Space News for Wednesday, April 08, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Inspection cubesat demo planned as first step toward orbital defense mothership(01:00) Astroscale passes key design milestone for UK military space-tracking cubesats(01:55) Hungary taps Northrop Grumman for first national geostationary communications satellite(02:44) NASA’s new moon base project requires operational technology systems in space, but they are vulnerable.(03:28) New Boeing Satellite Spacecraft Delivered.(03:55) What the SpaceX IPO Changes for Every Satellite Operator(04:28) Empowering the Next Generation at SmallSat Europe 2026(05:02) SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Carissa Christensen, BryceTech(05:35) Astroscale Plans World-First Multi-Orbit Satellite Inspection Mission(06:10) A Volcanic Medley Near Mammoth Lakes(06:35) Celestial Wonders in Leo(07:10) NASA’s Artemis II Crew Beams Official Moon Flyby Photos to Earth(07:47) Earthset(08:20) Experience the Rollout of SLS Hardware for Artemis III(09:02) Advocates Ready For NASA Science Funding Fight, Part II(10:00) Starfish Closes $100M+ Series B(10:33) The State of EO 2026(11:16) How Earthlings Got Views of the Lunar Fly By(12:02) 'It just made it even more special': Being so far from Earth makes you appreciate our planet even more, Artemis 2 astronaut says(12:50) The Artemis 2 space toilet is actually working fine. But there is another problem(13:28) Relive Artemis 2's epic moon flyby with these amazing photos(14:17) A satellite just captured images of a tsunami being born. Here's why that's a big deal(14:53) Artemis 2 captures historic 'Earthset' photo | Space photo of the day for April 7, 2026