Space News for Friday, April 10, 2026

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 megaconstellations(02:13) A new kind of arsenal: commercial satellites(02:53) What returning to lunar space means for human health(03:28) The End of the VSAT Parts Bin(04:07) FCC Modernizes Satellite Spectrum Rules to Unleash Next-Generation Broadband(04:44) SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Daniel Bock, Morpheus Space(05:20) Firefly Aerospace Prepares for Blue Ghost Mission 2 Following Historic Lunar Success(05:32) Lockheed Martin Outlines Strategic Space Technology Roadmap for 2026(06:06) Earthset From the Lunar Far Side(06:41) Indoor Testing Facilities available at the NASA Unmanned Autonomy Research Complex (NUARC)(07:30) I Am Artemis: Dan Florez(08:08) Starstruck(08:38) Artemis II closing in on Earth return(08:57) China debuts new launchers, tests orbital servicing and outlines future deep-space missions(09:20) Artemis II Gives Airbus Hope For European Spaceflight(10:06) Portal Closes $50M Series A(10:24) The State of Launch 2026(11:13) Artemis 2 moon astronauts splash down today — What to expect at each stage of reentry & landing (timeline)(11:50) Crew of tiny worms readies for April 11 launch to International Space Station(12:39) 'It probably will start a precedent': Why satellite company's withholding of Iran imagery has this expert worried(13:23) A house-size asteroid is heading toward Earth tonight: Here's what you need to know(14:21) Watch Artemis 2 race back to Earth in this telescope livestream tonight(15:05) Orion helium leak no threat to Artemis II reentry, but will require redesign(15:39) The gravity of their experience hasn't quite set in for the Artemis II astronauts