Space News for Saturday, May 30, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) Space Force awards SpaceX $4.16 billion to build satellite network for airborne target tracking(01:15) Bellatrix and TelePIX plan 2028 air-breathing VLEO imaging demonstration(01:59) Spatial data has become a weapon of war in the US-Iran war(02:27) ULA launches 29 Amazon Leo satellites on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral(02:50) Sovereignty got an answer on Day 3. Two answers, actually, and a commercial veto.(03:31) NASA Awards Contract for Johnson Space Center Infrastructure(04:12) NASA Hosts SpaceX Crew-11 Astronauts for Public Event at Headquarters(04:58) Hubble Spies Faint Irregular Galaxy(05:37) Hubble Captures M88 on Journey to Center of Virgo Cluster(06:12) China's Shenzhou 21 astronauts return to Earth after being briefly 'stranded', wrapping up record-breaking mission (video)(06:55) Incredible videos show Blue Origin rocket explosion could be seen from hundreds of miles away(07:32) SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida just hours after Blue Origin rocket explosion (video)