Space News for Tuesday, April 28, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) Startup targets radio segment of Golden Dome missile-defense network(01:09) Overview Energy to provide space-based solar power for Meta data centers(01:41) ULA launches 29 Amazon Leo satellites on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral(02:14) SpaceX scrubs Falcon Heavy launch of final ViaSat-3 satellite due to poor weather(02:54) Astrobotic Achieves Record 300-Second Burn with New Detonation Engine(03:11) ESA Launches Arctic Field Campaign to Calibrate Future Copernicus Missions(03:52) HawkEye 360 Files for Initial Public Offering at $2.4 Billion Valuation(04:28) Gatehouse Satcom and Rohde & Schwarz Formalize Collaboration to Strengthen 5G NTN Testing(05:05) Fiery Fall Color in Southern Chile(05:43) You Can Help Humans Thrive in Space(06:19) Volunteers Help NASA Astronauts Record Lunar Flashes(07:00) Launch Preview: Falcon Heavy returns, Atlas V and Ariane 6 to launch Amazon Leo satellites(07:35) Could the moon ever be blockaded? Experts predict cislunar space could be the next Strait of Hormuz(08:16) Did decaying dark matter help create the universe's first supermassive black holes?(09:00) SpaceX launches its 50th mission of the year, sends 25 Starlink satellites to orbit (video)(09:44) Backyard snapshot delivers stunning galaxy image | Space photo of the day for April 27, 2026(10:19) Put it in pencil: NASA's Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027