Space News for Saturday, August 01, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:23) Sending repurposed Mars rover to the moon could cost more than $1 billion(01:14) Inside the effort to show Congress what war in space looks like(01:47) Space Force picks 15 companies for $981 million training range contract(02:25) NASA still assessing Starliner-1 flight opportunities(02:54) SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB(03:32) Hisdesat Contracts Airbus and Thales Alenia Space to Build SpainSat NG III Communications…
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