Space News for Sunday, March 08, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) RFA plans first launch this summer(01:08) Air Force lab awards BlackSky contract worth up to $99 million for large optical satellite payload(01:26) SpaceX scrubs Saturday Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg SFB, targeting Sunday(02:12) Baikonur Launch Pad restored, clearing path for Progress MS-33 ISS Mission(02:59) Where are all the aliens? Maybe space weather is scrambling their transmissions

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