Space News for Tuesday, June 23, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) NASA and Boeing still uncertain about when Starliner will return to flight(01:03) Trump executive order directs NASA to plan quantum space applications(01:43) Rocket Lab launches satellite for U.S. Space Force Victus Haze responsive space exercise(02:23) Chinese spaceplane releases object into orbit, according to commercial space surveillance(02:47) Who Has Authority to Intervene in a Space-Based Emergency?(03:27) The Strategic Redistribution of Iranian Aerospace Capability(04:01) Navigating Contested Battlespaces: Military GPS Receiver Market Approaches $3 Billion Amid Electronic Warfare Surge(04:39) Powering the Automated Floor: Intralogistics Operators Must Unify AGV Charging Infrastructure(05:19) Rising Waters Swamp Lake Naivasha(06:03) NASA Awards Solutions for Federal Enterprise Procurement Contracts(06:52) NASA Sounding Rocket to Launch Student Experiments(07:34) NASA Invites Media to Botswana Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony(08:15) SpaceX to test upcoming Starfall reentry vehicle with demonstration mission on Tuesday(08:52) A Faster Path to Orbit: How Hosted Payloads Are Changing Access to Space(09:28) Exclusive: Northwood Unveils New Antenna, Expanded Network Capacity(10:10) ElevationSpace Closes $40M Series B(11:04) SpaceX launching its 1st 'Starfall' reentry capsule early on June 23: Watch it live(11:47) This ball of stars named Terzan 5 may be one of the Milky Way's original building blocks(12:03) NASA's Roman Space Telescope arrives in Florida ahead of SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch this summer(12:32) Dark energy is still accelerating the expansion of the universe, and astronomers are relieved. 'Thankfully, we have averted this crisis'(13:14) 'Let's not fool the public': Why moon art should be more realistic in the Artemis age(14:01) With Starfall, SpaceX eyes an edge in global cargo delivery from orbit(14:36) A US military exercise in space got underway with barely anyone noticing