Space News for Wednesday, February 11, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!<br>(00:10) Podcast Introduction<br>(00:23) Reusable launch vehicles will change everything in space, and on Earth<br>(00:40) Eutelsat gets nearly 1 billion euros in French-backed ECA financing<br>(00:59) Stoke Space adds $350 million to Series D round<br>(01:18) China tests crewed spacecraft abort and rocket recovery in major lunar milestone<br>(01:36) FCC approves thousands more Amazon Leo satellites as Gen 1 deadline looms<br>(01:59) Satellite manufacturers see emerging market for ‘mini-constellations’<br>(02:18) National Reconnaissance Office adds HEO, SatVu and Sierra Nevada to commercial imaging program<br>(02:36) ULA sets sights on ramping up launch cadence in 2026<br>(03:03) SatService to Deploy Q/V-band Ground Station for German Bundeswehr University<br>(03:16) D2D’s Hype Hangover: The Physics Finally Bite Back<br>(03:37) Silicon Valley to Aerospace: Code is the New Steel<br>(04:02) Space Has a Plumbing Problem, and It’s Getting Expensive<br>(04:31) The New Orbital Guard: Commercial Tech Steps Up as the Pentagon’s Watchtower<br>(05:04) The New Space Playbook Faces a Physics Cliff at the Moon<br>(05:27) The Commercial Mask Slips: Space is Now a Sovereign Arms Race<br>(05:37) Summer Heat Hits Southeastern Australia<br>(06:06) Curiosity Blog, Sols 4798-4803: Back for More Science<br>(06:55) CubeSats’ Missions Begin<br>(07:07) Grants<br>(07:23) NASA’s Hubble Captures Light Show Around Rapidly Dying Star<br>(07:47) Core Survey by NASA’s Roman Mission Will Unveil Universe’s Dark Side<br>(08:13) SpaceX complete Booster 19 testing at upgraded Massey’s<br>(08:35) Stoke Space Adds $350M to Series D Fundraise<br>(09:04) Rep. Mike Haridopolos On Cutting Red Tape, Passing NASA Bill<br>(09:11) Spaceium Tests Robot Gas Attendant Piece in Orbit<br>(09:38) Momentus and NASA Will Collab on RPO Demo<br>(09:55) UK to Invest Nearly £1M In In-Orbit Manufacturing<br>(10:04) Artemis 2 rocket chills with the 'Snow Moon' | Space photo of the day for Feb. 11, 2026<br>(10:26) James Webb Space Telescope uncovers secret supermassive black holes that escape traditional detection<br>(10:44) Could the remains of a 'dead' comet still be in the solar system? Astronomers are still searching 6 years later<br>(11:12) Life on Earth is lucky: A rare chemical fluke may have made our planet habitable<br>(11:30) Earth orbit is getting crowded. Can this map of 1 million routes around our planet help prevent satellite collisions?<br>(11:58) How are gas giant exoplanets born? James Webb Space Telescope provides new clues<br>(12:31) Italy's 2026 Winter Olympic venues from space | Space photo of the day for Feb. 10, 2026<br>(13:01) SpaceX's next-gen Super Heavy booster aces four days of "cryoproof" testing<br>