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Space News for Wednesday, April 08, 2026

Space News for Wednesday, April 08, 2026

The Gist: Space News · Dr. Mason Nixon

April 8, 202616m 8s

Show Notes

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!<br>(00:10) Podcast Introduction<br>(00:23) Inspection cubesat demo planned as first step toward orbital defense mothership<br>(01:00) Astroscale passes key design milestone for UK military space-tracking cubesats<br>(01:55) Hungary taps Northrop Grumman for first national geostationary communications satellite<br>(02:44) NASA’s new moon base project requires operational technology systems in space, but they are vulnerable.<br>(03:28) New Boeing Satellite Spacecraft Delivered.<br>(03:55) What the SpaceX IPO Changes for Every Satellite Operator<br>(04:28) Empowering the Next Generation at SmallSat Europe 2026<br>(05:02) SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Carissa Christensen, BryceTech<br>(05:35) Astroscale Plans World-First Multi-Orbit Satellite Inspection Mission<br>(06:10) A Volcanic Medley Near Mammoth Lakes<br>(06:35) Celestial Wonders in Leo<br>(07:10) NASA’s Artemis II Crew Beams Official Moon Flyby Photos to Earth<br>(07:47) Earthset<br>(08:20) Experience the Rollout of SLS Hardware for Artemis III<br>(09:02) Advocates Ready For NASA Science Funding Fight, Part II<br>(10:00) Starfish Closes $100M+ Series B<br>(10:33) The State of EO 2026<br>(11:16) How Earthlings Got Views of the Lunar Fly By<br>(12:02) 'It just made it even more special': Being so far from Earth makes you appreciate our planet even more, Artemis 2 astronaut says<br>(12:50) The Artemis 2 space toilet is actually working fine. But there is another problem<br>(13:28) Relive Artemis 2's epic moon flyby with these amazing photos<br>(14:17) A satellite just captured images of a tsunami being born. Here's why that's a big deal<br>(14:53) Artemis 2 captures historic 'Earthset' photo | Space photo of the day for April 7, 2026<br>