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SpaceNews en-us https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ https://beyondwords.io https://audio.beyondwords.io/f/37448/115764 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ https://beyondwordsneproduction.blob.core.windows.net/production/public-upload/2025-01-29/47e52d24-ddf4-4598-b95a-7be4a51c77d9-First%20Up%20Audio%20(Podcast%203000x3000)%20.png SpaceNews gthomas@spacenews.com false episodic SpaceNews Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:35:13 +0000 2fd97522-1322-4161-8c3c-fb266cddfaff https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:34:45 -0500 China's next reusable rocket project 08:43 false full 60 534d1199-a12f-4777-bed6-22a62adae458 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:25:13 -0500 A potential loss for space science 06:50 false full 59 a6c85dcb-aa56-4cd9-962d-ef038fa2f38b https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 10:20:05 -0500 Tory Bruno's new role at Blue Origin 09:14 false full 58 4af0dd38-1aa2-4317-8d28-f24b30b70c7a https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:14:29 -0500 CACI's $2.4 billion end-of-the-year acquisition 07:51 false full 57 28fd797c-7eb0-41d2-825f-6e3b3fed9bcd https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:09:19 -0500 Japanese H3 rocket suffers second launch failure 09:37 false full 56 2001c5cb-2c42-4f16-ae7a-7e9a94388118 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:10:56 -0500 Trump's latest executive order on space policy 07:56 false full 55 32bc5971-a2ca-41a0-8de8-c14cec9b0bfc https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:11:42 -0500 NASA gets an administrator 07:14 false full 54 2bd9df4f-6c79-4613-aa84-4f672c344332 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:13:01 -0500 Another commercial space station company emerges 08:09 false full 53 6b6c84a9-2faa-4325-89d1-13a3240ea147 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:21:18 -0500 A Chinese close approach with a Starlink satellite 09:34 false full 52 d4eb68ff-c602-47dc-8977-eca2a516b725 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:17:16 -0500 SpaceX prepares for an IPO 09:32 false full 51 0653861e-2950-4b19-a38b-457becb892a8 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:45:02 -0500 K2 Space's big financing round to make big satellites 09:23 false full 50 edacbc0f-7eee-460c-b4fe-6917afcedf93 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:25:57 -0500 Blue Origin's plan to certify New Glenn 10:13 false full 49 8267c5b3-d5b3-4435-b6d6-53c2100c3a93 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:28:07 -0500 A NASA Mars orbiter falls silent 08:39 false full 48 03428b4a-acf1-4327-9659-29d1692ce84e https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:52:30 -0500 A Soyuz spacecraft returns with 3 astronauts 08:29 false full 47 c11b6fd0-4845-4b9b-b49b-6f770ed6c500 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 09:54:56 -0500 SpaceX's new Starship launch complex at Cape Canaveral 09:10 false full 46 ae64aa04-2e6b-4cb6-a31b-ed490307fe62 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:17:13 -0500 Amazon Leo and SpaceX's Starlink fight for rural broadband subsidies 08:46 false full 45 e368d395-f8ef-4949-9843-3fd4b6782edc https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:32:40 -0500 Isaacman's fast track to Senate confirmation 09:31 false full 44 8bdb4eff-5276-480d-9804-9df4060cc184 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:36:33 -0500 China's Zhuque-3 launches but misses the landing 07:33 false full 43 88085b05-ded0-44e7-ba34-0372bf006deb https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:45:27 -0500 Spire and Deloitte team up for cybersecurity satellites 07:37 false full 42 771f3718-eca1-4365-8328-24608dbc6670 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:11:58 -0500 The European Space Agency's big budget win 10:04 false full 41 69605e90-3e0c-4367-9a95-073615f3293e https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:58:03 -0500 Space Force looks at prototypes for space-based interceptors 06:47 false full 40 19cc6fd7-02e6-4d51-97ba-6fc81df15970 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:05:50 -0500 NASA trims Boeing's commercial crew contract 07:49 false full 39 d20c0bb3-8004-488a-88ba-6dbff068efa1 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:31:31 -0500 A SpaceX Starship testing setback 10:00 false full 38 5125998f-a6d2-4df6-9188-421d0655e2a7 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:31:08 -0500 Big upgrades for Blue Origin's New Glenn after latest launch 07:01 false full 37 b1ce51d7-0630-4ba2-9d38-a524a5f1cd94 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:53:19 -0500 Katalyst Space Technologies wins a rare launch contract 07:14 false full 36 4d934947-3c3c-463b-8a5e-bdd3f5c4d46b https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:41:14 -0500 Eutelsat and Ursa Major each raise more money 07:27 false full 35 dff9d7c8-fee3-4d74-b953-937a0cda8ff2 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:03:38 -0500 York Space Systems files to go public 06:42 false full 34 a5e1d96a-7e79-4ce0-8732-8d76c7ccbe6b https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:10:13 -0500 What's next for Blue Origin's New Glenn 08:16 false full 33 86f2810d-53c6-468e-915b-e7c69b8edc16 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:27:19 -0500 Blue Origin's New Glenn sticks the landing 09:43 false full 32 fe173eee-03b7-4190-8488-58f01128563a https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 09:28:20 -0500 Chinese space crew may be heading home soon 07:49 false full 31 200d840b-7340-4ab3-b598-b33ffda03cbb https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:55:45 -0500 A call to halt NASA Goddard facility closures 05:59 false full 30 cd578688-2713-4014-bae7-8cb751f93e13 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:50:08 -0500 Rocket Lab's Neutron rocket debut pushed to 2026 08:29 false full 29 bc482d93-4aa6-4d8d-9978-b5d8174d4f5c https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:58:04 -0500 A Chinese Ceres-1 rocket fails to reach orbit 09:38 false full 28 4ae3fbd5-7845-4dc4-a44b-0d78a5aa3600 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:07:24 -0500 The FAA's new temporary curfew for commercial launches 10:11 false full 27 845e2d69-6a36-4e2e-99f7-06121e9cdf74 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:01:08 -0500 The reaction to the Isaacman re-nomination 07:30 false full 26 eba24eb2-b52c-4546-91a6-f8502774d12c https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 10:47:58 -0500 Isaacman gets a second shot to lead NASA 08:21 false full 25 57aed23c-e169-4b63-b494-16c02b6d48b9 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Tue, 04 Nov 2025 10:17:29 -0500 Intuitive Machines plans to buy Lanteris 07:05 false full 24 ff68c887-dcd3-47c2-9b3d-94d98bc3f02d https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Mon, 03 Nov 2025 10:03:06 -0500 The ISS marks 25 years of continuous crews 08:06 false full 23 93ba25df-806c-4a63-8be7-4f38096189b4 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:28:50 -0400 SpaceX's 'simplified' lunar lander plan 09:35 false full 22 b83e0620-9ba4-4379-b90c-a6648d145b5f https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:20:44 -0400 Former NASA leaders criticize Artemis lander plans 07:43 false full 21 9cf64461-6928-4198-a01a-250e11040ec4 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:25:11 -0400 Reconsidering the Space Force-NRO relationship 07:39 false full 20 281494e2-97f0-4d82-ab9a-133e005a6b37 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:13:53 -0400 Voyager's new satellite propulsion company 06:33 false full 19 b580efbd-c829-46b9-a21c-076abeb2b926 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:42:58 -0400 Japan's new spacecraft for space station cargo 07:38 false full 18 1af65b47-68bf-4046-826b-5ddfc39924a4 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:35:28 -0400 Iridium faces a disruption to the status quo from SpaceX 07:48 false full 17 9e4244c7-5b34-4821-b4a5-68e9d5a40afb https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:35:28 -0400 European space companies announce "Project Bromo" 07:12 false full 16 415e2900-8564-4a07-92a3-e2875a5ec5a4 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:04:21 -0400 Apex plans a demonstration of space-based interceptors 07:02 false full 15 1ecec965-b816-432b-96c3-78f74127b2d8 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:28:31 -0400 Duffy opens up Artemis 3 06:52 false full 14 60a6c412-455b-40e8-9c7b-05f2dac25e81 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:59:38 -0400 A roadmap for the European Space Shield 07:13 false full 13 37a2ba56-53b0-4aab-9001-e28de60f6885 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:48:00 -0400 Viasat moves into military satellite communications 08:13 false full 12 0b7e8ad1-e647-4afb-8ad1-ec104580aa25 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:12:46 -0400 More constellation launches for SDA, Starlink and Guowang 06:48 false full 11 72186950-42ac-42f7-a098-55989c9b0e89 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:59:17 -0400 K2 Space plans a triple-orbit mission 08:08 false full 10 a0c601a8-8738-4592-bc59-001930ca1bd1 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 09:29:40 -0400 More layoffs coming to the Jet Propulsion Lab 07:29 false full 9 6abf22e2-96d8-491f-852d-54cd5369b8f2 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 10:37:16 -0400 Starship's next test flight 07:22 false full 8 9cbd7c61-4cd0-49fb-83fc-22914c7627c2 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:46:57 -0400 Another chance for Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator? 06:49 false full 7 a77aac9c-d374-4236-9160-6fc0f027c878 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:03:11 -0400 Stoke Space raises big money for Nova rocket 08:18 false full 6 54deaa4a-9247-4e9d-9180-966607ec1b2b https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:56:07 -0400 The space infrastructure boom 07:22 false full 5 ae61579a-994e-4364-beec-bc9ea4515bd7 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Tue, 07 Oct 2025 10:13:38 -0400 FCC Announces Space Month Initiative 06:57 false full 4 0cb61de4-8910-4a4b-8e72-d0a953744638 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 10:22:52 -0400 Firefly's latest acquisition 07:24 false full 3 d67221ce-5fb8-4c84-9ab8-69b4658a8346 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Fri, 03 Oct 2025 10:42:51 -0400 Calculating the costs of Golden Dome 06:30 false full 2 620e4c02-2776-4262-8091-a5f624236ee4 https://spacenews.com/first-up-audio/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 10:59:35 -0400 China makes a call on space safety 09:20 false full 1