Space News for Saturday, June 20, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:20) MDA Space to buy Blue Canyon Technologies to gain foothold in U.S. market(01:00) ElevationSpace Secures US $40 Million in Series B Funding, Bringing Total Raised to US $63.5 Million(01:35) Northrop Grumman says industry ready to scale solid rocket production, with longer contracts(02:21) The MEO durability crisis: why LEO hardware will fail the new orbital economy(03:02) SpaceX launches intelligence-gathering satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office(03:42) Sovereign Resilience: Space Norway Unveils Multi-Orbit Satellite Backup Network for Civil and Enterprise Systems(04:22) 'No one thought it was going to be possible.' A space telescope is falling out of space. This is NASA's daring plan to save it.(04:58) Menstruation in space will be studied for 1st time with 'Operation Period'(05:26) Annie Easley, a hero of NASA | Space photo of the day for June 19, 2026(06:03) Juicy new details emerge about an asteroid NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew by last year(06:32) Rocket Report: Rebuild begins at Blue Origin launch pad; Relativity targets Mars