{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"NASA Is Starting a U.S. Space Academy? Orbital Dogfighting and Starship Flight 14","description":"This week, we're covering what's been trending in Space News for the last 5 days...and NASA HAS BEEN TASKED WITH BUILDING A U.S. SPACE ACADEMY! But how serious is this executive order and it's create a presidential commission? Could this be the start of our own Starfleet Academy or just the Presidents Legacy piece? We also get into the first U.S. military live-fly exercise in orbital dogfighting, and updates on where Starship Flight 14 stands. Gathered by our AI Assistant SKYE and reported by your human host Spaceman Alex! I'm Alex G. Orphanos, your space science podcast host and your favorite mad scientist. Tell me what you think of the SKYE Report, and which segments to dig deeper into. Drop it in the comments or email us at todayinspacepodcast@gmail.com Be well, stay safe, and stay curious. SPREAD LOVE, SPREAD SCIENCE, AND STAY CURIOUS. THE BOOK The Book of Uncommon-Sense 3D Printing is out now in hardcover and on Kindle: https:\/\/ag3dlabs.com\/book MORE TODAY IN SPACE https:\/\/todayinspace.net SKYE is free and it runs every 30 minutes: https:\/\/todayinspace.net CHAPTERS 00:00 What SKYE is, and this week's report 01:13 The rundown \u2014 Sep 7 to 11 02:14 The big story: NASA tasked with a U.S. Space Academy 04:12 My take \u2014 a legacy piece until the funding shows up 05:00 Why there's still no real school for space 06:44 So many astronauts, so few seats 07:15 Starfleet Academy in San Francisco? 07:28 Isaacman's case for the academy 09:06 A first: orbital dogfighting in a live-fly exercise 10:28 Why Starlink matters to the military 11:48 My take \u2014 war, space, and who drives the conversation 12:24 Starship Flight 14 \u2014 no confirmed date yet 13:00 What to watch this week 13:33 Close WATCH THIS WEEK (Eastern) Mon Sep 14, 9:21pm \u2014 Vega-C with Sentinel-3C and FLEX Tue Sep 15, 9:00pm \u2014 Falcon 9 with USSF-259 Wed Sep 16, 9:33am \u2014 Soyuz with Progress MS-35 to the station, docking Sat Sep 19 \u2014 live on NASA+: https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\/scheduled-video\/progress-96-cargo-ship-docking\/ Fri Sep 18, 8:15am \u2014 Starship Flight 14, the earliest date on the board, not yet confirmed CORRECTIONS I said Vega-C launches Tuesday and USSF-259 on Wednesday. Those are the UTC dates \u2014 in Eastern they fly Monday night and Tuesday night. And no source we could read calls Starship Flight 14 "the first orbital flight"; Launch Library 2 describes it as the first Starship flight to deploy satellites into stable low Earth orbit. Update: O3b mPower 11-13, underway as I recorded, launched successfully on Sunday. SOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE U.S. SPACE ACADEMY NASA \u2014 President Trump signs executive order to create U.S. Space Academy https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/president-trump-signs-executive-order-to-create-us-space-academy\/ NASA \u2014 NASA answers President's call to establish United States Space Academy https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-answers-presidents-call-to-establish-united-states-space-academy\/ Jared Isaacman on X \u2014 the post I read from on air https:\/\/x.com\/NASAAdmin\/status\/2098842327947317525 ORBITAL DOGFIGHTING Space.com \u2014 US military practices orbital dogfighting in 1st-ever 'live fly' exercise in space https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/satellites\/us-military-practices-orbital-dogfighting-in-1st-ever-live-fly-exercise-in-space STARSHIP NASASpaceflight \u2014 Starship Flight 14 Nears \u2014 So Where Is The Rocket? https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mIrpJvrgEvs IMAGES: Alex G. Orphanos \u00b7 NASA (U.S. Space Academy RFI cover) \u00b7 U.S. Space Command \/ Christopher DeWitt Youtube ID: https:\/\/youtu.be\/YVDyFDBgFuE #spaceacademy #nasa #spaceforce #starship #spacenews #isaacman #spacepodcast #todayinspace ","author_name":"Today In Space","author_url":"http:\/\/www.todayinspace.net\/","html":"