Space News for Monday, February 23, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Israeli startup targets the economics of high-resolution Earth observation(01:12) German defense firm said to be weighing bid for Mynaric(01:57) Tory Bruno Leads Blue Origin’s National Security Push Following ULA Departure(02:28) Deep Space Energy Secures Funding for High Efficiency Lunar Nuclear Power(02:53) HEO and UNSW Partner for Australia’s First Active Propulsion RPO Mission(03:53) Tehran Reconstitutes Air Defense Perimeter Amid Regional Buildup(04:39) The State of the “Legacy Primes” And a Few Billionaires(04:56) Meet Regina Senegal, Acting Chief of Johnson’s Quality and Flight Equipment Division(05:40) Juno data provides insight into thickness of Europa’s surface ice sheet(06:23) NASA to rollback SLS, delaying Artemis II to April(06:43) Is time a fundamental part of reality? A quiet revolution in physics suggests not(07:21) NASA's Perseverance rover now has its own 'GPS' on Mars: 'We've given the rover a new ability'(07:41) Falcon 9 rocket sets new reuse record on SpaceX's 2nd Starlink launch of the day (video)(08:24) NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket has a problem and it's leaving the launch pad. Don't expect a moonshot in March