Space News for Friday, February 20, 2026
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:22) Starliner investigation identifies flawed NASA decision making(00:53) Creating new demand in the nascent orbital economy(01:40) EarthDaily in Orbit: From First Launch to Commercial Operations(02:13) Golden Dome will fail without software-defined warfare(02:43) Moon mission fueling test concludes with no major problems(03:01) Independent report sharply criticizes NASA management, Boeing for troubled Starliner flight(03:23) SpaceX launches second Falcon 9 rocket to return to a…
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