Update: L-1 day weather report] Next Launch: SpaceX to fly a Falcon 9 booster for the 10th timeStarlink TimelineCan you make it as a Blue Origin Astronaut?On the anniversary of Alan Shepard's historic flight, SpaceX lands Starship SN15 successfully[Update: Confirmed] Is Coldplay about to launch music from space? Here's why fans think soBlue Origin to auction off first New Shepard seat to the highest bidderSenator Bill Nelson sworn in as 14th NASA AdministratorWhat is Starlink?SpaceX Crew-1 returns back to Earth after Dragon's first 6-month stay in spaceIngenuity successfully flies for the fourth time and receives an extension of flight program‘For All Mankind' co-creator Ronald D. Moore talks working with Apple, NASA's Artemis program, and MarsNASA's Pegasus barge arrives at Kennedy Space Center with Artemis I Core Stage on board[Dynetics joins in protest] Blue Origin to challenge the selection of SpaceX's Starship for human lander contract[Update: Launched] ULA's first mission and debut of California launches for 2021 Support Shop on Amazon to support the Space Explored Podcast. Enjoy reading Space Explored? Help others find us by following on Apple News and Google News. Be sure to check us out on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, join our Discord!

In a surprise move, NASA chose SpaceX's Starship as the sole winner of its 3 billion-dollar human lunar lander development contract. Within days, Blue Origin and Dynetics filed official protests, forcing NASA to delay the award. Casey and Mat discuss how this selection, if it stands, is a smart move for a space agency that is serious about a true "Moon-to-Mars" program. Should we stop thinking about SpaceX as a scrappy startup and instead treat it as the world's leading aerospace company? Discover more here: https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/0507-2021-spe-bill-nelson-spacex-lunar-lander See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spaceflight news— Long March 5B set for uncontrolled re-entry (spacenews.com) — The module raised and is maintaining orbit (HT Colin: heavens-above.com) — The booster is slowly deorbiting (HT Mike: heavens-above.com) — Amateur video shows the booster in a 2.4 hz tumble (twitter.com/dfuji1)— BIG Ingenuity Update! — Flight 3 was a success (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) — Flight 4 was a delayed success (space.com) (spacenews.com) — Ingenuity’s mission was extended (twitter.com/jeff_foust) (nasa.gov) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Virgin Orbit to launch out of Brazil (smallsatnews.com)— Blue Origin and Dynetics protest HLS award (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)— Nelson confirmed as NASA Administrator (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Ben Hallert: ACES details (twitter.com/chairboy) — ACES had on-orbit refueling (arstechnica.com) — Centaur V has a hydrolox RCS… Peroxide was a typo! (twitter.com/torybruno)This week in SF history— 5 May, 1999: The failed second flight of Delta III (spacelaunchreport.com) (spaceflightnow.com) (astronautix.com) — Investigation concluded the combustion chamber was breached (spaceflightnow.com) (PDF HT Mike: orbireport.com)— Next week (5/11 - 5/17) in 1963: *balloon squeak*

Get the new daily Byteside newsletter with all this and more at newsletter.byteside.com.The ACCC has given authorisation for Country Press Australia to collectively negotiate with Facebook and Google to receive payments for their news content appearing on their digital platforms. The authorisation allows the group of 160 regional newspapers to engage in discussions together as well as share information on their individual negotiations with the search engine and social network. The authorisation also lets the ACCC avoid moving to a 'designation' step that would start a clock ticking under the media bargaining code that could lead to Facebook walking away from Australia again given its previous comments about its preference to leave rather than be forced into any binding agreement here.In local battles against scammers, late last week the Australian Federal Police announced it has conducted searches of a business in Wollongong, NSW, to investigate fake tech support services that are allegedly being used to access computers remotely and force victims to buy useless software to fix problems they created on the device. The investigation is part of Operation Rayko, an ongoing effort to takedown these fake Microsoft support services.Overseas, the EU has charged Apple with anti-trust violations, arguing that it has given its own music service an advantage over competitors by forcing them to use its payment system and taking a cut of their fees. The argument points to an unfair market where Apple can charge a certain price but for a Spotify to compete at the same price it is earning less money because of the 30% charge it is required to give to Apple. The argument seems targeted toward allowing alternate payment gateways in App Store ecosystems.Up on Mars, the success of the first four flights of NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter has led to the helicopter being given a new mission. Its original month long testing program is being extended a further month, with new tests aiming to explore its capacity to scout ahead of the Perseverance rover and help it identify targets for soil and rock sample collection to be stored for collection and a return trip in future for lab analysis back on Earth.Elsewhere in US space programs, NASA has told SpaceX to halt work on the US$2.9 billion contracts it was awarded to develop a lunar lander system for the Artemis missions. Billionaire battles seem to be brewing as Jeff Bezos owned Blue Origin protested the contract that was award to Elon Musk's SpaceX, with another company, Dynetics, also protesting the deal. America's Government Accountability Office will examine the contract award process and decide on whether changes should be made. Jeff Bezos has made a number of complaints regarding government contracts that were awarded during the Trump era as excluding his companies due to Trump's personal animosity toward Bezos.In video games, Riot Games, maker of League of Legends and Valorant, has updated its privacy policy to allow it to record in-game voice chat. The company says the aim is to crack down on harassment in its games, and it promises to only listen to audio recordings as part of responding to reports being filed for abusive behaviour and hate speech. The company says if you don't want to be recorded, you will need to turn off your use of voice chat.Finally, from esports results over the weekend, the Rocket League Championship Series Oceanic Major crowned its winner with Perth's Ground Zero taking out the title over Cringe Society in a clean sweep final, dropping just a single round through the entire finals series. In Rainbow Six Siege, Australia's Six Invitational qualifier Wildcard Gaming has been unable to travel to the event in France, which starts next week. Meanwhile, Pentanet.gg, our representatives at the League of Legends Mid-Season... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this weeks episode we dive into the success of NASA and SpaceX with Crew 1 and Crew 2, now that both Crew Dragons are making history. Drama is developing with NASAs Human Lander System contract going solely to SpaceX for Starship, and we celebrate Astronaut Michael Collins after his passing as I share my favorite thing about the legendary human being.  I also share how the show will change over the next few months and the newest 3D printer added to our 3D printing Lab AG3D   Follow us on social: - @todayinspacepod on instragram & twitter - @todayinspace on TikTok - /TodayInSpacePodcast on Facebook How to Support the podcast: Buy a 3D printed gift from our shop ag3dprinting.etsy.com Donate at todayinspace.net Follow us on social media  @todayinspacepod (Instagram & Twitter) @todayinspace (TikTok) /TodayInSpacePodcast (Facebook) Share the podcast with friends & family! Astronaut Michael Collins:  https://youtu.be/E4mnpHvK8yM Nighttime Splashdown for Crew 1: https://twitter.com/nasa/status/1388791635568381953?s=21 NASA HLS drama: https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1383111960984649731?s=21 Crew 1 undocking https://youtu.be/alKUv1APOx0 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/science/spacex-moon-blue-origin.html 00:00 - 01:03 - Intro 01:03 - Snobbie Awards! 03:07 - NCM Award 03:30 - Next up....orbital news: 03:57 - Crew 2 first crew dragon to dock to the ISS twice 04:15 - Crew 1 and Crew 2 intermingle on ISS 04:36 - Crew 1 - US Spacecraft record of time in Space, 167 days 05:02 - Second Operation Crew Dragon launch and landing for Launch America 05:22 SpaceX has a fleet of ships as well! 06:31 - It takes a village...and sometimes a city to run a launch company 07_09 - its not like SpaceX is the only one with a fleet - ULA! 09:03 - In developmental Space - Starship SN15! 09:48 - advice on following Starship test flights live 11:56 - China's Tianwen-1 rover scheduled for landing on Mars May 17th 12:23 - Landing attempts on Mars - A history 13:52 - RIP Astronaut Michael Collins 15:19 - Toolmaking - gathering the knowledge of the elders for the future 16:50 - 1 of 3 left from Apollo 11 - more determined than ever to speak with them 17:35 - most fascinating thing about Michael Collins to me... 18:12 - what he thought of his time by himself during Apollo 11 19:35 - NASA's Artemis Program 20:51 - NASA wanted to invest in three companies to develop a human landing system 22:02 - The Drama begins...Blue Origin and Dynetics protest SpaceX being chosen as sole investment 22:32 - what does this mean for SpaceX's Starship? 23:11 - Luckily SpaceX has been working closely with NASA 23:33 - Progress has not stopped...BUT Dynetics and Blue Origin have the right to protest. May find out WHY NASA chose spacex and not the others 26:02 - Production update = the balance, Working Engineer 32:26 - message from the balance - change is good, and best if you act on it quickly. Don't obsess over it 34:16 - Shout out to Andrew Sink! New 3D printer has arrived! 35:18 - Unpackaging the Iron Box 36:40 - AG3D printing promo

Benvenuti alla seconda puntata di Beyond Space! Questa settimana ci aspetta una puntata davvero densa di notizie, alcune anche un po' particolari, tipo l'annuncio che a fine anno un regista e un'attrice saliranno sulla ISS. Si parla anche del ritorno di Crew-1, di Igenuity, dei rapporti tra NASA e Roscosmos per lo scambio di posti su Dragon e Soyuz, delle proteste di Blue Origin e Dynetics, e della stazione spaziale cinese!Qui una lista di risorse dove verificare e approfondire quello che ho detto, trovare foto e video e leggere altre notizie: https://www.astrospace.it/2020/12/01/la-guida-completa-alla-nuova-stazione-spaziale-cinese-spazio-doriente/ https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/china-national-space-administration/china-orbits-tianhe-the-core-of-its-multi-module-space-station/ https://spacenews.com/russia-to-select-actress-for-soyuz-mission-in-may/ https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/dynetics-also-protesting-nasas-hls-award/ https://spacenews.com/dynetics-protests-nasa-hls-award/ https://www.space.com/spacex-russia-cosmonaut-flight-delays https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/statements-on-passing-of-michael-collins/ http://chng.it/ZgwFV8ZhwF

After 10 months of exploratory work, NASA has selected SpaceX's Starship to return humans to the Moon. We analyze NASA's announcement and break down NASA's own Source Selection Document to understand how Blue Origin and Dynetics stacked up against SpaceX's proposal.

Ahead of Blue Origin and Dynetics, NASA has awarded a contract to SpaceX to build a lunar lander for project Artemis.

Guilty, guilty, guilty. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin found guily on all three counts in the murder of George Floyd. Now attention turns back to the work of fundamentally transforming policing in America.  The three former Minneapolis police officers who were involved in George Floyd’s arrest and who stood by as Derek Chauvin killed Floyd, will be facing their own day of reckoning in court in the coming months.  As if to underscore that convicting Derek Chauvin would not change the rot at the core of American policing, police shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright just 10 miles from where Derek Chauvin’s trial was being held.  Axios reported that Senate Democratic and Republican staffers see the Chauvin verdict as “taking off the pressure” to pass meaningful police reform. And...is Nancy Pelosi actually trying to hurt Democrats and prove to everyone that she and others in the party leadership are completely out of touch?  India sets a new global record for the most number of COVID cases in a day at more than 330,000. Until now, the United States was the only nation to see that number of cases in a day. Hospitals in Delhi and in other large cities are running out of oxygen. Indian journalist Rana Ayyub told Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman “it is an apocalyptic situation in India right now.” With a population four times as large as the United States the devastation from the virus could prove catastrophic and lead to the spread of new virus strains. The explosion of COVID cases in India has further exposed inequity in vaccine distribution globally. Even though India is one of the largest producers and suppliers of vaccines to the world, corporate patent protections have prioritized getting vaccines to nations who can pay top dollar, not to those who need it most. We can thank Bill Gates for that, as outlined in Ann Neumann’s recent article in the Baffler, “Who Owns Vaccines.”  Yesterday, on Earth Day, Biden made a commitment to cut U.S. carbon emissions in half by 2030.  While the commitment is one of the boldest we’ve ever seen from an American president, energy experts told the New York Times that such a move would “require a dramatic overhaul of American society,” and fundamental changes in American’s energy system. It remains to be seen if the Biden administration truly has the political will to do what is necessary to meet his own commitments. It should be noted that climate scientists and activists have pointed out that even Biden’s bold goals are not enough to stave off some of the worst effects of climate change.  Priorities USA, the Super PAC that supported Hillary Clinton in 2016, released a report last week that was very critical of Democrats' ad spending.  Republicans outspent Democrats on TV and digital advertising for House and Senate campaigns 8 to 12 months before the 2020 even though Democrats outspent Republicans by the time of the election.  And here’s the kicker: 75% of the money Democrats spent on TV advertising for Congressional races missed their target audiences.   DC Statehood, baby. House passed a D.C. Statehood bill yesterday. The bill moves on to the Senate. It will be one more test of how wedded to the filibuster Democrats are.  Seth Grove and the House Republicans from the State Government Committee released their “findings” from their election integrity hearings.  Republicans are eyeing up voter IDs for in-person voting and those voting by mail, limiting dropboxes to one per county, having signature tests and third party witness signatures for mail-in ballots and purging of the voter rolls. Stephen Caruso from the Pennsylvania Capital Star published an amazing interview with House State Government Chair Seth Grove.  During the interview, Caruso asked Grove how he can be a “good faith” actor in negotiating voting reforms when he is associated with ALEC, put his name on letters seeking to overturn Pennsylvania’s election results and had a meeting with Kris Kobach during his election integrity hearings.  Grove’s response “we’ll see.”   Election truthers, conspiracy theorists and insurrectionists inspired by the MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell returned to the capitol this week demanding that the Pennsylvania General Assembly pass legislation to conduct a complete audit of the 2020 election.  The event was such a hit that independent journalist and documentarian, Zach Roberts, traveled to Harrisburg for it.   Cris Dush went full blown “Cold Warrior” in the middle of a Senate appropriations hearing yesterday.  Dush used COVID conspiracies and Nazi anaologies when asking Acting Department of Health Secretary Allison Beam if the Wolf administration intentionall sent COVID infected patients to nursing homes and turned those nursing homes into “death camps.” In an Op-Ed this week, Tara Murth and Susan Frietsche from the Women’s Law Project, warned that maternal mortality is skyrocketing in Pennsylvania while PA Republicans continue to pursue anti-abortion legislation that will only worsen the crisis. HB 1977 is a near total abortion ban; SB 21 pretends to protect people with disabilities as a justification for restricting abortion rights; and HB 1890 would mandate a death certificate be issued for every abortion and would threaten medical providers who did not obtain a death certificate.  The Chronicle of Higher Education ran a big, if rather superficial, story on PASSHE Chancellor Greenstein’s plans to fundamentally redesign the 14 state-owned university system. While much of the article misses the mark, it has helped place PASSHE in the national spotlight - right where Greenstein wants it, I suspect.  APSCUFs survey of the faculty affected by the planned mergers found that fewer than 8% of faculty were supportive of the mergers and only 7% believed the process has been transparent.  NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, made not one, but two flights on the red planet this week. The historic first flight on Monday saw the helicopter take off, hover about 10 feet in the air for about 30 seconds, then descend back to the ground. On Thursday, the flight lasted almost a minute. The helicopter hovered at about 16 feet and moved sideways for about 7 feet before returning to the ground.  Meanwhile on the ground, NASA’s Perseverance rover turned a bit of Martian air into breathable oxygen thanks to an instrument called MOXIE. The little toaster-sized instrument is designed to separate oxygen atoms from carbon-dioxide molecules. The test produced enough oxygen to give a single astronaut about 10 minutes of breathable air.  Early this morning the SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon capsule launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida upon a Falcon 9 rocket. The international crew consists of 2 astronauts from the U.S., one from Japan, and one from Russian. Crew-2 should arrive at the International Space Station early tomorrow morning.  U.S. military chose Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin, and General Atomics for their first phase of a project to test nuclear propulsion systems in orbit.  And, SpaceX beat out Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics to win build the space craft for NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon.  I got myself some Human Robot beer this week! And...a hat.  Free Will Releases. 

Spaceflight news— HLS downselection - Starship chosen (PDF: nasa.gov) (twitter.com/jeff_foust) — HLS Base Period Source Selection occurred last year. (PDF: beta.sam.gov) — Berger/Davenport were assumed to be wrong by some. (twitter.com/lavie154) — NASA internally apologized for the leak. (twitter.com/joroulette) — The US Senate wasn’t happy this selection occurred before a new Administrator could be confirmed. (twitter.com/wapodavenport) — Dynetics was planning on using on-orbit propellant transfer, not just bolting on tanks. (HT Ben Hallert: spacenews.com) (HT Ben Hallert: spectrum.ieee.org) — Subsequent acquisitions are expected, so don’t count anyone out just yet. (spacepolicyonline.com)Short & Sweet— Pam Melroy nominated as Deputy Administrator (twitter.com/Astro_Pam) (nasa.gov)— NASA’s InSight to hibernate for the winter (thehill.com)— New Shepard flies again (nasaspaceflight.com)This week in SF history— 4 Apr, 1997. STS-83 had to be aborted on-orbit due to a fuel cell anomaly (science.ksc.nasa.gov) (astronautix.com) — Droplet Combustion Experiment (DCE) managed to return data before the abort. (princeton.edu) — STS-83 was reflown as STS-94, the next available consecutive number on July 1st 1997 (en.wikipedia.org) — After some digging, Mike Stewart suggests the fuel cell problem was never identified (HT Mike: scribd.com) (HT Mike: cbsnews.com)— Next week (4/27 - 5/3) in 1999. If a spacecraft takes data but can’t transmit it back to Earth, does it make a science?

On this week's episode, I sit down with Bailey Burns to discuss her important work as a space advocate and communicator, what she is up to at Paragon, her experiences as an analog astronaut with Hi-SEAS, and also her perspective on how the space industry could be more supportive of women.Bailey Burns is a System Engineer at Paragon Space Development Corporation working on life support for the future of humans in space, including the next HLS lunar lander proposal with Dynetics.  She is also a graduate student studying Space Resources at the Colorado School of Mines.  Her focus is on lunar regolith and dust mitigation on the lunar surface. Bailey has also participated in HI-SEAS as an analog astronaut studying lava tubes in a two-week simulated moon base mission.  Bailey hopes to use her platform to show that everyone can bring their own skill set to the new space age, and have fun while doing it, which she does as an official Rubik's Cube ambassador. Support the show (https://donorbox.org/celestial-citizen)

Space Explored's Zac Hall and Seth Kurkowski unpack the last week in launches from SpaceX's SXM-7 mission to Astra's first rocket reaching space, the latest status update on Space Launch System and the Artemis I mission around the Moon, Canada's plans to send the first Canadian astronaut to the Moon, Space Force naming its members and gaining its first astronaut, three Crew-3 astronauts being named, updates on Amazon's Project Kuiper and Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket, and much more. Subscribe YouTubeSpotifyApple PodcastsOvercast Follow Zac Hall @apollozac Alex Orpanos @ELGR3CO Topics In-flight abort test – Commercial Crew ProgramSolar Orbiter Launch Takes Solar Science to New HeightsSolar Orbiter Returns First Data, Snaps Closest Pictures of the SunNASA taps SpaceX's Dragon XL to deliver cargo for Gateway lunar missionsHere's what SpaceX is delivering to the ISS on CRS-20NASA taps SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics to develop human landing systems for Artemis moon missionEarly SpaceX prototype test ends in fiery explosion, unrelated to NASA astronaut missionNASA names team planning to send engineers and scientists on suborbital spaceflight missionsNASA rover Perseverance is on the way to Mars following successful ULA Atlas V launchSplashdown! Dragon returns to Earth after historic test flightBoaters crash NASA astronaut splashdown for SpaceX mission in dangerous coordinated effortLife on Venus? Scientists haven't ruled it out with atmospheric phosphine molecule discoveryRAWR! NASA's OSIRIS-REx collecting rocks from 'ancient space time capsule' Bennu todayOSIRIS-REx team successfully expedited stowage process of Bennu surface sample to keep from losing more materialLIVE: Watch Space Explored's livestream of NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 astronaut launch to ISSSpaceX Starship: SN8 aced launch and bellyflop maneuver; landing explosive, data collected Enjoy reading Space Explored? Help others find us by following on Apple News and Google News. Be sure to check us out on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, join our Discord!

NASA's Artemis program is centered around space exploration and setting up an infrastructure and ultimately a lunar economy on Mars. To talk us through human landing systems (HLS) and how the Leidos and Dynetics team is working with NASA to send the first woman and the next man to the lunar surface is 36-year space systems veteran Kim Doering.Kim is Vice President of Space Systems at Dynetics, a Leidos company. Kim shares her career journey to Dynetics and how she's excited to see the passion and enthusiasm in the next-generation team that's coming aboard to work on this new mission in space.She also talks about the evolution of Dynetics' space exploration capabilities, from space centers to propulsion systems and satellites to working on NASA's Artemis program.She explains what differentiates the Leidos Dynetics human landing system to make it crew-centric, modular, and how they've pulled together a vast team of experts to collaborate for a really sustainable solution. And how this technology they're developing can be applied more broadly to support missions on earth, develop new materials, new diagnostics and new research that all could have implications in the future.On today's podcast:The evolution of Dynetics and their work with LeidosThe programs Dynetics is involved in with NASANASA's Artemis program Concept of the lunar economyThe collaborative approach to Dynetics' HLSDifference between the Apollo and Artemis missions

How passionate are you about your work team? Are they the reason you joined the company and what makes your work exceptional? In this episode of MindSET, we are talking with Trip Ferguson, Director of Manufacturing at Dynetics, a Leidos company. “I want to be surrounded by the smartest people in the industry, and I believe Dynetics provides that, and I feel very confident that the resources will be available for me to succeed.”Trip leads the team responsible for safety, quality supply and manufacturing operations at Dynetics, and he's very vocal about his belief in their capabilities, in particular their unique process for design, rapid prototyping and manufacturing. And this team is exceptional. They have perfected a collaborative approach to designing, prototyping, and manufacturing incredibly complex solutions like weapon systems to cables and harnesses. Working together at the Huntsville, AL, location, the team is able to take their customers' requirements from design to prototype and get them up to rigid government standards and international standards in an accelerated timeline.“Our technicians are highly qualified. If there's one thing that separates Dynetics from everyone else it's we have the best people. We have frontline employees that have full ownership in what we do. And they're all trained to meet and exceed industry standards.”On today's podcast:How Dynetics uses rapid prototyping to solve complex problemsCore capabilities of Dynetics and its manufacturing operations teamWhat projects are best suited for rapid prototypingThe biggest opportunities and challenges related to rapid prototypingWhat sets the Dynetics team apart from competitors