Space News for Tuesday, February 17, 2026

The Gist: Space News · Feb 17, 2026 · 13m

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Leonardo funding development of Earth observation constellation(01:19) NASA work on several programs pending responses to White House executive order(02:06) The space nuclear power bottleneck — and how to fix it(02:38) Low-profile Chinese launch firm conducts first stage static fire(03:25) NASA to attempt second full fueling test of its Space Launch System rocket(04:22) Viasat Report Signals Industrial “Rush” Toward Direct-to-Device (D2D) Connectivity(05:29) China Completes…