Space News for Thursday, July 09, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Is this the year for a NASA authorization bill?(00:58) Fi expands Starlink direct-to-device capability into dog-tracking(01:30) European Space Imaging Integrates Cloud Infrastructure Upgrades to Mitigate Critical Intelligence Delivery Gaps(01:55) U.S. Space Force Integrates Impulse Space into National Security Space Launch Program as First Upper-Stage Prime(02:37) SpaceX Files FCC Application for 100,000 Third-Generation Starlink Satellites(03:20) Global Memory Migration to AI Data Centers Extends Telecom Supply Chain Crisis(03:54) Ground Control and CLS Selected for France Maritime Vessel Monitoring Initiative(04:26) Super Typhoon Bavi(04:56) Students Connect NASA Science With Indigenous Knowledge to Study Coastal Erosion(05:41) Hubble Captures Star-Studded Cluster(06:16) Rocket Lab sees Electron gains, Neutron delays in first half of 2026(07:08) Progress at the Cape: New Launch Pads rise for Stoke, Relativity(07:27) Venus Aerospace Raises $91M Series B to Scale RDRE Production(08:11) SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches for record-breaking 36th time(08:58) Japanese company books 1,100 pounds of cargo space on SpaceX Starship mission to the moon(09:29) Dance of death between binary stars leads to an unusual supernova(10:08) NASA begins funding hardware for 'Skyfall' Mars helicopter mission(10:54) Trump gifts Artemis astronauts an American flag from the US Capitol to plant on the moon(11:39) Miami-based City Labs achieves a first for commercial nuclear power in space