Space News for Tuesday, April 07, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Artemis 2 swings around the moon(00:58) Moog Highlights Growing Satellite Bus Capabilities with Full‑Scale METEOR Reveal at Space Symposium(01:36) FOSSA targets Japan’s defense market as larger smallsats expand capabilities(02:07) The moon base has a hardware plan. It needs a software strategy, too.(02:40) Seagate Space Signs MOU with Firefly Aerospace to Collaborate on Offshore Launch Infrastructure for Alpha(03:22) Azercosmos and Viasat Sign Partnership Agreement for In-Flight Connectivity(03:57) Satellite Deployers to be Used on JAXA Small Satellite Mission by Exolaunch(04:40) SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Dr. Ane Aanesland, ThrustMe(05:19) Russia Replaces Starlink With European-Built Satellites(05:55) Redwire’s ESA Quantum Satellite Deal Expands European Defense Growth Story(06:27) Drought Parches Florida(07:02) NASA’s Artemis II Crew Eclipses Record for Farthest Human Spaceflight(07:52) NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Mission Overview(08:19) Night Sky Network Celebrates Artemis II(08:51) Artemis II breaks record, conducts lunar flyby(09:37) Launch Preview: Falcon 9 to loft Cygnus to ISS, Minotaur IV to launch from California(10:06) The State of Satcom 2026(10:57) Artemis II Supplier Series: Orion’s Windows(11:36) Moon milestones: A rundown of Artemis 2's many spaceflight firsts(12:25) 'This is really big stuff.' Trump hails NASA Artemis 2 astronauts after historic moon flyby feat(13:15) Moon music: Here's a Spotify playlist of the Artemis 2 crew's wakeup songs(13:52) Moon memorial: Artemis 2 astronauts name lunar 'bright spot' after mission commander's late wife(14:41) Astronauts set distance record, revealing the Moon as a place to be explored(15:19) Trump's next budget once again calls for massive cuts to science