MAVEN's Silence, Artemis Milestones, and Interstellar Comet Sightings - A Space Update

Hey listeners, welcome to your space update. This week's biggest NASA headline? Teams are racing to recontact the MAVEN spacecraft, silent since December 6, just ahead of Mars solar conjunction starting December 29, when Sun interference blacks out signals until January 16. According to NASA's MAVEN blog, they're commanding recovery via Deep Space Network and analyzing data fragments, even enlisting Curiosity rover for sightings that didn't pan out.

Shifting to policy, President Trump's December 18 Executive Order on American Space Superiority shakes things up, directing NASA to prioritize commercial solutions in acquisitions, review international partnerships by April 17, 2026, and reform buying processes by June 16. NASA's 2025 recap highlights Artemis II stacking complete for its early 2026 crewed Moon flyby—the first in 50 years—plus 10 new astronaut candidates from 8,000 applicants and seven nations joining the Artemis Accords, now at nearly 60 signatories.

These moves boost American citizens with jobs in rocket building across states and inspire via NASA+ on Prime Video, hitting 7.7 million streamed minutes. Businesses score streamlined contracts favoring Space Act Agreements, fueling private innovation. States like Florida gain from Kennedy Center work, while internationally, accords strengthen U.S.-led exploration with partners like Norway and Malaysia. NASA's Europa Clipper and Parker Solar Probe even snagged bonus views of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, with principal investigator Dr. Kurt Retherford calling it a "unique and nuanced view."

Watch for post-conjunction MAVEN updates January 16 and Artemis milestones. Dive deeper at science.nasa.gov or nasa.gov/news-releases. Tune your telescope for lingering comet views.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey listeners, Welcome to your space update. This week's biggest
NASA headline teams are racing to recontact the Maven spacecraft
silence since December sixth, just ahead of Mars solar conjunction
starting December twenty ninth, when sun interference blacks out signals
until January sixteenth. According to mass's maiden blog, their commanding

(00:20):
recovery via deep space network and analyzing data fragments, even
enlisting Curiosity Rover for sightings that didn't pan out. Shifting
to policy, President Trump's December eighteenth Executive Order on American
Space Superiority shakes things up, directing MASSA to prioritize commercial
solutions and acquisitions, review international partnerships by April seventeenth, twenty

(00:40):
twenty six, and reform buying processes by June sixteenth. NASA's
twenty twenty five recap highlights Artemis two stacking complete for
its early twenty twenty six crude Moonflybee the first and
fifty years, plus ten new astronaut candidates from eight thousand
applicants and seven nations joining the Artemis two seven to
two Accords, now at nearly sixty signatories. These moves boost

(01:05):
American citizens with jobs and rocketbuilding across states, and inspire
via NASA Plus on Prime Video, hitting seven point seven
million streamed minutes. Businesses score streamline contracts favoring Space Act agreements,
fueling private innovation states like Florida, game from Kennedy's Center work,
while internationally accord strengthen US led exploration with partners like

(01:27):
Norway and Malaysia. NASA's Europa Clipper and Parker Solar Probe
even snagged bonus views of interstellar Comet three I slash ATLS,
with principal investigator doctor Kurt Rutherford calling it a unique
and nuanced view. Watch for post conjunction MAVEN updates January

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sixteenth and Artemis milestones. Dive Deeper at Science dot NASA
dot gov or NASA dot gov News releases two Your
Telescope for lingering common views. Thanks for tuning in listeners.
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