Show Notes
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!<br>(00:10) Podcast Introduction<br>(00:23) PLD Space secures $35 million European Investment Bank loan for MIURA 5 launcher<br>(00:48) Heather Pringle on the upcoming Space Symposium and future international collaboration in space<br>(01:21) China conducts pair of Long March launches for Thousand Sails and Guowang megaconstellations<br>(02:13) A new kind of arsenal: commercial satellites<br>(02:53) What returning to lunar space means for human health<br>(03:28) The End of the VSAT Parts Bin<br>(04:07) FCC Modernizes Satellite Spectrum Rules to Unleash Next-Generation Broadband<br>(04:44) SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Daniel Bock, Morpheus Space<br>(05:20) Firefly Aerospace Prepares for Blue Ghost Mission 2 Following Historic Lunar Success<br>(05:32) Lockheed Martin Outlines Strategic Space Technology Roadmap for 2026<br>(06:06) Earthset From the Lunar Far Side<br>(06:41) Indoor Testing Facilities available at the NASA Unmanned Autonomy Research Complex (NUARC)<br>(07:30) I Am Artemis: Dan Florez<br>(08:08) Starstruck<br>(08:38) Artemis II closing in on Earth return<br>(08:57) China debuts new launchers, tests orbital servicing and outlines future deep-space missions<br>(09:20) Artemis II Gives Airbus Hope For European Spaceflight<br>(10:06) Portal Closes $50M Series A<br>(10:24) The State of Launch 2026<br>(11:13) Artemis 2 moon astronauts splash down today — What to expect at each stage of reentry & landing (timeline)<br>(11:50) Crew of tiny worms readies for April 11 launch to International Space Station<br>(12:39) 'It probably will start a precedent': Why satellite company's withholding of Iran imagery has this expert worried<br>(13:23) A house-size asteroid is heading toward Earth tonight: Here's what you need to know<br>(14:21) Watch Artemis 2 race back to Earth in this telescope livestream tonight<br>(15:05) Orion helium leak no threat to Artemis II reentry, but will require redesign<br>(15:39) The gravity of their experience hasn't quite set in for the Artemis II astronauts<br>