Was 2023 a good year for space?

Terminal Count is a weekly newsletter and podcast discussing the current events of the spaceflight industry. This week, Seth discusses recent reports suggesting Boeing and Airbus divest from space, plenty of SpaceX headlines, and the difficultly President Trump might face changing current space policy. Subscribe: Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts RSS Read more: New Shepard’s 29th Mission Will Fly 30 Payloads, Mimic the Moon’s Gravity Starship and Starlink launches have been causing issues for Qantas flights SpaceX begins catch arm installation on second Starship launch pad President Trump mentioned space only once in his inaugural address, and it wasn’t Artemis Starship Flight 7 heat shield tiles have reportedly begun washing up on Turks and Caicos shores Moon over Mars? Congress is determined to kill Elon Musk’s space dream Boeing projects additional Starliner losses in fourth quarter Space venture firm predicts industry shakeup More Space Explored Podcast Episodes

Terminal Count is a weekly newsletter and podcast discussing the current events of the spaceflight industry. This week, Seth discusses both Blue Origin and SpaceX finally getting their big launches off the ground, Utah's proposed spaceport, Artemis 2 updates, and more. Subscribe: Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts RSS Read more: Utah might want a spaceport, as one space tourism company falls apart ISRO SpaDeX docking success Artemis 2: Space Launch System booster integration continues RFA gets U.K. launch license Starship Flight 7: SpaceX makes second booster catch, Block 2 Starship loss during ascent Starship Flight 7: What went wrong? (And right) Blue Origin sends first New Glenn rocket into orbit More Space Explored Podcast Episodes

Terminal Count is a weekly newsletter and podcast discussing the current events of the spaceflight industry. This week, Seth discusses Blue Origin's scrubbed first New Glenn launch attempt, Sierra Space's CEO leaving the company, and more. Subscribe: Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts RSS Read more: Rocket Lab Selected by NASA to Provide Neutron Launch Services Under VADR Launch Contract Balearic Islands to Launch First Sat in 2025 Blue Origin scrubs first New Glenn launch attempt Starship Flight 7: SpaceX delays until the 13th [Update: Delayed to 15th] Blue Origin delays New Glenn launch due to recovery weather [Update: Delayed to Monday] Should NASA move its headquarters out of DC? Sierra Space CEO departs More Space Explored Podcast Episodes

Terminal Count is a weekly newsletter and podcast discussing the current events of the spaceflight industry. This week, Seth discusses the upcoming new administration, Blue Origin's debut with its New Glenn rocket, Starship Flight 7, and more. Subscribe: Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts RSS Read more: Terminal Count Written Version How many rockets did SpaceX launch in 2024? SpaceX launch surge helps set new global launch record in 2024 Russia just launched the 2,000th Semyorka rocket—it’s both a triumph and tragedy Roscosmos to extend flight duration of Soyuz manned spacecraft to 7-9 months next year ULA has big Vulcan launch plans for 2025 Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket poised for pivotal maiden launch Starship Flight 7: SpaceX to deploy dummy Starlink satellites using Starship Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator: Does he have The Right Stuff? More Space Explored Podcast Episodes

This week Seth is joined with former NASA astronaut Terry Virts to discuss their experiences witnessing April's total solar eclipse. To finish the discussion, Virts goes into detail about what it's like taking photos from space and the workflow of getting them to NASA and out on social media. Subscribe: Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts RSS Read more 2024 Total Solar Eclipse: No photos, videos, or words can do it justice A Beautiful Planet IMAX Daryl Saussé Eclipse Photos Steven Madow Eclipse Photos Follow Terry on his socials: Threads: @astro_terry Twitter: @AstroTerry Join our Discord Server: Join the community with forums and chatrooms about space! Catch on past Space Explored Podcast episodes:

This week on the Space Explored Podcast, Seth and Jared talk about the biggest and their favorite stories of the past week. To continue to wrap up 2023, the two discuss how the business side of space fared and went down over the year. Yes that means more talk about Astra. Subscribe: Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts RSS The Space Explored Podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Seth Kurkowski and YouTuber Jared Sanders, who discuss the last week's biggest stories with a main deep dive topic. Recorded Tuesdays and released Thursday, every week. Read more Blue Origin returns with successful New Shepard flight SpaceX launches first rocket in over a week So about that Falcon Heavy launch we were talking about… 2023 science mission of the year [Poll] Follow Jared on his socials: Threads: @hyprlyte Instagram: @hyprlyte Join the Space Explored Discord: Discord Catch on past Space Explored Podcast episodes: https://youtu.be/eCxv1_KOP3c?si=IW4vQ73fEPIThMvK

This week Seth and Jared discuss updates in the space industry from the past week including Vega's missing tanks, SpaceX's new valuation and more. The two also broke down some quick opinions of the year for spaceflight. Subscribe: Spotify Apple Podcasts Overcast The Space Explored Podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Seth Kurkowski and YouTuber Jared Sanders, who discuss the last week's biggest stories with a main deep dive topic. Recorded Tuesdays and released Thursday, every week. Read more Vulcan launch delayed to 2024, concluding ULA’s year at three launches Pending SpaceX stock sale could put its valuation at $175 billion Vega rocket maker lost major part of their final vehicle Follow Jared on his socials: Threads: @hyprlyte Instagram: @hyprlyte Join the Space Explored Discord: Discord Catch on past Space Explored Podcast episodes: https://youtu.be/glcZ8-qZEAs

This week Seth and Jared go over the top stories from the last week but for the main topic they piggy back off of  @smartereveryday's video about Apollo versus Artemis. A mandatory watch for everyone. Subscribe: Spotify Apple Podcasts Overcast The Space Explored Podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Seth Kurkowski and YouTuber Jared Sanders, who discuss the last week's biggest stories with a main deep dive topic. Recorded Tuesdays and released Thursday, every week. Read more Firefly completes first hot fire of a new rocket engine for upgraded Antares Delays coming to NASA’s Dragonfly Titan drone Amazon is launching Kuiper satellites on its competitor’s rocket, but why? I Was SCARED To Say This To NASA... (But I said it anyway) - Smarter Every Day 293 [Video] Do you think SpaceX will hit 100 launches in 2023? [Poll] Follow Jared on his socials: Threads: @hyprlyte Instagram: @hyprlyte Join Seth in the Space Explored Discord: Discord Catch on past Space Explored Podcast episodes: https://youtu.be/kPzCMoOcTL8

This week Seth and Jared discuss a lot of news about rockets currently in development: Starship Flight 2, Vulcan, New Glenn, and Ariane 6. Also, we breakdown what exactly Starship V2 could be. Subscribe: Spotify Apple Podcasts Overcast The Space Explored Podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Seth Kurkowski and YouTuber Jared Sanders, who discuss the last week's biggest stories with a main deep dive topic. Recorded Tuesdays and released Thursday, every week. Read more Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket hardware seen outside Florida factory Elon Musk shares that a new version of Starship is coming soon ESA completes hot fire of Ariane 6’s booster engine NASA still hoping to launch Mars mission on first New Glenn rocket next year Elon Musk thinks the next Starship’s flight hardware will be ready in ‘3-4 weeks’ Yes, Starship’s second launch was a success! Here’s why Everything that went wrong during Starship’s second flight (that we can see) Starship’s second launch hits all milestones on its journey to success Ars: Blue Origin in the running to buy ULA Follow Jared on his socials: Threads: @hyprlyte Instagram: @hyprlyte Join Seth in the Space Explored Discord: Discord Catch on past Space Explored Podcast episodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwI6yr8kUEQ&feature=youtu.be

This week Seth and Jared discuss (the now past) flight of SpaceX's Starship rocket, Virgin Galactic layoffs. But the main topic this week is Astra, which is in trouble again, as they try to secure are financing. Subscribe: Spotify Apple Podcasts Overcast The Space Explored Podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Seth Kurkowski and YouTuber Jared Sanders, who discuss the last week's biggest stories with a main deep dive topic. Recorded Tuesdays and released Thursday, every week. Read more: FAA approves SpaceX’s Starship rocket for a second launch Starship’s next launch could be happening soon (But actually this) Astra founders looking to take company private before it runs out of cash Astra is running out of cash and is almost out of options Virgin Galactic lays off 18% of its workforce and pausing flights to focus on next-gen vehicle Follow Jared on his socials: Threads: @hyprlyte Instagram: @hyprlyte Join Seth in the Space Explored Discord: Discord Catch on past Space Explored Podcast episodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPmLj0V_NAY