The Gist: Space News

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) FAA pauses Falcon 9 launches to investigate failed booster landing (00:56) Valve problem blamed for Peregrine lunar lander failure (01:26) Hungary for space: 4iG seeks vertically integrated capabilities (01:56) FAA grounds SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket following landing mishap (02:26)...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Experts warn U.S. falling behind in satellite imaging race: ‘We’ve gone backwards’ (00:59) Mynaric ousts CEO amid production troubles (01:21) Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander begins pre-launch environmental tests (01:51) SpaceX Falcon 9 booster collapses in a fireball on the dron...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Fire, fed by leaking engines, destroyed ABL Space Systems rocket (00:55) Military-commercial space divide persists despite policy push, experts say (01:30) U.S. military space domain awareness lags behind expectations (01:58) Webinar Replay – Space: The Next Frontier of Strategic...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) SpaceX completes static fire test of its Falcon 9 rocket in preparation for the Polaris Dawn astronaut mission (01:00) SpaceX’s Polaris Program Tuesday launch is a first-of-its-kind effort to rapidly advance human spaceflight capabilities – SatNews (01:29) Norway officially licen...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Starliner to return from ISS without astronauts on board (00:51) RFA pushes maiden flight to 2025 after launchpad explosion (01:16) Month: (01:44) NASA rules out bringing astronauts home on Boeing’s Starliner (02:09) NASA to announce final determination on how to conclude Starlin...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Space Force awards $200 million contract to Northrop Grumman for UK radar site (00:51) The case for an international space artifacts museum (01:14) Mynaric’s manufacturing woes threaten to delay production of U.S. military satellites (01:51) Amazon expands Kennedy Space Center fa...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) NASA adds three companies to launch services contract for smallsat missions (00:52) Scout Space, Dawn Aerospace partner for spaceplane surveillance demonstration (01:21) Suzi McBride, Iridium – Leading Women in Space (01:48) China to launch “Earth 2.0” exoplanet observatory in 20...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Axiom Space and Nokia partner to develop high-speed wireless communications for spacesuits (00:57) AstroForge raises $40 million (01:21) FCC approves Starlink first generation upgrade plan (01:57) New startup seeks to tackle space weather challenges (02:27) Rocket Factory Augsbur...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) TrustPoint wins SpaceWERX contracts for alternative PNT (00:54) Globalstar gets conditional approval to replenish constellation (01:25) RFA first stage destroyed in static-fire test (01:53) German cubesat to test quantum key distribution (02:24) Polaris Dawn private astronaut mis...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Chinese spacecraft appear to reach lunar orbit despite launch setback (00:56) Planet signs deal with NATO to supply satellite imagery (01:21) RS-25 Engine Evolves for the Evolvable SLS Rocket (01:52) South Korea hires SpaceX to launch GEO satellite in 2027 (02:26) Rethinking Safe...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Orbex working towards 2025 first launch (00:51) Lockheed Martin to acquire Terran Orbital – SatNews (01:17) Redwire to acquire spacecraft developer Hera Systems – SatNews (01:41) Rocket Lab ships twin satellites to launch site for NASA Mars mission – SatNews (02:17) DISA’s DoDNet...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) SpaceX launches Transporter-11 smallsat rideshare mission (00:51) Make Space Great Again (01:18) Long March 4B launches experimental Yaogan-43 satellite group (01:44) NASA evaluating plan to restructure OSAM-1 satellite servicing mission (02:13) AST SpaceMobile starts work on 17...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Indian solid SSLV rocket launches Earth observation satellite (00:59) Maria Demaree, Lockheed Martin – Leading Women in Space (01:26) China could develop dual relay satellite system for Earth-moon communications to reduce geopolitical risks (01:58) Apex offers GEO version of Arie...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Redwire to acquire satellite manufacturer Hera Systems, bolstering defense portfolio (00:54) Webinar – Space: The Next Frontier of Strategic Competition (01:22) Northrop Grumman continues to trim space workforce in California (01:51) Intuitive Machines seeks to take over NASA’s V...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Airbus and Astroscale expand in-orbit servicing partnership (00:58) NASA watchdog finds quality control problems with Boeing SLS work (01:28) NOAA is forecasting severe geomagnetic storm – SatNews (02:04) ParaZero contarcted for 50 drone safety systems for military ops + medical...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) SpaceX launches two satellites for Arctic broadband mission (00:50) SpaceX launches Space Norway Arctic Satellite Broadband mission on a foggy California evening – SatNews (01:23) SpaceX aborts Starlink satellite launch at just 46 seconds and reschedules – SatNews (01:54) Rocket...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) NASA requests details on potential VIPER partnerships (00:48) SpaceX is finally ready for Space Norway’s Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission – SatNews (01:23) SpaceX busy on both coasts on Sunday to include Starlink satellite launch – SatNews (01:50) SpaceX’s Saturday Starlink sat...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Space Force to expand missile-defense satellite network in medium Earth orbit (00:56) Chinese megaconstellation launch creates field of space debris (01:27) KSAT intros fully automated KSATlite launch + deorbit Service following Rocket Lab collaboration – SatNews (02:00) Amendmen...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Virgin Galactic outlines economics of its future spaceplanes (00:58) Logan, Utah, bids farewell to the Small Satellite Conference (01:24) Commerce Department preparing to turn on initial version of space traffic coordination service (01:55) Gabrielle Carlisle, Millennium Space Sy...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) NASA considering returning Starliner astronauts on Crew Dragon (00:50) PLD Space to start building French Guiana launch facilities next month (01:19) Heavier smallsats weigh down market forecasts (01:49) Firefly signs multi-launch agreement with L3Harris (02:15) Little Place Labs...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:25) Dcubed raises 4.4 million euros for in-space manufacturing (00:52) Impulse Space announces GEO rideshare program (01:14) Safran to open electric thruster production line in U.S. (01:44) Leaf Space deploys first ground antenna with high-speed Ka-band (02:14) BAE wins $48 million U...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) China launches first satellites for Thousand Sails megaconstellation (00:56) NASA budget pressures create opportunities for smallsats (01:25) Benchmark adds Starlight thruster to partner network (01:54) Aerospace CEO lauds smallsat innovation and risk-taking (02:23) SmallSat Conf...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Cygnus spacecraft suffers glitches after launch (00:48) Synspective’s 5th SAR Satellite reaches its target orbit + spreads its wings – SatNews (01:18) SpaceX sends off NASA’s Cygnus resupply mission on Sunday to the ISS during a break in Florida’s weather – SatNews (01:49) SpaceX...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) Indian astronauts to start training for ISS mission (00:54) NASA to soon resume awards of lunar lander missions (01:16) SpaceX still plans for Sunday launch of 23 Starlink smallsats; and now available in Tonga – SatNews (01:49) SpaceX scrubs Saturday Cygnus mission and reschedule...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:24) NASA retaining plans to select a single Artemis lunar rover (00:55) Rocket Lab launches fifth Synspective satellite (01:22) China launches second secretive high orbit internet satellite (01:48) SES searching for cost savings to tackle video woes (02:17) SDA is set to award satell...