Space News for Monday, March 09, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Terran Orbital Names Kwon Park Senior Director of Manufacturing Operations to Lead Production Scaling(00:37) General Galactic to Demonstrate Water-Powered “Genesis” Propulsion on 2026 Trinity Mission(01:12) a.i. solutions Partners with USGS to Integrate AI into Landsat Flight Operations(01:32) BlackSky Awarded $99M Air Force Contract for Advanced Optical Testbed; Lockheed Martin Expands Missile Production(02:16) The Barcelona two-step reveals tough competition(02:52) Congress wants the International Space Station to keep flying until 2032. Here's why(03:37) SpaceX springs forward with another Starlink launch from California (video)(04:09) A Plan B for space? On the risks of concentrating national space power in private hands