Space News for Saturday, March 14, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) iMetalX emerges from stealth with technology to model resident space objects(01:07) Astroscale selects Isar Aerospace to launch ELSA-M mission(01:55) China is developing low-cost lunar cargo options for its expanding moon program(02:40) Ukraine will host first test for Leonardo’s Michelangelo security dome(03:14) Eutelsat exits two Russian capacity leases after satellite failure(03:43) NASA ready for another shot at launching Artemis 2 moon mission(04:27) SpaceX launches 25 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base(05:16) Volunteers Find Oddly High Solar Flare Rates(05:54) Extra Extra! Extra Data Stream Added to the Daily Minor Planet!(06:39) NASA Selects Finalists in Student Aircraft Maintenance Competition(07:21) NASA Armstrong to Host Partnership Days April 15-16(07:59) USBR Crack the Case Challenge(08:13) From Steel Rolls to Starship at the Starfactory(08:50) Viasat’s HaloNet: The Innovation of Reprogrammable Space Crypto(09:39) A Recap of Payload’s Space Stage(10:00) Who’s Working With China on Space?(10:30) Hubble and NASA space telescopes track 'game-changing' gamma-ray burst back to neutron star collision in 'forbidden' region of the universe(10:53) Russia aims to reclaim Soviet space glory with 2036 launch of ambitious Venus mission(11:28) Satellite spies an erupting volcano | Space photo of the day for March 13, 2026(12:11) NASA begins building nuclear-powered Dragonfly drone for 2028 launch to Saturn moon Titan(12:56) How risky is the Artemis 2 astronaut launch to the moon? NASA would rather not say(13:43) Magnetars drag spacetime to power superluminous supernovae