The Gist: Space News

Space News for Saturday, February 21, 2026


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In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) Bruno says he joined Blue Origin to work on ‘urgent’ national security projects
(00:55) Aalto plots Australia base to boost planned high-altitude pseudo satellite service
(01:32) NASA targeting March 6 for Artemis 2 launch
(02:10) Boeing to boost production of missile-tracking sensors for military satellites
(02:26) NASA completes second Artemis 2 fueling test
(03:10) SPARC AI Integrates ML Optimization into Overwatch to Mitigate Drone Telemetry Drift
(04:03) NASA Is Helping Bring Giant Tortoises Back to the Galápagos
(04:32) Artemis II Crew Trains on T-38
(04:52) Boeing insists NASA criticism will reinforce efforts on Starliner
(05:13) Orbital Data, Niche Markets Give Space Solar a New Shimmer
(06:09) The Milky Way may be hiding a big secret at its heart: an extremely magnetic dead star
(06:51) These 70 dusty galaxies at the edge of our universe could rewrite our understanding of the cosmos
(07:35) NASA X-ray spacecraft stares into the 'eye of the storm' swirling around supermassive black holes
(08:26) Trump says US government will declassify its UFO files. Will we actually learn anything this time, or is this a distraction?
(09:16) 'This is really getting real.' NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket fueling test went so well, astronauts could launch March 6
(10:03) Rocket Report: Chinese launch firm raises big money; Falcon 9 back to the Bahamas
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The Gist: Space NewsBy Dr. Mason Nixon