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The Gist is a space news aggregation podcast that gives you the top space-related stories of the day with an emphasis of space technologies, current launches, small satellites, etc. Generally,... more
FAQs about The Gist: Space News:How many episodes does The Gist: Space News have?The podcast currently has 1,059 episodes available.
July 19, 2026Space News for Sunday, July 19, 2026In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) Mauritius becomes 70th nation to sign the Artemis Accords(01:04) Space Force triples launch contract ceiling amid rising demand(01:45) Pentagon awards $7.1 million to expand U.S. production of cover glass for satellites(02:22) Aerospace Experts Warn Against Fragmented Architecture for Future Crewed Mars Missions(02:40) Amazon Secures South African Market Entry Protocol via Herotel Distribution Partnership(03:17) European Commission Defers Iliad-Altice Telecom Merger Review to French Watchdog(03:33) Another reusable rocket? Japan launches, lands RV-X prototype (video)...more5minPlay
July 18, 2026Space News for Saturday, July 18, 2026In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) Skyroot Aerospace reaches orbit on first Vikram-1 launch(01:07) NASA terminates Draper lunar lander mission(01:45) Serbia signs the Artemis Accords(02:29) NASA Pushes New Wing Design to Find Structural Limits(03:05) Establishing a VTE Risk Score for Astronauts Algorithm(03:36) NASA Awards Facilities Support Services Contract for Ames Research Center(04:16) Beyond Reach Labs Raises $10M Seed, Moves to NYC(05:08) NASA Selects Starlink for Artemis III Mission(05:46) ISU Founder Shares a Vision Beyond Liquidation(06:26) These 'metallic' dunes on Mars look like sci-fi. What are they really?(06:51) Earth's largest particle accelerator opens new window into the early universe just after the Big Bang: 'A culmination of a decades-long quest'(07:36) 'The dawn of a new space era': Vikram-1, India's 1st private orbital rocket, aces debut launch(08:32) 'The Starry Night' in space: Dark Energy Camera channels a cosmic Van Gogh (video)...more10minPlay
July 17, 2026Space News for Friday, July 17, 2026In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) SpaceX aborts Starship Flight 13 launch attempt(01:02) SpaceX launches 21 satellites for military data network(01:44) Nature study identifies a new way to spot nuclear weapons in orbit(02:25) Defense Innovation Unit seeks commercial path to deliver electrical power from orbit(03:03) Building the infrastructure for a shifting space economy with Massi Ladovaz(03:34) ATVA Opposes Proposed FCC Order Replacing National Broadcast Ownership Cap(03:53) U.S. Space Force Finalizes Acquisition Restructuring Under Nine Mission Portfolios(04:35) South Korea Accelerates Uncrewed Lunar Landing Target to 2030 Under New KASA Strategy(05:14) AST SpaceMobile Defers Commercial Direct-to-Device Timeline to Early 2027(05:30) A Tide-Fueled Trove of Biodiversity in Guinea-Bissau(06:25) NASA Welcomes Serbia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory(07:18) NASA Study Finds Near-Earth Asteroid Is Actually Comet(08:04) Young Galaxy Cluster(08:21) SWISSto12 Closes $70M Series C(09:03) TraCSS Looms Large Over Mission Authorization Hearing(09:34) Falcon 9 Sales Freeze Anxiety and Our Launch Ramp Forecast Model for New Rockets(10:12) Astronomers discover landslides on Pluto large enough to bury entire cities on Earth(10:51) Astronomers discover 1st atmosphere around a rocky Earth-like planet in the habitable zone(11:17) SpaceX stacks massive Starship rocket ahead of today's Flight 13 test launch (video)(11:41) Stephen Hawking's famous 'leaky' black hole theory gets much-needed update(12:15) We've seen helium baked off a rocky exoplanet's atmosphere(12:44) Could China and Russia really destroy Starlink? Only with a boomerang....more14minPlay
July 16, 2026Space News for Thursday, July 16, 2026In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Swissto12 raises $70 million to accelerate small GEO satellite production(01:18) Space Force awards Slingshot $69 million for AI-enabled training technology(02:10) Commercial Space Federation Launches State and Local Council to Align States on National Space Capacity and Strengthen the U.S. Industrial Base(02:56) Startup working with University of Texas focuses on trapping small debris(03:23) SpaceX to deploy first Starlink V3 satellites on suborbital Starship-Super Heavy flight(03:41) NASA Details Docking and Software Protocols for Revised Artemis III LEO Demonstration(04:10) Frontier Airlines and Indigo Partners Select Starlink for Multi-Airline Inflight Connectivity(04:50) Gilat Satellite Networks Secures $20 Million SkyEdge Ground Segment Order(05:09) Keysight and Sateliot Secure ESA Award for Blockchain-Anchored 5G NTN Security(05:50) Space Development Agency Awards $1.75 Billion for 36 Additional Missile-Tracking Satellites(06:13) Ontario Wildfire Smoke Moves East(07:05) NASA Uses Subscale Aircraft to Accelerate Flight Innovation(07:20) NASA Study of Pristine Meteorite Adds to Story of Ancient Asteroids(07:37) Anil Menon Launches to Space Station(08:16) Starship Flight 13: Potentially the final Suborbital Flight(08:47) Exclusive: Loft Orbital Scales Offering with Apex Bus Purchase(09:33) NatSec Space Policy Nominees Face Questions from Senators(09:51) 'Full steam ahead': NASA ramps up prep for Artemis III astronaut launch in 2027(10:41) Watch Archimedes burn! Rocket Lab fires up engine for its powerful next-gen Neutron launcher (video)(11:30) Meteorite that crashed through New Jersey house could hold the clues to life's origins(12:20) Raspberry sugar spotted in interstellar space, a sweet discovery that could reveal clues about life's origins...more14minPlay
July 15, 2026Space News for Wednesday, July 15, 2026In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) Isaacman attends Soyuz launch of ISS crew(00:45) Space acquisition and NRO picks face SASC(01:14) U.K. government preparing to release new space strategy(02:08) SpaceX launches a flight-proven Falcon booster for 600th time(02:39) Europe Space Networks Look to Scale Optical Connectivity(03:14) Iridium Opens Commercial Availability for Hardware-Level Assured PNT Modems(03:55) Ground Control Deploys RockFLEET for Large-Scale Turkish Fisheries VMS Program(04:19) Space ISAC to Convene Classified VOSS VII Summit in Colorado Springs(04:51) Curiosity Blog, Sols 4947-4953: Gale Crater Then and Now(05:28) Heat Dome Broils the Western U.S.(06:14) NASA Invites Media to Serbia Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony(06:39) Hubble Sees Crimson Cloud and Stars(07:17) Soyuz MS-29 launches new crew to ISS from Baikonur(07:31) Payload Field Guide: NSSL(07:58) Spinifex Space Launches With Australian Test Ranges(08:27) Scientists spot 4 superdense stellar corpses hiding behind their red dwarf companions(09:06) The 1st of 10,000 'missing' black holes in the Omega Centauri star cluster has been found by the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes(09:24) 1st-ever X-rays in space offer hope for possible patients headed to the moon(10:07) This cosmic 'lighthouse' is blazing a magnetic trail through the Milky Way...more12minPlay
July 14, 2026Space News for Tuesday, July 14, 2026In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) Flexell Space raises $20 Million in Series A round(01:09) L3Harris, Sierra Space to build 36 satellites to expand U.S. missile-tracking network(02:07) Poland to host new ESA center as government boosts investments in space(02:25) Accel and Prosus backed QOSMIC raises $3.33 Million to Build Optical Ground Stations for the Orbital Data Economy(03:05) SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg(03:48) Sat-Lite Technologies Secures $9.9M U.S. Army SATCOM Antenna Contract(04:30) Air Launch Died the Same Week Responsive Space Arrived(04:57) SpaceX Advances Direct-to-Device Constellation Matrix with Starlink V3 Hardware(05:35) Rocket Lab Consolidates Vertical Integration Across Satellite Communications Market(06:13) Fans of the Arctic(06:51) Curiosity Blog, Sols 4941-4947: (Pin)Stripes on the Fourth of July(07:22) NASA Study Points to Smoother Air Taxi Rides(08:06) NASA Astronaut Anil Menon(08:43) Launch Preview: Soyuz to launch crew to ISS, Starship to fly another test flight(09:10) Reditus Finishes ENOS Reentry Vehicle Ahead of First Flight(09:32) Reflect Orbital Cleared to Fly In-Orbit Mirror by FCC(10:16) SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: SpaceX sets target date for next Starship rocket launch(10:31) These mysterious exoplanets may have clouds of vaporized rock and grounds of scorching magma oceans(11:14) NASA begins stacking rocket ahead of 2027 Artemis III astronaut launch (photos)(11:50) SpaceX targets July 16 for Starship Flight 13, reveals what went wrong on previous launch(12:21) SpaceX is gearing up for Starship's 13th test flight later this week...more14minPlay
July 13, 2026Space News for Monday, July 13, 2026In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) China lines up methalox Long March 10C as commercial workhorse after first booster recovery(00:55) SpaceX gears up for Starship Flight 13(01:35) ITU Rejects Globalstar Extension Request for French-Licensed HIBLEO Fleet(02:08) Balancing Orbit: How Regulators Trade Commercial Viability for National Security(02:45) 149 million views! Artemis II moon mission breaks NASA's streaming record(02:59) Space medicine breakthrough? Kidney and liver tissue bioprinted off Earth for 1st time ever(03:34) Your lost dog can now call home with the world's 1st satellite-connected dog collar...more5minPlay
July 12, 2026Space News for Sunday, July 12, 2026In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) Parabilis tests propulsion system for maneuverable cubesats(01:01) Satellite-to-Cell Competition Intensifies as Regulatory Review Looms(01:37) China Achieves Historic First Orbital Booster Recovery via At-Sea Net System(02:10) Pakistan Seeks NASA Partnership for 2035 Lunar Mission Ambitions(02:38) Your lost dog can now call home with the world's 1st satellite-connected dog collar(03:23) White House appoints Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb to lead new UFO study group(04:13) A Jupiter-size planet that escaped its star's death...more6minPlay
July 11, 2026Space News for Saturday, July 11, 2026In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) FCC approves first Reflect Orbital satellite(01:08) Earth observation satellites pass telecom in European space industry sales(01:40) China unveils members of state-backed commercial space consortium(02:09) The space industry is weighing ambitious hiring against heritage(02:52) Startup testing nuclear battery technology in orbit(03:37) SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB(04:14) ITU Rejects Globalstar Extension Request for French-Licensed HIBLEO Fleet(04:34) Early Career Faculty (ECF) 2025 Awards(05:21) NASA Volunteers Help Zooniverse Reach 1 Billion Classifications(06:10) NASA Photographer Captures Images from F-18 Over Washington(06:33) Waxing Gibbous Moon(07:01) Booster 20 completes record duration Static Fire(07:36) Pulse Space Lands $40M Space Force Contract to Develop Laser Tech(07:54) US Government Studying Offshore Launch Opportunities(08:44) A ravenous black hole in our backyard could be our window into the ancient universe(09:32) Launching from 2 continents: Germany's Isar Aerospace leases Canadian pad for $150 million(09:47) SpaceX ignites all 33 powerful engines on Starship booster ahead of Flight 13 launch (video)(10:12) SpaceX launch creates colorful 'jellyfish' in the night sky | Space photo of the day for July 10, 2026...more12minPlay
July 10, 2026Space News for Friday, July 10, 2026In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:20) China becomes second country to recover orbital booster with Long March 10B(00:50) Interior Department requests information on offshore launch options(01:16) SDA TAP Lab Evolves Into BMC3I TAP Lab And In Partnership With Catalyst Campus Launches A New Multi-Phased Program To Accelerate Mission-Focused Technology Development(02:02) The Exploration Company establishes US entity to pursue government contracts(02:34) Environmental groups urge FCC to pause orbital data center applications(03:03) SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on record-breaking 36th flight(03:46) York Space Systems Finalizes $300 Million Acquisition of Satellite Terminal Provider ALL.SPACE(04:11) NASA and ISISPACE Deploy GRITSS CubeSat to Advance Orbital Reference Frame Precision(04:52) Blue Origin Moves to Raise $10 Billion in First-Ever Outside Funding Round(05:24) EchoStar Governance Reshuffle as Capital Unit Dissolves Following Spectrum Sales(05:51) Pulse Space Secures $40 Million U.S. Space Force Contract for Laser-Based Power Beaming Technology(06:22) NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Anil Menon Launch to Space Station(06:43) Principal Investigator and Quality Assessment Reports Evaluate Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar Data(07:26) Curiosity Sees Martian Sulfur Up Close(07:57) NATO Allies Plan to Stitch Together Sovereign Space Fleets(08:41) Blue Origin Seeks $10B at $130B Valuation, Reporting Shows(09:30) Auxilium Demos Tech To Enable Sustainable Bioprinting in Orbit(10:12) Making history! China lands rocket during an orbital launch for 1st time ever (video)(10:45) Wally Funk, trailblazing pilot and astronaut, passes away at 87(11:20) Scientists have discovered the oldest quasar ever seen, and it shines with the light of a trillion suns(12:12) SpaceX wants to launch 100,000 Starlink satellites to orbit(12:39) Payloads used to dictate the terms of launch. That's finally changing....more14minPlay
FAQs about The Gist: Space News:How many episodes does The Gist: Space News have?The podcast currently has 1,059 episodes available.