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

space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) Bowersox to retire from NASA
(01:05) Space Force halts Vulcan missions pending investigation into solid rocket Issue
(01:49) Seraphim closes second early-stage space fund above $100 million target
(02:20) Golden Dome to require unprecedented coordination between U.S. combatant commands
(03:14) Valve malfunction blamed for failure of Indian satellite to raise its orbit
(04:00) SLS rocket hauled back to VAB for repairs
(04:36) SpaceX launches 500th Starlink satellite in 2026 during Wednesday Falcon 9 flight
(05:03) Sovereign Checkpoints and Debt Cliffs
(06:00) Where the Money is in Space
(06:47) Beyond the Stovepipe: Why SDR Technology Marks the End of Single-Mission Ground Infrastructure
(07:40) SpaceX Unveils 150Mbps Performance Target for Upgraded Direct-to-Cell Starlink
(08:18) AIRMO and EnduroSat Partner to Launch High-Precision Methane Monitoring Mission
(09:04) Dry-Season Floods Drench Northern Colombia
(09:28) NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2025 Annual Report
(10:28) Making an Entrance
(10:43) Listen to This Month’s ‘Planetary Parade’ With NASA’s Chandra
(11:20) NASA Study to Analyze Fermented Food Samples from Space
(12:04) NASA rolling back SLS, delaying Artemis II to April
(12:35) Intuitive Machines, Seraphim Announce Fundraising Wins
(13:08) Exclusive: Charter Space Launches an Insurance Brokerage
(13:55) OQ Technology Lands €25M in EIB Venture Debt Financing
(14:54) Why are there so many 'space snowmen' in our solar system? New study offers clues
(15:39) Watch SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule head for home today after historic ISS-boosting mission
(16:28) NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket returns to hangar for repairs. When could it fly?
(16:57) Antigravity A1 drone review
(17:24) Black holes! Supernovas! Merging galaxies! Oh my! Largest radio survey of the cosmos ever reveals 13.7 million powerful cosmic objects and events

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space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) OQ Technology secures $30 million from Europe for satellite-to-smartphone expansion
(00:57) A banner year for military space funding— with an unclear path beyond
(01:29) Lockheed Martin presses case that GPS upgrade will counter jamming threats
(02:10) The Commercial Space Federation Releases New White Paper “Perfecting Public-Private Partnerships”
(02:47) At Colorado space firms, Hegseth casts Pentagon bureaucracy as the enemy
(03:29) SpaceX’s Tuesday twilight Falcon 9 rocket launch sends 29 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit
(04:18) The Fractal Lab – Part III
(04:40) SECAF Kendall Unveils ‘Ringleader’ Exercise to Test Satellite Sensor Fusion for Tactical Battle Management
(05:33) Iridium Unveils Iridium 9604: First Unified Three-in-One IoT Module
(06:23) Global Defense Modernization Drives Major Awards for BlackSky and Redwire
(07:12) The New Space Race: Industrial Integration Redefines the Market Lead
(07:28) Landslide and Avalanche Debris Litter Hubbard Glacier
(08:12) Curiosity Blog, Sols 4812-4819: Back Into the Hollows
(08:29) New Volunteer Data from 143 Observatories Unveils the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
(09:33) Webb Maps Uranus’ Upper Atmosphere
(09:48) Technology Originally Developed for Space Missions Now Integral to Everyday Life
(10:25) Bill Spotlight: Methane Monitoring Science Act
(11:22) Sophia Space Raises $10M for Build Orbital Data Center Tech
(11:34) LambdaVision Taps Starlab for Post-ISS Manufacturing Plans

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space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) Boeing demonstrates large language model for space-grade hardware
(00:53) Meink, Saltzman make case for Space Force expansion
(01:46) Space Force seeks market answers on in-orbit refueling
(02:25) AST SpaceMobile wins $30 million contract for military  broadband demo
(03:23) Aalyria hits $1.3 billion valuation after raising funds for satellite mesh network
(03:59) Securing the Future of the Orbital Environment
(04:37) ArianeGroup and ESA Target Spring 2026 for First Themis Reusable Launcher Hop Test
(05:21) Boeing Scaling Satellite Production in El Segundo to Support Space Force Missile Warning
(06:15) Market Insight: The Indo-Pacific Space Security Boom
(07:13) Showy Swirls Around Jeju Island
(07:51) Young ‘Sun’ Caught Blowing Bubbles by NASA’s Chandra
(08:42) Astronomy Activation Ambassadors: Embracing Multiple Perspectives
(08:59) NASA to Cover 33rd SpaceX Resupply Mission Station Departure
(09:16) Curiosity Studies Nodules on Boxwork Formations
(09:57) NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sees Martian ‘Spiderwebs’ Up Close
(10:37) Launch Preview: Falcon 9 to launch five Starlink missions, Firefly to launch Alpha
(11:07) Exclusive: Sceye Unveils SceyeCELL Antenna
(11:56) Remondo Unveils Plans for Sub-30 cm Resolution Sat
(12:44) Skynopy to Integrate its First Ground Station in Kenya
(13:36) China's mysterious Shenlong space plane recently launched on its 4th mission. What is it doing up there?
(14:09) Satellites watch as bomb cyclone hits northeast U.S. with snow and lightning
(14:58) Best cheap drones under $500, hand-picked by our drone pilot
(15:39) We ate space mushrooms and survived to tell the tale
(16:25) Pentagon buyer: We're happy with our launch industry, but payloads are lagging

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space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) Israeli startup targets the economics of high-resolution Earth observation
(01:12) German defense firm said to be weighing bid for Mynaric
(01:57) Tory Bruno Leads Blue Origin’s National Security Push Following ULA Departure
(02:28) Deep Space Energy Secures Funding for High Efficiency Lunar Nuclear Power
(02:53) HEO and UNSW Partner for Australia’s First Active Propulsion RPO Mission
(03:53) Tehran Reconstitutes Air Defense Perimeter Amid Regional Buildup
(04:39) The State of the “Legacy Primes” And a Few Billionaires
(04:56) Meet Regina Senegal, Acting Chief of Johnson’s Quality and Flight Equipment Division
(05:40) Juno data provides insight into thickness of Europa’s surface ice sheet
(06:23) NASA to rollback SLS, delaying Artemis II to April
(06:43) Is time a fundamental part of reality? A quiet revolution in physics suggests not
(07:21) NASA's Perseverance rover now has its own 'GPS' on Mars: 'We've given the rover a new ability'
(07:41) Falcon 9 rocket sets new reuse record on SpaceX's 2nd Starlink launch of the day (video)
(08:24) NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket has a problem and it's leaving the launch pad. Don't expect a moonshot in March

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space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) NASA preparing for Artemis 2 rollback to fix upper stage problem
(00:58) NASA’s Artemis 2 rocket hit by new problem expected to bump moonshot into early April
(01:37) Falcon 9 launches 25 Starlink satellites after weather delays
(02:15) NASA prepares for likely rollback of SLS, delaying Artemis II to April
(02:57) A risky maneuver could send a spacecraft to interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Here's the plan
(03:55) Falcon 9 rocket sets new reuse record on SpaceX's 2nd Starlink launch of the day
(04:28) NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket has a new problem. 'This will almost assuredly impact the March launch window.'
(05:17) What's the point of a space station around the moon?
(05:46) NASA says it needs to haul the Artemis II rocket back to the hangar for repairs
(06:18) Major government research lab appears to be squeezing out foreign scientists

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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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space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:22) Starliner investigation identifies flawed NASA decision making
(00:53) Creating new demand in the nascent orbital economy
(01:40) EarthDaily in Orbit: From First Launch to Commercial Operations
(02:13) Golden Dome will fail without software-defined warfare
(02:43) Moon mission fueling test concludes with no major problems
(03:01) Independent report sharply criticizes NASA management, Boeing for troubled Starliner flight
(03:23) SpaceX launches second Falcon 9 rocket to return to a landing in The Bahamas
(04:15) MDA Space Establishes 49North to Secure Multi-Billion Canadian Defense Pipeline
(04:34) Orbital Infrastructure: The Engineering Hurdles of Upper Stage Reusability
(04:56) Geopolitical Analysis: China Challenges SpaceX Dominance with Massive LEO Governance Strategy
(05:59) NBN Co Unveils LEO Wholesale Pricing to Protect Market Share from Starlink
(06:41) Ovzon Reports Record 2025 Results Driven by NATO and Defense Breakthroughs
(07:26) Winds Whip Up Fires and Dust on the Southern Plains
(08:09) NASA Investigates How People Respond to Air Taxi Noise
(08:45) NASA Releases Report on Starliner Crewed Flight Test Investigation
(09:48) NASA to Provide Starliner Crew Flight Test Review Findings Today
(10:26) Award-Winning NASA Camera Revolutionizes How We See the Invisible
(10:56) Second SLS WDR appears to go as planned
(11:37) Inside Finland’s Rapid Rise as a Space Powerhouse
(11:55) NASA: Agency ‘Failed’ Starliner Astronauts
(12:33) NASA Authorization Could Kick Start Space Nuclear Power
(13:24) US Chamber Fighting For Licensing, ITAR Reform in 2026
(14:19) Supermassive serial killers: Astronomers discover how black holes 'kill off' neighboring galaxies
(14:49) The James Webb Space Telescope just mapped auroras on Uranus in 3D for the 1st time, and scientists are thrilled
(15:38) 'We almost did have a really terrible day.' NASA now says Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut flight was a 'Type A mishap'
(16:19) Scientists measure air pollution from reentering SpaceX rocket in real-time: 'It's never been done before'
(17:09) Hubble telescope discovers rare galaxy that is 99% dark matter

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

space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) Japan’s ispace warns of delays in new lunar lander engine
(00:50) Pentagon seeks commercially built GEO spy satellites
(01:40) Why GPS III, and what comes after it, still falls short in modern war
(02:21) Vantor partners with Google AI to automate intelligence reports for government agencies
(03:12) Geopolitical Analysis: U.S. Space Strategy in Africa Facing Chinese Competition
(04:11) Marlink Integrates Microsoft ExpressRoute for Managed Cloud Connectivity
(05:01) MTN Authorized to Provide SpaceX Government Satellite Connectivity
(05:20) SpaceX Unveils ‘Stargaze’ System to Revolutionize Space Traffic Management
(06:14) Kratos Awarded Contract to Accelerate Hypersonic Material Development
(07:13) Northern Glow Spans Iceland and Canada
(07:56) Digital Surface and Terrain Models from Vantor’s Precision3D Product Line Added to Satellite Data Explorer
(08:25) Vantor Archive Imagery Added to Satellite Data Explorer
(09:16) CSDA Releases New Data Acquisition Request System
(10:03) CSDA Program Announces Eight New Data Agreements
(10:58) NASA’s Perseverance Now Autonomously Pinpoints Its Location on Mars
(11:41) Artemis II: Second WDR taking place ahead of March target
(12:24) Blue Origin’s TeraWave Angle, Economics, and the Starlink / Amazon Leo Comparison
(13:08) Agile Space Industries Closes $17M Series A
(14:03) NASA hopes to avoid more hydrogen leaks during 2nd Artemis 2 rocket fueling test today: Watch live
(14:46) James Webb Space Telescope spots a stunning 'cosmic jellyfish' solve the mysteries of galactic evolution (photo)
(15:34) SpaceX will resume landing rockets in The Bahamas after raining debris on the country last year
(16:18) New fear unlocked: runaway black holes
(17:07) SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket plume blossoms over Florida | Space photo of the day for Feb. 18, 2026

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space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) Simera Sense to offer larger cameras and enhanced autonomy
(01:02) China’s Space Epoch raises new funding, targets 2026 launch and recovery attempt
(01:49) SatVu to expand thermal imaging constellation with NATO-backed funds
(02:27) Global leaders meet at Space-Comm Expo in London to accelerate future of European space industry
(02:57) Artemis haters, can we have a moment, please?
(03:32) BlackSky Secures Eight-Figure International Contract for Sovereign Gen-3 Satellite Solution
(03:54) Exotrail Secures Major Propulsion Contracts with Indian Space Firms During Presidential Visit
(04:53) Global Shift Toward Sovereign Launch Gains Momentum Amid Geopolitical Tensions
(05:45) New Survey Highlights Shift from Leisure to Professional Mobile Starlink Use
(06:02) Kepler Communications Names NanoAvionics as Preferred European Bus Provider for Optical Relay Missions
(06:17) A Second Cyclone Slams Madagascar
(07:03) Curiosity Blog Sols 4804-4811: Kicking Off the Final Phase of Boxwork Exploration
(07:30) Stormy, Snowy Winter for Hokkaido
(08:05) NASA Advances High-Altitude Traffic Management
(08:55) Starbase Pad 2 prepares to receive Booster 19 ahead of Block 3 milestones
(09:28) SatVu Raises £30M to Accelerate its Constellation
(10:22) Demonstrators Are No Longer Optional — They’re How Programs Stay on Track
(11:09) Haridopolos Praises Isaacman As ‘Dynamic Leader’ For NASA
(11:59) When Space Businesses Should Accelerate Cash Burn, When to Improve
(12:31) Revenge of the Bad Businesses: Refining the Space Hardware Investing Thesis During This Year’s Software Rout
(12:59) Elon Musk wants to put a satellite catapult on the moon. It's not a new idea
(13:21) Did a titanic moon crash create Saturn's iconic rings?
(14:01) NASA will fuel up its Artemis 2 moon rocket for the 2nd time on Feb. 19. Will it leak again?
(14:41) Chinese astronauts filmmusic video in space to celebrate Lunar New Year 2026
(15:12) Lasers beam 'artificial stars' above Chile | Space photo of the day for Feb. 17, 2026
(15:50) There's a lot of big talk about sovereign launch—who is doing something about it?

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