Space News for Saturday, January 20, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:25) Google and AT&T join $155 million AST SpaceMobile investment
(01:01) Astrobotic to begin formal investigation into failed Peregrine mission
(01:29) Office of Space Commerce starts commercial pathfinder project for civil space traffic coordination system
(02:02) Japan makes history with tense, successful moon landing
(02:28) NASA report offers pessimistic take on space-based solar power
(02:56) NASA study: clean, space-based solar power beaming is possible
(03:31) China’s Landspace conducts first VTVL test for reusable stainless steel rocket
(04:07) Month:
(04:31) JAXA’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) touches down awaiting solar cells to power – SatNews
(05:00) Innoflight successfully delivers avionics hardware to L3Harris – SatNews
(05:25) Laser Instrument on NASA’s LRO Successfully ‘Pings’ Indian Moon Lander
(05:49) ZhuQue-3 Hopper Takes Flight, as Landspace Prepares for a Reusable Rocket