Space News for Tuesday, May 19, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) Anderson confirmed as NASA deputy administrator(01:05) European imaging companies step in to fill warzone gap(01:46) The Stratospheric Toll of the Megaconstellation Era(02:22) Cowboy Raises $275M and Files for 20,000 Orbital Data Centers, Forcing the ODC Thesis Into View(02:57) NASA Outlines Preliminary Artemis III Low Earth Orbit Test Flight Profile(03:13) Ubotica and NOVI Space Form Strategic Partnership for Real-Time Onboard Space AI(03:31) Teleste and Polystar Partner to Launch AI Automation for Next Generation Cable Infrastructure(04:10) Farming in Ancient Lake Agassiz(04:26) Curiosity Blog, Sols 4893-4899: Drilling at Campo Marte and a Visit From the Psyche Spacecraft(05:09) Johnson Photographers Honored for Award-Winning Portraits(05:34) NASA Selects Next Class of Space Health Postdoctoral Fellows(06:18) Super Heavy Block 3 the Booster of the Future(06:43) Astrolab Unveils Payloads Flying on FLIP Lunar Mission(07:14) Potomac Database Systems Unveils Plans to Amass Lunar Data(07:57) U-Space Selects Skynopy to Support Multiple Missions(08:18) Scientists found stardust trapped in Antarctic ice. What could it tell us about our solar system?(08:37) Vega C rocket launches European-Chinese space weather satellite to orbit(08:56) This amazing NASA video shows the exact moment the Artemis 2 Orion capsule broke free of its service module, and we can't stop watching it(09:40) SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch updates: 1st-ever Starship V3 test gets new launch date