Space News for Saturday, April 11, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Moog Technology Keeps Artemis II Astronauts Safe During Historic Lunar Mission(00:49) Orion splashes down to successfully end Artemis 2 mission(01:06) HawkEye 360 files to go public(02:01) Spacety raises $190 million to scale satellite manufacturing, plans IPO(02:55) GSOA and Novaspace Launch the Space Industry Forum (SIF) 2026 in Singapore(03:37) NASA confident Artemis 2 heat shield will protect crew during re-entry(04:11) SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Chiara Manfletti, Neuraspace(04:46) NASA Welcomes Record-Setting Artemis II Moonfarers Back to Earth(05:38) New Perspective of Home(06:19) Indoor Testing Facilities available at the NASA Unmanned Autonomy Research Complex (NUARC)(07:16) Artemis II returns to Earth after historic 10-day mission around the Moon(08:02) Albedo Ratchets Up the Power for its Second VLEO Flight(08:17) Moog’s “Tip to Tail” Contributions to the Artemis II Flight(08:58) Artemis 3 and beyond: What's next for NASA after Artemis 2 moon success(09:36) Splashdown! Artemis 2 astronauts return to Earth after historic NASA mission to the moon(10:23) NEAF 2026 returns to New York this weekend with all-star astronaut lineup and 'world's largest' space expo(11:22) The Artemis 2 astronauts saw a rare solar eclipse from beyond the moon. Here's what it looked like(12:09) Why I'm hunting for Comet Pan-STARRS right now — before it's too late(12:55) Four astronauts are back home after a daring ride around the Moon(13:35) Orion helium leak no threat to Artemis II reentry but will require redesign