Space News for Thursday, August 06, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) NASA and Roscosmos continue seat barter agreement(00:50) New Glenn explosion linked to rocket engine valve(01:23) Capella, Iceye and Umbra win NRO radar-data contracts(02:10) Satellite manufacturing thrives in California despite cost and regulatory pressures(02:39) SpaceX Reports Strong Q2 Results and Details Direct Mobile Telco Strategy(03:01) Moog Unveils High Delta-V Configuration for METEORITE Satellite Bus(03:37) Silicon Valley Space Week Speaker Focus: Scott Patrick, NTIA(04:12) Expansion in Direct-to-Device Capabilities Drives Satellite Reach to iPads, Tablets, and Large-Format Displays(04:46) EnSilica Joins 5G-aNTeNna Consortium to Advance Ka-Band 5G-NTN User Terminals(05:16) Artemis III Orion Crew and Service Models Joined(05:47) SpaceX Reports Q2 Earnings(06:29) A SpaceX rocket just crashed into the moon. Now, the race is on to get a look at the impact site(07:12) Astronomers witness the strange final moments of a massive star's supernova death (video)(07:58) Curiosity rover spots mysterious honeycombs on Mars | Space photo of the day for Aug. 5, 2026(08:39) On this day in space! Aug. 5, 2011: NASA's Juno spacecraft launches to Jupiter(09:21) Mars dust is toxic. How will future astronauts deal with it?(09:50) D-Wave shows off its new entry in quantum computing race