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Back to EpisodesSpace News for Friday, August 28, 2026
Published 1 week, 1 day ago
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In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top
space news stories. Enjoy!
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:22) Arianespace Launches Thales Alenia Space MTG-I2 Satellite Aboard Ariane 62 Rocket
(00:39) Financial Modeling Validates SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Economics and Margins
(01:23) Saudi Space Investments Projected to Quadruple to $31.6 Billion by 2035, CST Report Finds
(02:00) The Forested Floodplains of Congaree National Park
(02:43) NASA Invites Media to Turkey Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony
(02:57) Civil Servants Sworn in at NASA Ames
(03:29) ICEYE Opens Three International Offices in a Single Week
(03:58) Canadian Companies Partner on SDA Sat Solution
(04:14) Space Weather Losses to Double by 2035, Report Finds
(05:02) LeoLabs Wins $20.68M Space Force Award for Scout
(05:27) James Webb Space Telescope observes 72 stars and finds planet formation is a race against time
(06:14) Astronaut Jonny Kim leaves NASA, will return to active military duty
(06:57) After failure of private rescue mission, NASA's Swift space telescope will crash back to Earth. But when and where?
(07:39) Starship is coming home! SpaceX loads floating spacecraft onto huge ship in the Indian Ocean (photos)
(08:12) Trump tried to scrap NASA's Roman Space Telescope last year. Now it's ready to launch
(00:10) Podcast Introduction
(00:22) Arianespace Launches Thales Alenia Space MTG-I2 Satellite Aboard Ariane 62 Rocket
(00:39) Financial Modeling Validates SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Economics and Margins
(01:23) Saudi Space Investments Projected to Quadruple to $31.6 Billion by 2035, CST Report Finds
(02:00) The Forested Floodplains of Congaree National Park
(02:43) NASA Invites Media to Turkey Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony
(02:57) Civil Servants Sworn in at NASA Ames
(03:29) ICEYE Opens Three International Offices in a Single Week
(03:58) Canadian Companies Partner on SDA Sat Solution
(04:14) Space Weather Losses to Double by 2035, Report Finds
(05:02) LeoLabs Wins $20.68M Space Force Award for Scout
(05:27) James Webb Space Telescope observes 72 stars and finds planet formation is a race against time
(06:14) Astronaut Jonny Kim leaves NASA, will return to active military duty
(06:57) After failure of private rescue mission, NASA's Swift space telescope will crash back to Earth. But when and where?
(07:39) Starship is coming home! SpaceX loads floating spacecraft onto huge ship in the Indian Ocean (photos)
(08:12) Trump tried to scrap NASA's Roman Space Telescope last year. Now it's ready to launch