Space News for Friday, February 27, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!<br>(00:10) Podcast Introduction<br>(00:23) China set for its first one-year human spaceflight mission, confirms Pakistani astronaut flight<br>(01:15) Space Force keeps door open to future human presence in orbit<br>(01:44) Virgin Media O2 launches Europe’s first Starlink direct-to-smartphone service<br>(02:27) Airbus and Leonardo report increased space revenues for 2025<br>(03:03) NordSpace founder backs Wyvern with new Canada-focused venture arm<br>(03:40) Moving On Up @ Encompass Digital Media<br>(04:35) CapRock’s High Five — It’s All Greek!<br>(05:12) ND SatCom Sets Satellite Sites In Cloud Computing — Bumps Up To XWARP™<br>(06:03) National Phenomenon — Brazilian Hijacking of U.S. Military Satellites<br>(06:39) Chesapeake Bay Locked in Ice<br>(07:12) JPL 3D-Printed Part Springs Forward<br>(07:45) Landsat 9: More Than Just A Picture<br>(07:58) Inside Project Hail Mary<br>(08:39) NASA Invites Media to Discuss Next Steps for Artemis Campaign<br>(09:20) Vast and Axiom awarded new private missions to ISS, continue work on commercial space stations<br>(09:40) ISPTech Raises €5.5M to Scale Green Propulsion Tech<br>(10:36) Mynaric Demos QKD Comms With COTS Tech<br>(11:19) CesiumAstro Acquires AI Firm Vidrovr<br>(11:53) Phantom Space Acquires Vector Launch Assets<br>(12:35) Canada’s NordSpace Opens VC Arm for Sovereign Space Investments<br>(13:21) Artemis 2 moon mission shouldn't launch until late 2026, new analysis of solar superflares suggests<br>(14:11) Astronomers just watched a star 1,540 times the size of our sun transform into a hypergiant. Will it go supernova?<br>(15:10) US Space Force pauses national security launches on ULA Vulcan rocket due to booster glitch<br>(15:59) NASA shakes up leadership of human spaceflight program in wake of critical Starliner report<br>(16:44) One Fire star projector review: A great projector for kids<br>(17:12) ULA isn't making the Space Force's GPS interference problem any easier<br>