Space News for Thursday, March 19, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Rocket Lab wins $190 million Pentagon deal for hypersonic test flights(01:13) Space Command classified wargame to include 25 commercial players(01:57) TransAstra aims to move 100-ton asteroid to stable orbit for processing(02:29) Solar array deal sheds more light on South Korea’s defense constellation(02:55) Space Force Formalizes Cislunar Strategy Amid Acquisition Restructuring(03:13) Market Analysis: The ISR Latency War and Who Wins When “Minutes” Decide Mission(03:48) Telesat Optimizes Lightspeed Constellation with Dedicated Military Ka-Band Spectrum(04:23) ALL.SPACE Achieves Industry-First Multi-Orbit Certification for SES O3b mPOWER(04:44) Flexell Space and Kongsberg NanoAvionics Partner on Solar Arrays for Korean National Security Program(05:26) Australia’s “Red Centre” Turns Green(06:08) Curiosity Blog, Sols 4832–4837: Driving the (Contact) Line!(06:27) Lava Flows Down Mayon(07:01) From Service to Space Systems: A Pathways Journey to NASA(07:49) Widely Attended Gatherings (WAGs) Determinations(08:36) Booster 19 concludes initial test campaign on Pad 2(09:17) HyImpulse Signs Launch Agreement with SaxaVord(09:48) Apex Signs First Japanese Bus Contract With NEC(10:12) Modified Vulcan Expected to Launch This Summer(10:48) Advanced Navigation Raises $110M Series C(11:48) NanoAvionics Lands Korean National Security Deal(12:34) Watch NASA roll out Artemis 2 moon rocket tonight ahead of April 1 launch(12:52) 'At the edge of what we thought possible': Astronomers find extremely rare star from ancient universe(13:34) Astronauts complete prep for new ISS solar array on 1st NASA spacewalk in 10 months(14:20) Chinese astronaut conducts record-tying 6th spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video)