Show Notes
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!<br>(00:10) Podcast Introduction<br>(00:23) Artemis 2 swings around the moon<br>(00:58) Moog Highlights Growing Satellite Bus Capabilities with Full‑Scale METEOR Reveal at Space Symposium<br>(01:36) FOSSA targets Japan’s defense market as larger smallsats expand capabilities<br>(02:07) The moon base has a hardware plan. It needs a software strategy, too.<br>(02:40) Seagate Space Signs MOU with Firefly Aerospace to Collaborate on Offshore Launch Infrastructure for Alpha<br>(03:22) Azercosmos and Viasat Sign Partnership Agreement for In-Flight Connectivity<br>(03:57) Satellite Deployers to be Used on JAXA Small Satellite Mission by Exolaunch<br>(04:40) SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Dr. Ane Aanesland, ThrustMe<br>(05:19) Russia Replaces Starlink With European-Built Satellites<br>(05:55) Redwire’s ESA Quantum Satellite Deal Expands European Defense Growth Story<br>(06:27) Drought Parches Florida<br>(07:02) NASA’s Artemis II Crew Eclipses Record for Farthest Human Spaceflight<br>(07:52) NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Mission Overview<br>(08:19) Night Sky Network Celebrates Artemis II<br>(08:51) Artemis II breaks record, conducts lunar flyby<br>(09:37) Launch Preview: Falcon 9 to loft Cygnus to ISS, Minotaur IV to launch from California<br>(10:06) The State of Satcom 2026<br>(10:57) Artemis II Supplier Series: Orion’s Windows<br>(11:36) Moon milestones: A rundown of Artemis 2's many spaceflight firsts<br>(12:25) 'This is really big stuff.' Trump hails NASA Artemis 2 astronauts after historic moon flyby feat<br>(13:15) Moon music: Here's a Spotify playlist of the Artemis 2 crew's wakeup songs<br>(13:52) Moon memorial: Artemis 2 astronauts name lunar 'bright spot' after mission commander's late wife<br>(14:41) Astronauts set distance record, revealing the Moon as a place to be explored<br>(15:19) Trump's next budget once again calls for massive cuts to science<br>