In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) Firefly plans late summer launch of first Alpha Block 2 rocket
(01:00) NRO taps EarthDaily, Iceye, Pixxel to expand commercial data pipeline
(01:49) NATO governance policies need updating
(02:04) Tech firms partner up to push intelligence processing closer to the battlefield
(02:50) Pixxel pushes into orbital data centers for faster geospatial intelligence
(03:39) Lockheed Martin joins collaboration with Firefly Aerospace and Seagate for off-shore launches
(04:21) U.S. Space Force Awards $3.2 Billion for Space-Based Interceptor Layer
(04:53) Interlune Secures $6.9 Million NASA Contract for Lunar Resource Extraction
(05:28) U.S. Space Force Integrates Domain Awareness Capabilities into Balikatan 2026
(06:07) Smallsat Sector to Deploy 16,900 Satellites Through 2035 as Market Reaches Industrial Maturity
(06:46) SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Massimo Comparini, Leonardo Space Division
(07:20) NASA Fosters Development of Lunar Resource-Seeking Technologies
(08:13) NASA Welcomes Malta as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
(08:50) Breaking Barriers at 3rd Annual Findings from the Field Symposium
(09:51) Lt. Gen. Schiess Nominated to Lead Space Force
(10:31) Payload Field Guide: Lunar Rovers
(11:01) NASA wants to land astronauts on the moon in 2028. Will SpaceX's Starship or Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander be ready in time?
(11:50) Trump's proposed NASA budget is a 'horrible threat to our future' in space, Planetary Society CEO says
(12:37) James Webb Space Telescope directly studies an exoplanet's surface for the 1st time: 'We see a dark, hot, barren rock'
(13:26) Our Milky Way's 'Zone of Avoidance' holds a galaxy supercluster with 30,000 trillion times the sun's mass
(14:03) Lasers take aim at a galaxy far, far away | Space photo of the day for May 4, 2026