Space News for Friday, June 05, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:20) The Exploration Company completes drop test of Nyx capsule(00:58) Axiom Space adds more than $175 million to funding round(01:39) HASC NDAA markup challenges Space Force on satellite programs(02:11) AstroForge completes DeepSpace-2 spacecraft(02:58) KSAT and iQPS Expand Strategic Alliance to Accelerate High-Frequency SAR Constellation(03:33) Kaman Precision Products Deploys Advanced Magnetic Sensors for Next-Generation Launch Propulsion(03:46) Space Stocks in Focus: Zacks Investment Ideas Highlights Gilat, Satellogic, and EchoStar(04:31) Fighting Fire With Fire(05:09) NASA Hosts 2026 Review on Advanced Composite Manufacturing(05:51) Colorful, Chaotic Jupiter(06:25) Apex Raises $200M At $2.3B Valuation(07:08) US Commercial Space Stations Expand to Europe(07:52) Glittering star cluster image reveals missing patch of stars: 'We were not looking for the gap, but we found it'(08:42) SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions from both coasts 19 hours apart (photos)(09:12) Most exoplanets might be 'soot factories,' scientists say: 'Like you have a natural diesel engine'(09:54) After 11 years at Mars, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisper