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On The Space Show for Wednesday, 1 November 2023:

Marking the 15th anniversary of the last contact with the Phoenix Mars Lander, the story of the mission told from the perspective of the Canadian Space Agency (Inserts courtesy CSA)

Space Show News:

• Australia and US formalise a Technology Safeguards Agreement. The Hon Dr Kevin Rudd AC, Australia’s Ambassador to the United States signed the treaty-level agreement in Washington. The Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) will allow US companies to carry out space launch activities in Australia and protect US technology, including rockets and satellites.
• China launches Shenzhou-17 youngest crew crew for 6-month stay on Tiangong space station. The youngest-ever crew of Chinese astronauts departed for China's space station, paving the way for a new generation of "taikonauts" to advance the country's space ambitions.

• QuantX Labs and SSTL Partner to Propel Australian Quantum Clock Technology into Space. QuantX Labs has joined forces with Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) through Airbus Australia, to bolster their space knowledge and skillsets, a collaboration set to propel Australian quantum technology into space.
• CyanoSat satellite imager undergoing tests in orbit. CSIRO and university and industry partners are testing an Australian-made CyanoSat hyperspectral imager which was recently launched into low Earth orbit on board a Skykraft satellite.
• Lockheed Martin selects Axiom Precision Manufacturing and Nupress Group for Orion spacecraft program. Australian companies have been selected as global supply chain partners by Lockheed Martin for the Orion spacecraft program, a cornerstone of NASA's Artemis missions to the Moon.
• Ingenuity helicopter completes 64th flight on Mars.