Space News for Sunday, April 05, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) NASA finalizes science plans for Artemis 2 lunar flyby(00:55) Atlas 5 launches Amazon Leo satellites(01:44) Space Force budget would more than double in Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense plan(02:37) NASA Answers Your Most Pressing Artemis II Questions(03:37) Illuminated in Orion(04:13) Orion Spacecraft Races Toward Historic Lunar Flyby in Artemis II Mission(04:28) Dozens of hidden star streams found in the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy(05:13) Artemis 2 astronauts — now halfway to the moon — report 'burning smell' from toilet, but everything's fine(05:49) Disclosure day: If ET made contact, how would we handle the news?(06:32) An Artemis 2 astronaut took a 'bath' on camera on the way to the moon. Mission Control's reaction was priceless (video)