Space News for Tuesday, May 26, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) Orbit Fab, Thales Alenia to study refueling for electric-propulsion satellites(01:01) Exolaunch and SEOPS purchase Falcon 9 launches for dedicated rideshare missions(01:25) SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Memorial Day(01:44) Viasat Demonstrates First Satellite-Enabled Smartphone Messaging in Uzbekistan(02:21) China Launches Shenzhou-23 Mission to Tiangong, Slated for Record Year-Long Stay(03:03) Canadian Space Agency Shifts to Agile Procurement and Resets WildFireSat Mission(03:43) SpaceX: 10,000 Launches Annually(04:03) SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Simon van den Dries, EnduroSat(04:34) Launch Preview: Starlink and Amazon Leo missions fill manifest(04:58) DARPA readies robotic deep-space repair satellite for 2026 launch(05:15) Nothing beats a beautiful sunset (from space) | Space photo of the day for May 26, 2026(05:58) Scientists want to send a roly-poly robot filled with 'dandelion drones' to investigate hidden tunnels on Mars