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Back to EpisodesSpace News for Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Published 3 months ago
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In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:21) 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) SpaceX launches 1,000th Starlink satellite of 2026 on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
(02:58) Oklahoma Positions as Commercial Space Manufacturing Hub at Space Symposium
(03:41) Ensign-Bickford Hardware Supports Successful Artemis II Lunar Mission
(04:16) Amazon to Acquire Globalstar for $11.6 Billion to Fuel D2D Expansion
(04:47) SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Daniel Metzler, Isar Aerospace
(05:22) Webb Observations Challenge Fundamental Mass Limits
(06:03) Contours of the James Bay Lowlands
(06:47) Curiosity Blog, Sols 4859-4866: One Small Crater and Thousands of Polygons
(07:35) NASA Finds Young Stars Dim in X-rays Surprisingly Quickly
(08:11) NASA Receives 7 Nominations for the 30th Annual Webby Awards
(08:47) 2025-2026 Dream with Us Design Challenge Winners
(09:26) NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman On Artemis, Budget, And Establishing a Lasting Space Vision
(10:19) CLD Companies Say NASA Is Wrong. NASA Says Prove It.
(10:59) Slingshot Introduces AI-Powered Portal Platform
(11:42) ICON Prime Launches, Led By Former TX Rep
(12:27) A worst-case solar storm could trigger panic buying and public unrest, report warns
(13:03) SpaceX launches two Starlink satellite groups 19 hours apart
(13:43) NASA's Artemis 2 moonshot was just the 'opening act' for America's return to the moon, space agency chief says
(14:05) Scientists use rare 'Einstein Cross' to learn about young galaxy with surprisingly old stars
(14:44) This Artemis 2 astronaut really loves Rise | Space photo of the day for April 14, 2026
(15:28) Physicists think they've resolved the proton size puzzle
(16:04) NASA chose the right crew to launch a new era of human space exploration
(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) SpaceX launches 1,000th Starlink satellite of 2026 on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
(02:58) Oklahoma Positions as Commercial Space Manufacturing Hub at Space Symposium
(03:41) Ensign-Bickford Hardware Supports Successful Artemis II Lunar Mission
(04:16) Amazon to Acquire Globalstar for $11.6 Billion to Fuel D2D Expansion
(04:47) SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Daniel Metzler, Isar Aerospace
(05:22) Webb Observations Challenge Fundamental Mass Limits
(06:03) Contours of the James Bay Lowlands
(06:47) Curiosity Blog, Sols 4859-4866: One Small Crater and Thousands of Polygons
(07:35) NASA Finds Young Stars Dim in X-rays Surprisingly Quickly
(08:11) NASA Receives 7 Nominations for the 30th Annual Webby Awards
(08:47) 2025-2026 Dream with Us Design Challenge Winners
(09:26) NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman On Artemis, Budget, And Establishing a Lasting Space Vision
(10:19) CLD Companies Say NASA Is Wrong. NASA Says Prove It.
(10:59) Slingshot Introduces AI-Powered Portal Platform
(11:42) ICON Prime Launches, Led By Former TX Rep
(12:27) A worst-case solar storm could trigger panic buying and public unrest, report warns
(13:03) SpaceX launches two Starlink satellite groups 19 hours apart
(13:43) NASA's Artemis 2 moonshot was just the 'opening act' for America's return to the moon, space agency chief says
(14:05) Scientists use rare 'Einstein Cross' to learn about young galaxy with surprisingly old stars
(14:44) This Artemis 2 astronaut really loves Rise | Space photo of the day for April 14, 2026
(15:28) Physicists think they've resolved the proton size puzzle
(16:04) NASA chose the right crew to launch a new era of human space exploration