Show Notes
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!<br>(00:10) Podcast Introduction<br>(00:23) Third Kairos launch fails<br>(01:09) Senate committee advances NASA authorization bill that changes Artemis and extends ISS<br>(01:47) Telus invests in AST SpaceMobile to expand D2D coverage in Canada<br>(02:42) Space Force presses case for more personnel and training<br>(03:28) Mutable Tactics raises $2.1 million for AI drone coordination in satellite-denied environments<br>(04:09) SpaceX launches 600th Starlink satellite of 2026 during predawn Falcon 9 rocket flight from Cape Canaveral<br>(04:56) SatNews Launches New Website: 52,000 Stories, Zero Left Behind<br>(05:12) The Iran Precedent: Operation Epic Fury and the Law of Armed Conflict in Space<br>(05:54) MDA Space Delivers Record $1.6 Billion Revenue in 2025; Unveils $40 Billion Opportunity Pipeline<br>(06:38) Blue Origin Accelerates New Glenn 9×4 Production and TeraWave Constellation Development<br>(07:26) A Little Town with a Long Name<br>(07:44) High-Speed Flight Project Overview<br>(08:12) About Advanced Air Vehicles Program (AAVP)<br>(08:51) Blowing Stellar Bubbles<br>(09:31) I Am Artemis: Paul Boehm<br>(10:15) US-French Satellite Takes Stock of World’s River Water<br>(11:06) China to test capsule further, attempt booster recoveries on land and sea<br>(11:43) PLD Space Closes €180M Series C, Eyes Flight Test This Year<br>(12:34) ICEYE Launches New Deforestation Monitoring Tool<br>(13:11) Heritage Foundation Rates Space Force ‘Marginal’<br>(13:58) The Rubin Observatory will change the game for astronomy — if satellite companies don't get in the way<br>(14:45) 'War of the Worlds' in reverse? Mars dirt could help fight off a microbial invasion from Earth<br>(15:25) Auroras on Jupiter's giant moon Ganymede look like Earth's northern lights, NASA spacecraft reveals<br>(16:14) Antarctica has lost 5,000 square miles of 'grounded ice' in the last 30 years, satellite images reveal<br>(16:31) Space Command chief throws cold water on the question of UAPs in space<br>