Space News for Sunday, February 22, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) NASA preparing for Artemis 2 rollback to fix upper stage problem(00:58) NASA’s Artemis 2 rocket hit by new problem expected to bump moonshot into early April(01:37) Falcon 9 launches 25 Starlink satellites after weather delays(02:15) NASA prepares for likely rollback of SLS, delaying Artemis II to April(02:57) A risky maneuver could send a spacecraft to interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Here's the plan(03:55) Falcon 9 rocket sets new reuse record on SpaceX's 2nd Starlink launch of the day(04:28) NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket has a new problem. 'This will almost assuredly impact the March launch window.'(05:17) What's the point of a space station around the moon?(05:46) NASA says it needs to haul the Artemis II rocket back to the hangar for repairs(06:18) Major government research lab appears to be squeezing out foreign scientists