Space News for Friday, August 22, 2025

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) SpaceX sends USSF-37 mission X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle soaring from the Cape on Thursday – SatNews(01:15) TI semiconductors enable advanced Earth-observation capabilities of ISRO’s first-of-its-kind NISAR mission – SatNews(01:48) Forrester’s Digest: UK Space Agency absorbed by British government – SatNews(02:20) Alaska Airlines launches new era of connectivity with Starlink, the fastest Wi-Fi in the sky – SatNews(02:50) Australia and New Zealand expand SouthPAN program with Viasat through AUD252 million award for additional satellite services – SatNews(03:32) NASA’s Artemis II Lunar Science Operations to Inform Future Missions(03:57) Close-Up Views of NASA’s DART Impact to Inform Planetary Defense(04:32) Russia launches Bion-M No.2 research satellite