Space News for Thursday, March 12, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Firefly Alpha returns to flight(01:11) The Post-Capacity Era of Satellite Connectivity(01:49) Enpulsion raises $26 million(02:41) Report criticizes delays in Artemis lunar lander development(03:28) Missile strike hits SES teleport in Israel(04:14) Missile Strike Targets Strategic SES Ha’Ela Teleport in Central Israel(04:48) Rheinmetall Withdraws From Mynaric Bidding Process; Rocket Lab Acquisition Clears Major Competitive Hurdle(05:24) BAE Systems Completes Preliminary Design Review for $1.2 Billion Space Force Epoch 2 Program(05:48) MTN Launches Click-to-Deploy StarEdge Horizon Satellite Service on AWS Marketplace(06:33) ATLAS Space Operations Establishes South Pacific Hub with New Ground Station in American Samoa(07:17) Dust Outbreak Reaches Europe(07:59) 2026 William T. Pecora Award Nominations Now Being Accepted(08:28) About University Innovation Project (UI)(09:17) Telescopes Team Up for New View of Cat’s Eye Nebula(09:57) New crew arrivals and science highlight February aboard the ISS(10:57) AIRMO Raises €5M For Methane Monitoring Sats(11:48) Planet Labs Extends Middle East Space Imagery Restrictions(12:38) Will Artemis 2 launch toward the moon next month? Watch NASA's mission update today(13:19) A mass stellar migration billions of years ago may have helped life get started on Earth(13:56) Black hole and neutron star mergers push the laws of physics with their odd orbits(14:41) Watch Northrop Grumman's 1st 'Cygnus XL' cargo spacecraft leave the space station on March 12(15:27) Anduril, the autonomous weapons maker, doubles the size of its space unit