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• Jeff Foust
Today In Space
Last Updated: Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, 10:56 AM PST
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Space.com
• Samantha Mathewson
See the moon cozy up to Saturn during 'conjunction' today
By Space.com: Saturn will sidle up to the moon this weekend, as the pair make a close approach of each other in the cold night sky.
Space Daily
• Wendy Whitman Cobb
NASA administrator reaches for the stars while navigating budgets and politics
By Space Daily: Maxwell AFB AL (SPX) Dec 08, 2024 - Leaders of NASA sit in an awkward position. While they are the head of a widely recognized organization, they're often not the most famous individual in the agency.
Florida Today
• Brooke Edwards
SpaceX launches post-midnight rocket from Cape Canaveral on Starlink mission
By Florida Today: Within the first hour of Sunday, SpaceX launched the latest batch of their Starlink satellites.
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Bloomberg
• The Associate Press
Iran Says it Conducted a Successful Space Launch in Program Long Criticized by West
By Bloomberg: MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Iran is poised to “quite dramatically” increase its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium as it has started cascades of advanced centrifuges, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Friday.
Washington Post
• Christian Davenport
Trump picks billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to head NASA
By Washington Post: Isaacman has orbited the planet twice on private spaceflights.
Aviation.travel
US Billionaire Space Tourist to Lead NASA Under Trump
spacetoday.net
spacetoday.net: Trump nominates Jared Isaacman to lead NASA
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
NDAA extends commercial spaceflight learning period and launch indemnification
By SpaceNews.com: A defense authorization bill includes language to extend a “learning period” limiting commercial human spaceflight regulations as well as indemnification for commercial launches.
NASA Spaceflight
• Justin Davenport
ISS and Expedition 72 crew stay busy with experiments, cargo arrivals, and spacecraft movements
By NASA Spaceflight: The International Space Station and the Expedition 72 crew have transitioned from an eventful summer….
