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Space News for Thursday, March 19, 2026

Space News for Thursday, March 19, 2026

The Gist: Space News · Dr. Mason Nixon

March 19, 202615m 27s

Show Notes

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!<br>(00:10) Podcast Introduction<br>(00:23) Rocket Lab wins $190 million Pentagon deal for hypersonic test flights<br>(01:13) Space Command classified wargame to include 25 commercial players<br>(01:57) TransAstra aims to move 100-ton asteroid to stable orbit for processing<br>(02:29) Solar array deal sheds more light on South Korea’s defense constellation<br>(02:55) Space Force Formalizes Cislunar Strategy Amid Acquisition Restructuring<br>(03:13) Market Analysis: The ISR Latency War and Who Wins When “Minutes” Decide Mission<br>(03:48) Telesat Optimizes Lightspeed Constellation with Dedicated Military Ka-Band Spectrum<br>(04:23) ALL.SPACE Achieves Industry-First Multi-Orbit Certification for SES O3b mPOWER<br>(04:44) Flexell Space and Kongsberg NanoAvionics Partner on Solar Arrays for Korean National Security Program<br>(05:26) Australia’s “Red Centre” Turns Green<br>(06:08) Curiosity Blog, Sols 4832–4837: Driving the (Contact) Line!<br>(06:27) Lava Flows Down Mayon<br>(07:01) From Service to Space Systems: A Pathways Journey to NASA<br>(07:49) Widely Attended Gatherings (WAGs) Determinations<br>(08:36) Booster 19 concludes initial test campaign on Pad 2<br>(09:17) HyImpulse Signs Launch Agreement with SaxaVord<br>(09:48) Apex Signs First Japanese Bus Contract With NEC<br>(10:12) Modified Vulcan Expected to Launch This Summer<br>(10:48) Advanced Navigation Raises $110M Series C<br>(11:48) NanoAvionics Lands Korean National Security Deal<br>(12:34) Watch NASA roll out Artemis 2 moon rocket tonight ahead of April 1 launch<br>(12:52) 'At the edge of what we thought possible': Astronomers find extremely rare star from ancient universe<br>(13:34) Astronauts complete prep for new ISS solar array on 1st NASA spacewalk in 10 months<br>(14:20) Chinese astronaut conducts record-tying 6th spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video)<br>