Space News for Sunday, May 17, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) NASA releases final RFP for Mars communications orbiter(00:48) York Space defends growth strategy as SDA programs are reshaped(01:39) Space Force awards Northrop Grumman $398 million satellite contract(01:58) The end of GEO?(02:37) SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Moritz Novak, GATE Space(03:08) Apple Prepares for Pivot at WWDC 2026 Milestone(03:40) NASA's Psyche spacecraft is flying to a metal asteroid. So, why did it just visit Mars?(03:55) Astronomers find interstellar comet…
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