Show Notes
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!<br>(00:10) Podcast Introduction<br>(00:23) Europe’s space sector faces power shift as funding grows<br>(01:10) Artemis 2 countdown underway<br>(01:50) Second Starlink satellite suffers anomaly, generating debris<br>(02:37) Rocket Lab wins German approval for Mynaric deal<br>(03:19) Varda flies navigation payload, heat shield tests on sixth reentry mission<br>(03:41) SpaceX launches 119 payloads on smallsat rideshare mission from California<br>(04:36) SpaceX Loses Contact With Starlink Satellite<br>(05:11) AAC Clyde Space Expands Orbital Presence with Transporter-16 Launch<br>(05:48) Indra Showcases Sovereign Space and Defense Technologies at FIDAE 2026<br>(06:25) WISeSat.Space Expands IoT Constellation with 21st Satellite Launch via SpaceX<br>(07:00) York Space Systems Secures PExT Mission Extension Through 2027 Following BARD Success<br>(07:42) Fires Tear Through Nebraska Grasslands<br>(07:59) Sendoff for Artemis II Crew<br>(08:37) Seeing Blue During Schirmacher’s Summer Melt Season<br>(09:20) Launch Preview: SLS, Falcon 9, Atlas V, and Soyuz launches comprise busy launch manifest<br>(10:03) America’s Rocket Factory comes Full Circle with Artemis<br>(10:22) Transporter-16 Sends 119 Payloads to Orbit<br>(11:17) Starcloud Raises $170M Series A at $1.1B Valuation<br>(12:28) Bellatrix Raises $20M For In-Space Propulsion Tech<br>(13:23) Why won't NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts land on the moon when they get there?<br>(14:08) Huge solar flare no threat to Artemis 2 astronaut launch to the moon, NASA says<br>(14:38) Record-breaking 'space laser' erupts from merging galaxies 8 billion light-years away<br>(15:20) Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be nearly 12 billion years old — so ancient its star system may no longer exist<br>(15:41) Heading to Florida for NASA's Artemis 2 moon launch? Here's what to know before you go<br>