The Gist: Space News

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:21) Falcon 9 launches final GPS 3 satellite into orbit for U.S. Space Force (01:11) Artemis spacesuit development risks further delays (01:58) Pentagon officially ends OCX program, citing risk and delays (02:51) Latvia joins the Artemis Accords (03:23) SpaceX to launch final GPS III...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:21) China ramps up satellite production capacity amid constellation ambitions (01:04) Space Force weighs Vulcan flights without solid boosters (01:31) Third New Glenn launch suffers upper stage malfunction (02:13) Rhea Space Activity raises $6 million to develop GPS-free spacecraft n...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:22) SpaceX to attempt 600th Falcon booster landing amid West Coast Starlink mission (01:07) Starlink Outages Disrupt Navy Drone Tests as Pentagon Dependency Grows (01:36) Amazon+Globalstar. Turbocharging the industry (01:51) New Glenn set to launch on third mission, reuse booster for...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:21) NASA selects Falcon Heavy to launch ESA Mars rover mission despite budget threat (01:06) NorthStar to go public via SPAC to expand space-based SSA network (01:33) Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete third spacewalk, mission extended by a month (02:00) Artemis 2 astronauts praise perf...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:21) Qingzhou prototype cargo spacecraft completes rendezvous tests in orbit (00:37) Taiwan floats shared satcom constellation amid calls for more space collaboration (01:09) Companies make the case for commercial space station markets (01:52) Blue Origin hot fires its first previousl...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:21) PlanetiQ secures $15 million Air Force STRATFI contract (00:59) Space Force reorg signals end of SDA as standalone agency (01:14) Seraphim forms space advisory council (01:27) Defining acquisition on a wartime footing (02:00) Blue Origin one step closer to launching New Glenn fro...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:21) Blue Origin moves toward launch at Vandenberg (00:54) NRO highlights government and industry partnerships (01:25) SES and Boeing move toward factory-installed multi-orbit inflight connectivity (01:56) West Coast SpaceX Falcon 9 mission launches 25 Starlink satellites (02:34) Spac...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:22) L3Harris investing upfront in bid for Golden Dome work (01:17) Jielong-3 launches internet test satellite, Kinetica-1 lofts 8 remote sensing sats (02:00) President Trump signs legislation reauthorizing SBIR (02:31) Washington agrees on space urgency, but not on how to deliver (02...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:20) Sophia and Kepler to marry orbital compute with optical links (00:56) Rocket Lab wins contract for three more iQPS launches (01:40) China Accelerates Orbital Internet Deployment with Successful Smart Dragon-3 Sea Launch (02:17) Smallsats Dominate 2025 Launch Landscape as Mass Eff...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:22) Falcon 9 launches Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the ISS (01:22) NRL to Showcase Sovereign Space Capabilities at 41st Space Symposium (02:03) Northrop Grumman Contracted for Hungary’s HUGEO Sovereign Communications Satellite (02:46) Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV Lofted USSF Tech Demon...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) Moog Technology Keeps Artemis II Astronauts Safe During Historic Lunar Mission (00:49) Orion splashes down to successfully end Artemis 2 mission (01:06) HawkEye 360 files to go public (02:01) Spacety raises $190 million to scale satellite manufacturing, plans IPO (02:55) GSOA and...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) PLD Space secures $35 million European Investment Bank loan for MIURA 5 launcher (00:48) Heather Pringle on the upcoming Space Symposium and future international collaboration in space (01:21) China conducts pair of Long March launches for Thousand Sails and Guowang megaconstella...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) Vantor to expand imaging satellite fleet, adding smallsats to increase revisit rates (01:15) Apex to develop larger satellites for missile defense, space-based computing (01:59) Improved thresholds and SSA accuracy can reduce most satellite collision risk (02:40) Space Sovereignt...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) Inspection cubesat demo planned as first step toward orbital defense mothership (01:00) Astroscale passes key design milestone for UK military space-tracking cubesats (01:55) Hungary taps Northrop Grumman for first national geostationary communications satellite (02:44) NASA’s ne...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) Artemis 2 swings around the moon (00:58) Moog Highlights Growing Satellite Bus Capabilities with Full‑Scale METEOR Reveal at Space Symposium (01:36) FOSSA targets Japan’s defense market as larger smallsats expand capabilities (02:07) The moon base has a hardware plan. It needs a ...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) Isaacman defends NASA budget proposal despite steep cuts (00:41) NASA stops work on SLS Mobile Launcher 2 (01:24) Artemis astronauts send down Easter message, prep for lunar fly around Monday (02:07) Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer for the United States Space Force...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) NASA finalizes science plans for Artemis 2 lunar flyby (00:55) Atlas 5 launches Amazon Leo satellites (01:44) Space Force budget would more than double in Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense plan (02:37) NASA Answers Your Most Pressing Artemis II Questions (03:37) Illuminated in Orion...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) Artemis 2 in good shape cruising towards the moon (00:50) Italy’s Argotec plans to scale Florida satellite facility to meet rising US demand (01:27) SpaceX and Amazon spar over satellite deployments (02:22) Europe’s strategic autonomy in space will define its role in the ‘second...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) China’s commercial Tianlong-3 rocket fails on debut launch (00:45) Artemis 2 heads to the moon (01:06) Swift spacecraft reorientation buys time for reboost mission (01:40) Former Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice to lead Astrion (02:35) Optical terminals still a bottleneck in Pentagon’s...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) Artemis 2 launches on first human mission to the moon in more than 50 years (01:07) SpaceX quietly files for big bang IPO (01:37) Teledyne forms dedicated space unit to capture rising demand (01:54) Artemis 2’s (nearly) 10-day flight around the moon (02:37) Saltzman: Space ‘baked...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) Vantor wins intelligence agency contract to monitor space objects (00:35) Chinese startup tests flexible robotic arm in space for on-orbit servicing (01:09) Virgin Galactic expects commercial suborbital flights to resume late this year (01:59) Cast your vote for the best sci-fi s...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) Europe’s space sector faces power shift as funding grows (01:10) Artemis 2 countdown underway (01:50) Second Starlink satellite suffers anomaly, generating debris (02:37) Rocket Lab wins German approval for Mynaric deal (03:19) Varda flies navigation payload, heat shield tests on...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:22) ‘Shots on goal and win the game’: NASA’s effort to accelerate lunar landings (00:36) Starfish Space finds a new partner for docking demonstration mission (01:18) Artemis 2 astronauts arrive in Florida ahead of April 1 launch attempt (01:32) Built by Thales Alenia Space for ESA’s...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:22) Artemis 2 astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center ahead of NASA's historic launch around the moon (01:09) Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes Two New Associate Members (01:49) ESA to decide by June on Europe’s Gateway contributions (02:09) India’s Bellatrix raises $20 mi...

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:23) SBQuantum and Spire to send quantum diamond magnetometer into orbit (00:58) ispace redesigns lunar lander, introduces lunar communications service (01:58) U.S. GSSAP satellites execute GEO handoff to monitor China’s Shijian-29 spacecraft (02:28) Space Command begins phased move t...