Space News for Wednesday, August 26, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Propulsion is having a moment(00:42) Space Angel secures $1.75m WA Government backing to advance Western Australian spaceport plans(01:17) Tendeg Launches NewTEN Steerable Compact Antenna at SmallSat(01:36) How ICEYE Turned Sovereign SAR Into a 12-Month Product(02:12) a.i. solutions Debuts FreeFlyer 8 Astrodynamics Platform with Cross-Platform Support and Decoupled Graphics(02:52) SpaceX and Louisiana State Officials Announce Major Aerospace Logistics and Spaceport Infrastructure Deal(03:28) Taoglas Expands Outdoor RF Hardware Lineup Through Acquisition of QuWireless(04:02) NASA Invites Media to LunaRecycle Challenge Finale Event in Alabama(04:18) White House Wants 1,000 Annual Launches and Reentries by 2030(05:04) 'You just saved the video dish': Two astronauts complete spacewalk to replace ISS antenna(05:49) Starbase Louisiana: SpaceX announces enormous $100 billion Starbase launch site(06:22) The bubbling surface of doomed supergiant star Betelgeuse has been revealed like never before(07:07) NASA's Roman Space Telescope will reveal the universe in a way the JWST and Hubble cannot(07:50) Astronauts make history repairing the ISS | Space photo of the day for Aug. 25, 2026