Space News for Wednesday, March 25, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Geopolitical shifts bring opportunities and headaches for satellite execs(00:58) Moog taps Redwire to provide solar arrays for Meteor(01:32) OrbitsIQ Global Announces Breakthrough in Space-Based IoT Connectivity(02:10) From missions to systems: The architecture enabling a sustained lunar economy(02:49) China’s Astronstone raises $29 million for reusable rocket with chopstick-style recovery(03:38) NASA outlines ambitious $20 billion plan for moon base(04:02) Amazon Leo Targets Five-Market Launch as Constellation Ramps to 200+ Satellites(04:29) Laser Communications and the Rise of Orbital Data Centers(04:59) Space Force Reassigns Final GPS III Mission to SpaceX Following Vulcan Anomaly(05:38) SFL Missions Selected to Build Eight Node Spacecraft for NASA HelioSwarm(05:57) NASA Realignment ‘Ignition’ Accelerates Shift Toward Commercial Lunar Economy(06:16) Kona Storms Flood Oʻahu(07:04) NASA PC-12 Aircraft Makes Move to Support Flight Research Across Agency(07:46) Reminders of Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going(08:20) 3 Ways Students Can Get Involved With Artemis(09:06) NASA unveils Space Reactor-1 Freedom mission to Mars in 2028(09:41) NASA Priorities Get a Major Makeover(09:56) One-On-One With SDA’s GP Sandhoo(10:47) Symphony Space Unveils Adagio Hosted Payload Platform(11:03) Ramon.Space, Ingrasys Aim To Fly Prototype Orbital Data Center In 2027(11:24) 1 week away! NASA gearing up to launch Artemis 2 astronauts around the moon on April 1(11:54) Amazon Spring Sale deals for stargazing 2026: Huge savings on telescopes, binoculars and cameras(12:40) Scientists discover mirror of our solar system in 2 exoplanets forming around a star(13:00) Watch Rocket Lab launch Europe's 1st 2 'Celeste' navigation satellites early March 25(13:41) NASA's lunar Gateway space station is out. Moon bases are in