Space News for Thursday, May 28, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) Virgin Galactic returns Unity to flight to prepare for next-generation spaceplane(00:58) FAA requires mishap investigation into latest Starship launch(01:42) House Armed Services draft bill eliminates SDA, Space RCO as separate entities(02:20) Mars to Titan: the next rallying call?(02:52) European space industry warns EU Space Act could slow competitiveness(03:26) Revolv Space Signs Deal to Provide Solar Assemblies for Infinite Orbits Geostationary Servicers(04:00) Archangel Lightworks Completes Successful Trials for Miniature Deployable Optical Ground Station(04:34) NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety(05:11) Released: NASA Goddard Issues Draft Request for Proposal for the Landsat 10 Spacecraft(05:23) Girl Scouts Event Brings Space Science to the Next Generation(06:11) Rovers and Drones laying the foundations for NASA Moon Base(07:11) Exclusive: Stellar Alpina Raises $4.5M to Build Rotating Detonation Engines(08:00) Aitech Upgrades its Space Supercomputer(08:18) Russian cosmonauts install sun-watching telescope on ISS during 6-hour spacewalk(08:35) China shakes up its space programs to land astronauts on the moon by 2030: 'We will spare no effort'(09:19) What is Star City, the secret Cold War cosmonaut training town in Apple TV's new 'For All Mankind' spinoff?(10:12) Laser beams blast through the cosmos | Space photo of the day for May 27, 2026(10:51) "Little red dot" in early Universe is a naked supermassive black hole(11:37) US Space Force confirms SpaceX will build sensor-to-shooter targeting network