In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top

space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) Leonardo funding development of Earth observation constellation
(01:19) NASA work on several programs pending responses to White House executive order
(02:06) The space nuclear power bottleneck — and how to fix it
(02:38) Low-profile Chinese launch firm conducts first stage static fire
(03:25) NASA to attempt second full fueling test of its Space Launch System rocket
(04:22) Viasat Report Signals Industrial “Rush” Toward Direct-to-Device (D2D) Connectivity
(05:29) China Completes In-Orbit Testing of “Three-Body” AI Computing Constellation
(05:44) India Accelerates Military Space Architecture Amid Rising Orbital Weaponization Risks
(06:41) JAXA Awards Rakuten Mobile $71.9 Million to Advance Satellite-Terrestrial 5G Integration
(07:36) LMT Group and Sateliot Partner with ESA to Advance Dual-Mode 5G Satellite IoT
(08:37) Orbex collapse fails to halt progress for UK domestic launch capability
(09:29) Launch Preview: Firefly to launch Alpha, SpaceX to launch three Starlink missions
(09:49) The Artemis 1 moon mission had a heat shield issue. Here’s why NASA doesn’t think it will happen again on Artemis 2
(10:34) Why don't more Tatooine-like exoplanets exist in our Milky Way galaxy? Astronomers might have an answer
(11:07) Astronomers discover chemicals that could seed life in the core of a developing star
(11:44) Wormholes may not exist – we've found they reveal something deeper about time and the universe
(12:31) How astronomers are unveiling the 'skeleton' of the universe