Space News for Tuesday, July 07, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Isar Aerospace signs agreement for Canadian launch site(00:42) Blue Origin continues work on lunar landers during recovery from New Glenn explosion(01:24) Iridium folds Aireon aviation safety service into Rocket Lab-bound business(02:01) NASA adds three European firms to the commercial data program(02:36) Blue Origin Insulates Lunar Landers from Launch Pad Recovery Fallout(02:50) The Supplemental Mobile Network and The Regional Threat.(03:00) NASA Mandates In-Space Servicing Architecture for $11 Billion Habitable Worlds Observatory(03:23) Private-Public Crossover Strategy Delivers 27.45% Q2 Return for XOVR ETF Following SpaceX IPO(03:41) The World Cup From 250 Miles Up(04:13) NASA Seeks Industry Input on Second Phase of Commercial Space Stations(05:01) NASA Webb Uncovers Unusual Galaxy Shaped by Cosmic Collision(05:48) Launch Preview: Long March 10B and Vikram-I debut(06:15) Exclusive: Ravee Optics Raises $6M Seed to Build Compact Laser Terminals(07:08) Even astronauts in space saw America 250 fireworks on the Fourth of July. See their ISS view of Los Angeles (video)(07:54) SpaceX launches 81 satellites to orbit from California, lands rocket on ship at sea(08:40) More clues surface about the origins of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS(09:37) NASA just found a planet 'hiding' in TESS spacecraft data, all thanks to Einstein(10:20) Black holes buried in mysterious 'little red dot' galaxies could blast cosmic ghosts at Earth(10:59) Katalyst's satellite rescue mission is now in pursuit of NASA's Swift