Space News for Thursday, August 27, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) LatConnect 60 and Phi Earth Partner to Connect Space and Soil(00:56) The threat environment and processing at the edge(01:32) SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg(02:12) Palladyne AI and NORDA Dynamics Partner to Integrate Autonomous Swarming and Terminal Guidance Software(02:59) Silicon Valley Space Week Speaker Focus: Dr. Slava Turyshev, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory(03:26) Aurora Avionics Secures Contract to Supply Control and Power Electronics for Alpha Impulsion Autophage Engine(04:00) GomSpace Delivers 30% First-Half Revenue Growth and Reaffirms 2026 Financial Guidance(04:29) Building Foresight for Earth Science, featuring Lindsey Jacobson(04:57) Roman Space Telescope Travels to SpaceX Hangar(05:13) NASA Sets Spacewalk for Station Maintenance, Live Coverage Planned(05:27) Soyuz MS-28 departs the ISS, three spacewalks install upgrades to solar arrays and antennae(06:13) SpaceX Announces New Starbase, Louisiana Spaceport(06:53) Exclusive: City Labs Plans Second Nuclear Demo(07:22) From spy satellite to space telescope: The unlikely origins of NASA's Roman Space Telescope(08:03) Astronomers discover hot watery exoplanet destined to be swallowed by its star(08:54) Massive space mirrors could be 40 times brighter than the full moon, astronomers warn. 'It will be worse than big cities like London'(09:40) Chance gaze at old Hubble Telescope image leads to discovery that could reveal dark matter's secrets