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Back to EpisodesSpace News for Friday, February 13, 2026
Published 5 months, 1 week ago
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In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) China’s iSpace launch firm raises record $729 million for reusable rockets
(00:41) Space startups find more paths to liquidity as investors warm to maturing sector
(01:11) First Ariane 64 launches Amazon Leo satellites
(02:00) Axiom Space raises additional $350 million
(02:20) ThinKom gets military contract to supply portable ground stations for satellite communications
(02:48) NASA loading liquid hydrogen aboard Artemis 2 rocket in unannounced test
(03:25) Vulcan suffers solid rocket booster problem during USSF-87 launch
(04:07) ULA to launch geosynchronous orbit surveillance satellite for the U.S. Space Force
(05:11) The Hybrid Architecture Is No Longer Theoretical
(06:03) The Thruster Reality Check: Why Boring is the New Stealth
(06:21) Balance Sheets Now Matter More Than Rockets
(06:52) 70,000 Satellites, One Big Bottleneck: The Industry Wakes Up to the Data Trap
(07:20) Software Defines the New Front Lines of Space Defense
(08:13) Sunlight Extracts Oxygen From Regolith Using Solar Chemistry
(09:00) Stonebreen’s Beating Heart
(09:37) NASA Selects Vast for Sixth Private Mission to Space Station
(10:16) NASA Moon Mission Spacesuit Nears Milestone
(10:30) Shimmering Light in Egg Nebula
(11:10) Archival Data From NASA’s NEOWISE Tracks Star Turning Into Black Hole
(11:27) Orbex’s Troubles Open Opportunities for Skyrora
(12:25) Vulcan, Ariane 64 Blast Off
(13:13) Deep Space Energy Pockets €980K to Build European Space Nuclear Power
(14:04) Satellite megaconstellations continue to grow. Could their debris fall on us?
(14:44) Watch SpaceX launch Crew-12 astronaut mission to the International Space Station this morning
(15:22) Deja vu: Vulcan Centaur rocket powers through 'significant performance anomaly' on satellite launch
(15:59) Scientists have found a weird 'inside out' planetary system. Here's what it looks like
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) China’s iSpace launch firm raises record $729 million for reusable rockets
(00:41) Space startups find more paths to liquidity as investors warm to maturing sector
(01:11) First Ariane 64 launches Amazon Leo satellites
(02:00) Axiom Space raises additional $350 million
(02:20) ThinKom gets military contract to supply portable ground stations for satellite communications
(02:48) NASA loading liquid hydrogen aboard Artemis 2 rocket in unannounced test
(03:25) Vulcan suffers solid rocket booster problem during USSF-87 launch
(04:07) ULA to launch geosynchronous orbit surveillance satellite for the U.S. Space Force
(05:11) The Hybrid Architecture Is No Longer Theoretical
(06:03) The Thruster Reality Check: Why Boring is the New Stealth
(06:21) Balance Sheets Now Matter More Than Rockets
(06:52) 70,000 Satellites, One Big Bottleneck: The Industry Wakes Up to the Data Trap
(07:20) Software Defines the New Front Lines of Space Defense
(08:13) Sunlight Extracts Oxygen From Regolith Using Solar Chemistry
(09:00) Stonebreen’s Beating Heart
(09:37) NASA Selects Vast for Sixth Private Mission to Space Station
(10:16) NASA Moon Mission Spacesuit Nears Milestone
(10:30) Shimmering Light in Egg Nebula
(11:10) Archival Data From NASA’s NEOWISE Tracks Star Turning Into Black Hole
(11:27) Orbex’s Troubles Open Opportunities for Skyrora
(12:25) Vulcan, Ariane 64 Blast Off
(13:13) Deep Space Energy Pockets €980K to Build European Space Nuclear Power
(14:04) Satellite megaconstellations continue to grow. Could their debris fall on us?
(14:44) Watch SpaceX launch Crew-12 astronaut mission to the International Space Station this morning
(15:22) Deja vu: Vulcan Centaur rocket powers through 'significant performance anomaly' on satellite launch
(15:59) Scientists have found a weird 'inside out' planetary system. Here's what it looks like