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The Gist: Space News

Dr. Mason Nixon

The Gist is a space news aggregation podcast that gives you the top space-related stories of the day with an emphasis of space technologies, current launches, small satellites, etc. Generally, each episode will be around 10 to 20 minutes long to help break up your commute or downtime and keep you up-to-date on all of the top stories of the day.

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13:05

Space News for Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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2026/04/21

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's topspace news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) Falcon 9 launches final GPS 3 satellite into orbit for U.S. Space Force(01:11) Artemis spacesuit development risks further delays(01:58) Pentagon officially ends OCX program, citing risk and delays(02:51) Latvia joins the Artemis Accords(03:23) SpaceX to launch final GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force(03:39) Blue Origin launches third New Glenn rocket, but payload ends

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6:30

Space News for Monday, April 20, 2026

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2026/04/20

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) China ramps up satellite production capacity amid constellation ambitions(01:04) Space Force weighs Vulcan flights without solid boosters(01:31) Third New Glenn launch suffers upper stage malfunction(02:13) Rhea Space Activity raises $6 million to develop GPS-free spacecraft navigation(02:57) Blue Origin Unveils Project Quartz Global Ground Station Network(03:12) NASA Shuts Off

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5:49

Space News for Sunday, April 19, 2026

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2026/04/19

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) SpaceX to attempt 600th Falcon booster landing amid West Coast Starlink mission(01:07) Starlink Outages Disrupt Navy Drone Tests as Pentagon Dependency Grows(01:36) Amazon+Globalstar. Turbocharging the industry(01:51) New Glenn set to launch on third mission, reuse booster for the first time(02:39) Vast unveils Astronaut Flight Suit and revolutionary Large Docking Adapter(03:28)

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12:15

Space News for Saturday, April 18, 2026

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2026/04/18

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) NASA selects Falcon Heavy to launch ESA Mars rover mission despite budget threat(01:06) NorthStar to go public via SPAC to expand space-based SSA network(01:33) Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete third spacewalk, mission extended by a month(02:00) Artemis 2 astronauts praise performance of Orion(02:37) Blue Origin Unveils Project Quartz Global Ground Station Network(02:56)

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10:26

Space News for Friday, April 17, 2026

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2026/04/17

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) Qingzhou prototype cargo spacecraft completes rendezvous tests in orbit(00:37) Taiwan floats shared satcom constellation amid calls for more space collaboration(01:09) Companies make the case for commercial space station markets(01:52) Blue Origin hot fires its first previously flown booster, prepares for weekend launch(02:28) SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Jaume Sanpera,

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13:35

Space News for Thursday, April 16, 2026

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2026/04/16

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) PlanetiQ secures $15 million Air Force STRATFI contract(00:59) Space Force reorg signals end of SDA as standalone agency(01:14) Seraphim forms space advisory council(01:27) Defining acquisition on a wartime footing(02:00) Blue Origin one step closer to launching New Glenn from Vandenberg Space Force Base(02:37) Saltzman Unveils 2040 Blueprint to Scale Space Force for Great Power

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17:02

Space News for Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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2026/04/15

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) Blue Origin moves toward launch at Vandenberg(00:54) NRO highlights government and industry partnerships(01:25) SES and Boeing move toward factory-installed multi-orbit inflight connectivity(01:56) West Coast SpaceX Falcon 9 mission launches 25 Starlink satellites(02:34) SpaceX launches 1,000th Starlink satellite of 2026 on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral(02:58) Oklahoma

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12:37

Space News for Tuesday, April 14, 2026

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2026/04/14

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) L3Harris investing upfront in bid for Golden Dome work(01:17) Jielong-3 launches internet test satellite, Kinetica-1 lofts 8 remote sensing sats(02:00) President Trump signs legislation reauthorizing SBIR(02:31) Washington agrees on space urgency, but not on how to deliver(02:51) Q&A: Heather Pringle on what to expect from Space Symposium(03:25) Global Defense Leaders Convene as

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8:28

Space News for Monday, April 13, 2026

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2026/04/13

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's topspace news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:20) Sophia and Kepler to marry orbital compute with optical links(00:56) Rocket Lab wins contract for three more iQPS launches(01:40) China Accelerates Orbital Internet Deployment with Successful Smart Dragon-3 Sea Launch(02:17) Smallsats Dominate 2025 Launch Landscape as Mass Efficiency Peaks(02:51) MIT STAR Lab Expands Scope from Lasercom Innovation to Space Policy

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6:20

Space News for Sunday, April 12, 2026

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2026/04/12

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) Falcon 9 launches Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the ISS(01:22) NRL to Showcase Sovereign Space Capabilities at 41st Space Symposium(02:03) Northrop Grumman Contracted for Hungary’s HUGEO Sovereign Communications Satellite(02:46) Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV Lofted USSF Tech Demonstration Payloads to Orbit(03:02) La NASA da la bienvenida a la Tierra a los exploradores lunares de

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14:43

Space News for Saturday, April 11, 2026

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2026/04/11

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Moog Technology Keeps Artemis II Astronauts Safe During Historic Lunar Mission(00:49) Orion splashes down to successfully end Artemis 2 mission(01:06) HawkEye 360 files to go public(02:01) Spacety raises $190 million to scale satellite manufacturing, plans IPO(02:55) GSOA and Novaspace Launch the Space Industry Forum (SIF) 2026 in Singapore(03:37) NASA confident Artemis 2 heat

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16:39

Space News for Friday, April 10, 2026

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2026/04/10

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) PLD Space secures $35 million European Investment Bank loan for MIURA 5 launcher(00:48) Heather Pringle on the upcoming Space Symposium and future international collaboration in space(01:21) China conducts pair of Long March launches for Thousand Sails and Guowang megaconstellations(02:13) A new kind of arsenal: commercial satellites(02:53) What returning to lunar space means

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16:36

Space News for Thursday, April 09, 2026

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2026/04/09

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Vantor to expand imaging satellite fleet, adding smallsats to increase revisit rates(01:15) Apex to develop larger satellites for missile defense, space-based computing(01:59) Improved thresholds and SSA accuracy can reduce most satellite collision risk(02:40) Space Sovereignty Is No Longer Optional(03:19) April 30: Opportunities for On-Orbit Computing(04:01) Automation and

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16:08

Space News for Wednesday, April 08, 2026

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2026/04/08

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)

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16:25

Space News for Tuesday, April 07, 2026

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2026/04/07

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's topspace news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Artemis 2 swings around the moon(00:58) Moog Highlights Growing Satellite Bus Capabilities with Full‑Scale METEOR Reveal at Space Symposium(01:36) FOSSA targets Japan’s defense market as larger smallsats expand capabilities(02:07) The moon base has a hardware plan. It needs a software strategy, too.(02:40) Seagate Space Signs MOU with Firefly Aerospace to Collaborate on Offshore

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9:01

Space News for Monday, April 06, 2026

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2026/04/06

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Isaacman defends NASA budget proposal despite steep cuts(00:41) NASA stops work on SLS Mobile Launcher 2(01:24) Artemis astronauts send down Easter message, prep for lunar fly around Monday(02:07) Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer for the United States Space Force, Chandra Donelson, Steps Away(02:48) What Doubling Space Force Funding Actually Means for the

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7:40

Space News for Sunday, April 05, 2026

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2026/04/05

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's topspace news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) NASA finalizes science plans for Artemis 2 lunar flyby(00:55) Atlas 5 launches Amazon Leo satellites(01:44) Space Force budget would more than double in Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense plan(02:37) NASA Answers Your Most Pressing Artemis II Questions(03:37) Illuminated in Orion(04:13) Orion Spacecraft Races Toward Historic Lunar Flyby in Artemis II Mission(04:28) Dozens of hidden

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11:53

Space News for Saturday, April 04, 2026

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2026/04/04

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Artemis 2 in good shape cruising towards the moon(00:50) Italy’s Argotec plans to scale Florida satellite facility to meet rising US demand(01:27) SpaceX and Amazon spar over satellite deployments(02:22) Europe’s strategic autonomy in space will define its role in the ‘second space age’(03:00) ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket launches its heaviest payload ever with fifth Amazon Leo

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11:32

Space News for Friday, April 03, 2026

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2026/04/03

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) China’s commercial Tianlong-3 rocket fails on debut launch(00:45) Artemis 2 heads to the moon(01:06) Swift spacecraft reorientation buys time for reboost mission(01:40) Former Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice to lead Astrion(02:35) Optical terminals still a bottleneck in Pentagon’s proliferated constellation(02:50) CAS Space Successfully Launches Kinetica-2, Aiming for Global Cost

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13:26

Space News for Thursday, April 02, 2026

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2026/04/02

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Artemis 2 launches on first human mission to the moon in more than 50 years(01:07) SpaceX quietly files for big bang IPO(01:37) Teledyne forms dedicated space unit to capture rising demand(01:54) Artemis 2’s (nearly) 10-day flight around the moon(02:37) Saltzman: Space ‘baked into’ modern combat operations(02:55) IEC Telecom Wins CSR Initiative of the Year at the Oil & Gas

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