# \[Space Bites\] Spying on Spy Satellites // Official NASA Budget Cuts // Dragonfly Milestone

An episode of [Universe Today Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794058155), 9 May 2025, 19 min.

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The official NASA cuts are here. Several missions reach big milestones. The Solar Gravitational Lens will be challenging to use, and in our special bonus version on Patreon, \[Space Bites+\] an additional story about New Horizons scanning the clouds of hydrogen around the Solar System. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday • 00:00 Intro • 00:19 NASA budget cuts are official • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-white-house-releases-its-2026-budget-request-for-nasa-cuts-to-sls-gateway-and-orion • 03:31 Milestones for Dragonfly and Roman • https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/dragonfly/2025/04/24/nasas-dragonfly-passes-critical-design-review/ • https://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/key-portion-of-nasas-roman-space-telescope-clears-thermal-vacuum-test/ • 05:22 Satellite occultations • https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.03474 • 06:34 Complications with SGL • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/using-the-solar-gravitational-lens-will-be-extremely-difficult • 09:27 Vote results • 10:09 Hakuto-R 2 arrives at Moon orbit • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/ispaces-resilience-enters-lunar-orbit-itll-try-to-land-in-early-june • 11:32 Rogue binary planets • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/free-floating-binary-planets-cant-last-long • 13:09 Strange object on the edge of the Milky Way • https://www.universetoday.com/articles/its-either-the-milky-ways-farthest-known-star-cluster-or-the-smallest-known-galaxy • 14:30 Guide to Space • 15:50 Space Bites+ • 16:09 Importance of keeping up space missions 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/M96tqKyVx_Q 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Support Universe Today Podcast

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