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by 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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- Today5 min
Space News for Sunday, November 08, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! Podcast Introduction SES Posts 4.2% Q3 Growth Driven by Defense Contracts and Books 53 Satellites Through 2030 AST SpaceMobile Unveils Blacklift Rocket Under $1.3B Firefly Engine Agreement NASA Awards Moon Base Transportation, Technology, Science Projects NASA Seeks Next Generation of Explorers to Join Astronaut Corps NASA announces search for new astronauts On this day in space! Nov. 7, 1992: NASA launches Mars Global Surveyor, its 1st Mars mission in 20 years at the time, to map the Red Planet like never before Send your name to Saturn's moon Titan with NASA's upcoming Dragonfly mission 'I think we will prevail': NASA chief Jared Isaacman on Artemis, China and the new moon race (exclusive)
- Yesterday6 min
Space News for Saturday, November 07, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! Podcast Introduction AST SpaceMobile unveils $1.3 billion engine deal with Firefly Aerospace to power new heavy-lift rocket Falcon 9 launches from California on classified mission for U.S. Space Force CesiumAstro Secures $730M Series D at $4.5B Valuation to Deploy Synchronicity Constellation Supercomputing Tech Demo Schedule Stoke Space evaluating expansion of Cape site for second Nova pad Starship Flight 15, a dual catch attempt, awaits FAA green light AST SpaceMobile To Build New Blacklift Rocket Op-ed: Why Did Russia Bother with X36? On this day in space! Nov. 6, 1572: A German astronomer discovers the Tycho supernova with the naked eye, but everyone thought the cosmic explosion was a 'new star' Giant exoplanet emerges from the dark when the James Webb Space Telescope turns out the starlight Hera probe gets 1st good look at asteroid system clobbered by NASA's DART mission | Space photo of the day for Nov. 6, 2026
- 2 days ago10 min
Space News for Friday, November 06, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! Podcast Introduction Blue Origin reveals new kick stage, engines for its New Glenn rockets Spacewalkers complete five-year effort to upgrade space station power supply Pentagon Commits $150M OSC Loan to LeoLabs in $300M Radar Network Expansion Redwire Wins $20M DARPA Contract for Scaled SabreSat VLEO Precursor Flight NASA Awards $1.07B in Ka-Band Space Relay Contracts to Viasat, SES and Astranis SpaceX Selects Qualcomm to Supply Terrestrial Base Stations for Starlink Mobile Network Ubotica Demonstrates Autonomous Onboard Satellite Scheduling for Maritime Surveillance Midwestern City Lights NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Florida Students Hubble Learns Galactic History From Stars European Bodyguard Sats are Closer Thank You Think CesiumAstro Raises $730M, Reaches Valuation Above $4.5B Exclusive: Orbital Taps Orca Aerospace for Onboard Autonomy Software Why We Are Seeing a Growing Disconnect Between Public and Private Space Markets On this day in space! Nov. 5, 2002: NASA's Galileo spacecraft flies by Jupiter moon Amalthea only to find it's a 'pile of icy rubble less dense than water' You don't have to go to the moon to see Earth differently: Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover on what really matters Software squeezes more data out of Webb Telescope for imaging exoplanets
- 3 days ago11 min
Space News for Thursday, November 05, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! Podcast Introduction Globalstar Petitions FCC to Scrutinize Rocket Lab Supplier Conflict Over $8B Iridium Deal SES Completes Bidirectional Optical Link Demonstration with meoSphere Pathfinder 1 Starfish Space Loses First Otter Servicing Satellite Following On-Orbit Bus Anomaly Russia Files ITU Plan for 374-Satellite Rassvet-4 Constellation Following Rassvet-3 Orbital Setbacks ThinKom and Space Systems Command Demonstrate GECKO Multi-Orbit Containerized SATCOM System Cyprus: Island of Snakes, Cats, and Ophiolites NASA Announces X-70 Experimental Aircraft to Advance Flight Research NASA Shares Plans to Accelerate Artemis, Return to Moon NASA Announces Ka-Band Satellite Relay Awards for Space Communications Trace Gas Orbiter discovers potential evidence of volcanic activity on Mars via atmospheric observations Redwire Wins $20M DARPA Contract for Second VLEO Demo Orbital Matter, EnduroSat Announce an In-Space Manufacturing Mission in 2028 Starfish Loses Contact with Otter, Cutting SSPICY Short 2 astronauts will finish upgrading ISS solar arrays during spacewalk today: Watch it live Trump declares 'American space superiority for all eternity' in election night proclamation NASA's Swift space telescope crashes back to Earth after failed rescue attempt Uranium cubes reveal why the German nuclear project failed
- 4 days ago8 min
Space News for Wednesday, November 04, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! Podcast Introduction Amazon Navigates Launch Delays with Under 400 Satellites in Orbit Ahead of Nov. 13 Vulcan Return Vantor Cuts Satellite Imagery Delivery Time to Seven Minutes in Ukrainian Field Demonstration SES Adds Finnair and Air Astana to Multi-Orbit In-Flight Connectivity Roster SpaceX Explores Boost Mobile Acquisition in Push to Build Hybrid Terrestrial-Satellite Network L3Harris Secures $36M Army SATCOM Order for Hawkeye 4 Lite Terminals Supporting C2NOW Astronaut and Earth TB 26-10 Printed Circuit Board Assembly Chip Resistor Body Cracking NASA Astronaut, STEM Creator Connect with Students for STEM Day What to Watch on Election Night Exclusive: Sceye Signs Deal to Fly HAPS Fleet for SoftBank NASA asks industry for ideas about saving Hubble Space Telescope Ancient star collisions could explain mysterious Little Red Dots and 'impossible' black holes Voting in space: NASA astronauts cast ballots from International Space Station Dimorphos in sight: Europe's Hera probe gets its 1st look at battered space rock (photo) Hubble Telescope sees cosmic 'cat's tail' that could wrap around Earth and the sun 500 times
- 5 days ago7 min
Space News for Tuesday, November 03, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! Podcast Introduction Northwood Space Secures $375M Series C at $2B Valuation to Expand Shared Ground Station Network Space Force Awards Lockheed Martin $95M GPS IIIF Modification, Bringing Contract Face Value to $4.73B Space Force Faces Industry Criticism Over Slow Commercial Satellite Integration Pace Orbital Sentry Develops Persistent Geostationary Infrared Sensor for Real-Time Wildfire Detection TB 26-09 Measured Hammer-Tap Inputs Launch Preview: Falcon 9 to launch USSF missions, China to launch internet satellites Exclusive: Stellar Alpina Unveils Monarch Orbiter and Morpho Lunar Lander Hydrosat Unveils New High-Res MWIR Thermal Capability James Webb Space Telescope uncovers new clues about the origins of 'interstellar invader' comet 3I/ATLAS On this day in space! Nov. 2, 2000: Expedition 1 Arrives at the International Space Station A rainbow of ancient rocks on Mars | Space photo of the day for Nov. 2, 2026 What is Starshield? A look at SpaceX's military satellite network
- 6 days ago3 min
Space News for Monday, November 02, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! Podcast Introduction Northwood Space Raises $375M Series C at $2B Valuation 'The Sea God Surveys': Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese Earth-observing satellite today On this day in space! Nov. 1, 1962: The Soviet Union Launches Mars 1 spacecraft to Red Planet during the Space Race NASA's Swift space telescope is about to crash to Earth. Where will it fall?
- 1 weeks ago4 min
Space News for Sunday, November 01, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! Podcast Introduction Telesat Delays Lightspeed Constellation Service to Mid-2028 Following Pathfinder Software Delays FCC Proposes 25 MHz Mid-Band Spectrum Auction with Dual 5G and Direct-to-Device Allocations Xona Is in Orbit. Its CEO Says U.S. GPS Backup Leans on China. Isaacman outlines Artemis III multi-launch checkout sequence and Blue Origin priority On this day in space! Oct. 31, 2015: Creepy skull-shaped Halloween asteroid flies by Earth, NASA names it the 'Great Pumpkin' Betelgeuse is haunted by a cosmic poltergeist tormenting the doomed star's atmosphere An aquanaut comes home: Returning to Earth from an undersea 'space station'
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