The Gist: Space News

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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.

  1. 3h ago

    Space News for Tuesday, October 20, 2026

    In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) BAE Systems and U.S. Department of Defense Sign Multi-Year Framework to Expand APKWS Production(00:55) Silicon Valley Space Week Speaker Focus: Matt Jenkins, Vantor(01:24) U.S. Ambassador Warns EU of Retaliation Over Satellite Spectrum Reservations(01:57) European Telco Consortium Signs Letter of Intent to Pursue Joint MSS Spectrum Allocation(02:10) Curiosity Blog, Sols 5036-5042: Watching the Clouds Go By(02:49) NASA Improves Shock, Vibration Analysis(03:21) Software(03:29) PLD Space begins system-level testing of Miura 5 as first three vehicles take shape(04:23) Exclusive: EraDrive Lands $13M DoD Award For Autonomy Module(05:14) WarpWare Closes Pre-Seed to Bring Agentic Tools to Flight Software(05:28) On this day in space! Oct. 19, 2016: Europe's ExoMars orbiter and Schiaparelli lander arrive at Mars(06:11) The moon is shrinking. 10,000 cracks on the lunar surface reveal by how much(06:46) 'They're kind of goth': NASA spacecraft gives mysterious brown dwarfs a close-up(07:15) Japan launches mission to bring home a piece of the Martian moon Phobos(07:33) Russian spacecraft maneuvers in "extreme proximity" to satellite used by Ukraine(08:16) A Chinese rocket deorbited over Minnesota and left this in a farmer's cornfield

  2. 1d ago

    Space News for Monday, October 19, 2026

    In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) Redwire Secures $13.8 Million National Guard Order for Stalker UAS Training Systems(00:52) India Reinforces Security and Spectrum Safeguards, Restricting Unmonitored Starlink and NTN Entry(01:28) White House Directed Pentagon to Restrict Ukraine Starshield Speeds, Clarifying Chain of Command(02:00) Falcon 9 set to launch Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission from Florida(02:29) SpaceX working through Starship Flight 15 and 16 milestones(03:03) Returning the first samples from a Martian moon: Inside the science of Japan's bold MMX mission to Mars(03:31) Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton was a problem-solver for the ages (op-ed)(04:12) Astronomers want your help finding 'missing' black holes in the Milky Way

  3. 2d ago

    Space News for Sunday, October 18, 2026

    In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) Novaspace Forecasts Global Satellite Services Revenues to Reach $145 Billion by 2035(00:47) White House Directed Pentagon to Restrict Ukraine Starshield Speeds, Clarifying Chain of Command(01:00) 'Let's all choose to make tomorrow better', Artemis II astronauts honored with Stephen Hawking Medal at Starmus(01:46) On this day in space! Oct. 17, 2016: Private Antares rocket returns to flight after catastrophic launch explosion

  4. 3d ago

    Space News for Saturday, October 17, 2026

    In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) Blue Origin to add new Florida launch pads, seeks aggressive increase in New Glenn flight rate(01:04) White House Directed Pentagon to Restrict Ukraine Starshield Speeds, Clarifying Chain of Command(01:40) NASA Names Stephen Cash Marshall Space Flight Center Director(02:22) Artemis II Heat Shield After Splashdown(02:56) I Am Artemis: Allison Mjoen(03:37) 'It really does change you': SpaceX Crew-12 commander wishes we could all see our fragile Earth from space(04:05) Scientists find 'gemstones' in atmosphere of bizarre, scorching-hot 'marshmallow' exoplanet(04:47) SpaceX thrusters just made a Tesla Roadster 'fly' (and Elon Musk's car is still out there in space)(05:31) On this day in space! Oct. 16, 1975: NASA launches the 1st-ever GOES weather satellite to watch Earth from space(06:02) 'Mission: 60s' event promises passport back to the Space Age

  5. 4d ago

    Space News for Friday, October 16, 2026

    In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) SpaceX launches a classified payload for U.S. Space Force(00:39) LandSpace Launches Zhuque-2E Carrying Eight ADAspace Orbital Data Center Satellites(01:09) NearSpace Launch manifest TROOP-F6 Aboard SpaceX Bandwagon-6 for Space Weather and SSA Missions(01:23) Scanway Joins International Astronautical Federation to Expand Global Optics Footprint(01:59) Viasat Named Connected Car Innovation of the Year for Satellite NTN Automotive Integration(02:34) Isaias Dims the Gulf Coast(03:17) Power Up: Roll Out Solar Arrays Boost Space Station Power Supply(03:59) Carbon Fibre Troubles Force Rocket Lab to Delay Neutron Debut to No Earlier Than 2027(04:38) Seraphim Space Investment Trust Doubled its Value in 2026(05:01) BlackSky Renews HEO Deal, Adds Gen-3 Imagery for Space Domain Awareness(05:39) Astronomers discover the 1st ever green star, a cosmic zombie just in time for Halloween(06:27) On this day in space! Oct. 15, 1997: NASA launches Cassini-Hugyens probe on 7-year voyage to Saturn(06:43) NASA's SkyFall helicopters will 'show us parts of Mars we've never seen before', scientists say(07:25) Windblown yardangs on Mars | Space photo of the day for Oct. 15, 2026(08:02) Neutron's first launch slips again amid trouble with carbon composites

  6. 5d ago

    Space News for Thursday, October 15, 2026

    In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:20) Firefly Aerospace Schedules Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results for November 10(00:52) SpaceX Requests FAA Approval for Up to 456 Starship Launches Annually at Starbase(01:28) Silicon Valley Space Week Speaker Focus: Austin Spiegel, Sift(02:00) Fires Arrive in the Amazon Rainforest(02:46) NASA to Host News Conference Previewing US Spacewalks 100, 101(03:07) NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Florida Students(03:26) Artemis III SLS teams prepare short stack for pad tanking test(03:57) JAXA Taps ArkEdge for Two Lunar Navigation Demos(04:35) Exclusive: In Orbit Aerospace Pivots From Re-entry Vehicles to Spacecraft Autonomy(05:06) Reflect Orbital Buys Two Skyroot Aerospace Launches(05:21) How Space Companies Can Prepare for a Potential Launch Gap(05:48) Watch SpaceX deliver more than 6,000 pounds of cargo to the ISS today(06:28) SpaceX's Starship just turned 10 years old. When will it go to Mars?(07:06) On this day in space! Oct. 14, 1947: Test pilot Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in the Bell X-1, the first X-plane(07:54) Life after the moon: Artemis II's Christina Koch steps down from active astronaut duty(08:30) Things are finally looking up for NASA's first missions to Venus in a generation

  7. 6d ago

    Space News for Wednesday, October 14, 2026

    In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:21) SpaceX launches NASA science and cargo to the International Space Station(00:47) Launch preview: NASA, SpaceX to launch new solar arrays, 6,300 pounds of cargo to the space station(01:37) York Space Systems Details Two Space Force Task Orders for Space Data Network Interoperability(02:22) Satlyt Secures $8 Million Seed Round to Expand Onboard Satellite AI Software and Cloud Virtualization(02:56) Germany Arrests Two Suspects Over Arson Attack at Starlink Ground Station in Poland(03:35) Czech Defense Group CSG Acquires 9.5% Anchor Stake in MDA Space for $434 Million(04:13) Hurricane Simon Lurks Off the Mexican Coast(05:03) NASA Names Astronaut Christina Koch Acting Deputy Chief Engineer(05:34) Comparing Off-World Rover Driving Distances(06:08) NASA JPL Testing Readies Voyager Technologies Lander for Moon Mission(06:36) Launch Preview: Falcon 9, ZhuQue-2E to launch during quiet week(06:58) Anna Shaposhnik, ORBES(07:46) Brianna Clark, Vast(08:33) Kayla Bigham, FAA(09:21) Bryce Kelly, Deloitte(09:48) On this day in space! Oct. 13, 1773: Astronomer Charles Messier discovers the Whirlpool Galaxy before we ever knew it was a galaxy(10:22) Earth's poles shifted surprisingly fast during the age of dinosaurs, ancient sea levels reveal(11:06) SpaceX rocket launch creates incredible 'space jellyfish' visible throughout US East Coast (photos)(11:46) 2 spacecraft in orbit and 8 more coming soon: Varda has big plans for in-space manufacturing

  8. Oct 13

    Space News for Tuesday, October 13, 2026

    In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) floLIVE and Skylo Partner to Deliver Integrated Cellular and Satellite IoT Connectivity Across Brazil(01:12) SpaceX Launches First 21 Northrop Grumman Satellites for SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer(01:37) Silicon Valley Space Week Speaker Focus: Peter Cabauy, City Labs(02:14) An Impact Structure With Legs(02:46) SpaceX launches Falcon 9 Starlink mission for 1st time in more than 3 weeks (photos)(03:06) SpaceX launching 6,300 pounds of cargo to the ISS today: Watch it live(03:50) Astronomers witness supermassive black hole gorge on a cosmic meal before 'burping' radio jets 300 days later(04:30) The moon could turn astronauts into 'walking, high voltage capacitors' that accidentally zap spacecraft(05:09) On this day in space! Oct. 12, 1964: The Soviet Union launches Voskhod 1, the 1st multi-person cosmonaut crew, into space

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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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  • Creator
    Dr. Mason Nixon
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    1.1K
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