NATO Allies Invest in Space Intel, Last X-15 Test Pilot Passes Away

NATO allies pledge $1 billion to promote sharing of space-based intel. Joe Engle, last of the X-15 test pilots who touched space, dies at 91. Plus, a family portrait of two galaxies captured by the Webb Telescope. Also, NASA's flagship mission to Europa faces vulnerability to radiation.

Sources:
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/07/nato-allies-pledge-1-billion-to-promote-sharing-of-space-based-intel/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/07/12/joe-engle-astronaut-nasa-dies/
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/12/g-s1-9941/webb-telescope-penguin-egg-galaxies
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/07/nasas-flagship-mission-to-europa-has-a-problem-vulnerability-to-radiation/

Outline:
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:00:44) NATO allies pledge $1 billion to promote sharing of space-based intel
(00:04:06) Joe Engle, last of the X-15 test pilots who touched space, dies at 91
(00:07:04) 2 galaxies, the Penguin and the Egg, get a family portrait thanks to Webb Telescope
(00:09:04) NASA’s flagship mission to Europa has a problem: Vulnerability to radiation