Space News for Sunday, August 16, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) Lunar orbiter among upcoming NASA CLPS task orders(01:08) SpaceX launches record-breaking back-to-back Falcon 9 rockets for Globalstar, U.S. Space Force(01:41) Blue Origin overviews plan for dual pad ops at Cape Canaveral(02:33) New record! SpaceX launches 2 Falcon 9 rockets just 38 minutes apart(02:48) On this day in space! Aug. 15, 1977: Mysterious 'Wow!' Signal boosts search for E.T.

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