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Back to EpisodesSpace News for Thursday, March 19, 2026
Published 4 months 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) Rocket Lab wins $190 million Pentagon deal for hypersonic test flights
(01:13) Space Command classified wargame to include 25 commercial players
(01:57) TransAstra aims to move 100-ton asteroid to stable orbit for processing
(02:29) Solar array deal sheds more light on South Korea’s defense constellation
(02:55) Space Force Formalizes Cislunar Strategy Amid Acquisition Restructuring
(03:13) Market Analysis: The ISR Latency War and Who Wins When “Minutes” Decide Mission
(03:48) Telesat Optimizes Lightspeed Constellation with Dedicated Military Ka-Band Spectrum
(04:23) ALL.SPACE Achieves Industry-First Multi-Orbit Certification for SES O3b mPOWER
(04:44) Flexell Space and Kongsberg NanoAvionics Partner on Solar Arrays for Korean National Security Program
(05:26) Australia’s “Red Centre” Turns Green
(06:08) Curiosity Blog, Sols 4832–4837: Driving the (Contact) Line!
(06:27) Lava Flows Down Mayon
(07:01) From Service to Space Systems: A Pathways Journey to NASA
(07:49) Widely Attended Gatherings (WAGs) Determinations
(08:36) Booster 19 concludes initial test campaign on Pad 2
(09:17) HyImpulse Signs Launch Agreement with SaxaVord
(09:48) Apex Signs First Japanese Bus Contract With NEC
(10:12) Modified Vulcan Expected to Launch This Summer
(10:48) Advanced Navigation Raises $110M Series C
(11:48) NanoAvionics Lands Korean National Security Deal
(12:34) Watch NASA roll out Artemis 2 moon rocket tonight ahead of April 1 launch
(12:52) 'At the edge of what we thought possible': Astronomers find extremely rare star from ancient universe
(13:34) Astronauts complete prep for new ISS solar array on 1st NASA spacewalk in 10 months
(14:20) Chinese astronaut conducts record-tying 6th spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video)
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:23) Rocket Lab wins $190 million Pentagon deal for hypersonic test flights
(01:13) Space Command classified wargame to include 25 commercial players
(01:57) TransAstra aims to move 100-ton asteroid to stable orbit for processing
(02:29) Solar array deal sheds more light on South Korea’s defense constellation
(02:55) Space Force Formalizes Cislunar Strategy Amid Acquisition Restructuring
(03:13) Market Analysis: The ISR Latency War and Who Wins When “Minutes” Decide Mission
(03:48) Telesat Optimizes Lightspeed Constellation with Dedicated Military Ka-Band Spectrum
(04:23) ALL.SPACE Achieves Industry-First Multi-Orbit Certification for SES O3b mPOWER
(04:44) Flexell Space and Kongsberg NanoAvionics Partner on Solar Arrays for Korean National Security Program
(05:26) Australia’s “Red Centre” Turns Green
(06:08) Curiosity Blog, Sols 4832–4837: Driving the (Contact) Line!
(06:27) Lava Flows Down Mayon
(07:01) From Service to Space Systems: A Pathways Journey to NASA
(07:49) Widely Attended Gatherings (WAGs) Determinations
(08:36) Booster 19 concludes initial test campaign on Pad 2
(09:17) HyImpulse Signs Launch Agreement with SaxaVord
(09:48) Apex Signs First Japanese Bus Contract With NEC
(10:12) Modified Vulcan Expected to Launch This Summer
(10:48) Advanced Navigation Raises $110M Series C
(11:48) NanoAvionics Lands Korean National Security Deal
(12:34) Watch NASA roll out Artemis 2 moon rocket tonight ahead of April 1 launch
(12:52) 'At the edge of what we thought possible': Astronomers find extremely rare star from ancient universe
(13:34) Astronauts complete prep for new ISS solar array on 1st NASA spacewalk in 10 months
(14:20) Chinese astronaut conducts record-tying 6th spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video)