Space News for Tuesday, September 08, 2026

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top

space news stories. Enjoy!<br>(00:10) Podcast Introduction<br>(00:22) Kymeta Secures $20 Million Department of Defense Order for Resilient Flat-Panel SATCOM Terminals<br>(00:53) Isar Aerospace Reaches Orbit with Spectrum Rocket Maiden Launch from Norway<br>(01:10) ISRO Clarifies National Space Mandate, Confirming Agency Will Not Face Privatization<br>(01:34) U.S. Commercial Launch and Satellite Operators Withdraw from European Space Summit Following White House Interventions<br>(02:17) No Robot Has Captured an Uncontrolled Satellite. The Pentagon Is Buying It Anyway.<br>(02:46) The Otherworldly Geology of Vasquez Rocks<br>(03:24) A Bright Spot at Mount Michael<br>(03:54) Launch Preview: Soyuz, CZ-8A, and Falcon 9 to launch from sites around the world<br>(04:13) Artemis III SLS stacking advances as Orion results confirm trajectory fix<br>(04:59) Stoke Space Raises $1B Initial Series E Round<br>(05:52) Isar Aerospace Reaches Orbit on Second Attempt<br>(06:23) Earth's moon could have formed in just 5 hours after giant impact<br>(07:03) On this day in space! Sept. 7, 1995: NASA launches its 100th astronaut flight on space shuttle Endeavour's STS-69 mission<br>(07:38) Galaxies tangled in science and spirit | Space photo of the day for Sept. 7, 2026<br>(08:25) The future of Earth observation: Private satellites and AI bring benefits but also pose risks<br>(09:13) Labor Day in space: NASA astronauts get the holiday off<br>