Space News for Wednesday, February 04, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) NASA examining hydrogen leaks during Artemis 2 fueling test(00:54) Flight heritage? It isn’t what you think(01:21) SpaceX pauses Falcon 9 launches after upper stage anomaly(01:48) Artemis 2 slips to March(02:16) SpaceX acquires xAI in bid to develop orbital data centers(02:48) At Blue Origin, Hegseth escalates criticism of legacy defense procurement(03:18) UK Space Agency CEO stepping down as agency folds into government(03:47) NASA waves off February launch for Artemis II…
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