Space News for Sunday, February 15, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) NASA continues SLS hydrogen leak tests(00:36) Replacement crew docks at space station, boosts crew back to seven(01:25) SpaceX launches 600th Falcon 9 rocket to date with Starlink flight from Vandenberg(02:08) ‘Very lucky day’: NASA, SpaceX ace astronaut launch to the space station on Friday the 13th(02:32) A stellar treat for Valentine's Day: Heart-shaped outburst stuns astronomers(03:02) NASA has a new problem to fix before the next Artemis II countdown test(03:20) Astronomers are filling in the blanks of the Kuiper Belt