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Here’s what might delay Artemis, New Glenn flies again, but there’s a problem, Voyager 1 has to shut down another instrument, Vera Rubin is finding so many asteroids. And in Space Bites+, an incredible image to celebrate Hubble’s 35th birthday.
00:00 Intro
00:18 Potential bottleneck for Artemis
arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/whats-the-deal-with-spacesuits-for-the-moon-will-they-be-ready-in-time
03:20 China Shows Off a 5-Meter Rocket Module
universetoday.com/articles/china-unveils-a-massive-5-meter-composite-module-for-its-next-generation-reusable-rocket
06:20 Success and Failure of New Glenn NG-3
arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/errant-upper-stage-spoils-blue-origins-success-in-reusing-new-glenn-booster
08:25 Voyager Shuts Down More Instruments
science.nasa.gov/blogs/voyager/2026/04/17/nasa-shuts-off-instrument-on-voyager-1-to-keep-spacecraft-operating
11:08 Vera Rubin Discovers A Lot of Asteroids
universetoday.com/articles/the-vera-c-rubin-observatory-has-discovered-11000-new-asteroids-and-its-barely-even-started
12:36 Vote results
13:06 Organics on Mars
universetoday.com/articles/msl-curiosity-found-new-organic-chemicals-on-mars-proof-that-the-planet-can-preserve-ancient-biosign
15:09 Roman’s Ready to Launch
16:51 SPHEREx Mapping the Sky
universetoday.com/articles/nasas-spherex-telescope-just-mapped-the-cosmic-ices-that-will-someday-build-planets
18:05 The Universe in X-Rays
universetoday.com/articles/behold-the-solar-system-in-all-its-x-ray-glory
19:18 More space news
20:20 Complexity of the interviews
Host: Fraser Cain
Producer: Anton Pozdnyakov
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Here’s what might delay Artemis, New Glenn flies again, but there’s a problem, Voyager 1 has to shut down another instrument, Vera Rubin is finding so many asteroids. And in Space Bites+, an incredible image to celebrate Hubble’s 35th birthday.
00:00 Intro
00:18 Potential bottleneck for Artemis
arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/whats-the-deal-with-spacesuits-for-the-moon-will-they-be-ready-in-time
03:20 China Shows Off a 5-Meter Rocket Module
universetoday.com/articles/china-unveils-a-massive-5-meter-composite-module-for-its-next-generation-reusable-rocket
06:20 Success and Failure of New Glenn NG-3
arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/errant-upper-stage-spoils-blue-origins-success-in-reusing-new-glenn-booster
08:25 Voyager Shuts Down More Instruments
science.nasa.gov/blogs/voyager/2026/04/17/nasa-shuts-off-instrument-on-voyager-1-to-keep-spacecraft-operating
11:08 Vera Rubin Discovers A Lot of Asteroids
universetoday.com/articles/the-vera-c-rubin-observatory-has-discovered-11000-new-asteroids-and-its-barely-even-started
12:36 Vote results
13:06 Organics on Mars
universetoday.com/articles/msl-curiosity-found-new-organic-chemicals-on-mars-proof-that-the-planet-can-preserve-ancient-biosign
15:09 Roman’s Ready to Launch
16:51 SPHEREx Mapping the Sky
universetoday.com/articles/nasas-spherex-telescope-just-mapped-the-cosmic-ices-that-will-someday-build-planets
18:05 The Universe in X-Rays
universetoday.com/articles/behold-the-solar-system-in-all-its-x-ray-glory
19:18 More space news
20:20 Complexity of the interviews
Host: Fraser Cain
Producer: Anton Pozdnyakov
📰 GUIDE TO SPACE EMAIL NEWSLETTER
Read by 70,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.
universetoday.com/newsletter
🎧 PODCASTS
Universe Today: universetoday.com/podcast
Astronomy Cast: astronomycast.com
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![NASA Just Funded This Insane Study to Resolve The Largest Known Black Hole [NIAC 2026]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U6fZ2GryNhU/mqdefault.jpg "NASA Just Funded This Insane Study to Resolve The Largest Known Black Hole [NIAC 2026]
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The 2026 NIAC Awards are out! This is OBLIVION. A project thats aims to utilize an innovative interferometry technique to resolve TON-618, the largest known black hole in the Universe. This will require insane precision, formation flying and lasers.
📜 OBLIVION: Observing Black hole LIght Via Intensity cOrrelatioN
https://www.nasa.gov/general/oblivion-observing-black-hole-light-via-intensity-correlation/
👉 All 2026 NIAC Selections
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/niac-2026-selections/
🎙️ Space Madness Podcast
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📚 How to do Business with NASA: A Practical Guide for Entrepreneurs, Innovators, and Contractors
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00:00 Intro
01:45 NIAC Season 2026
02:54 OBLIVION
11:06 How can it possibly work
16:18 Possible targets for observation
20:01 Alternative applications
26:23 Orbital Velocity LLC
36:28 Current obsessions
43:51 Final thoughts
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![Swarming The Rings of Saturn With Tiny Probes [NIAC 2026]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VqBVL2vwh04/mqdefault.jpg "Swarming The Rings of Saturn With Tiny Probes [NIAC 2026]
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🟣 Guest: Dr. Mike Rubenstein
https://robotics.northwestern.edu/
📜 Actively Steerable Femtosat Constellations for In-situ Exploration of Saturn’s Rings, Atmosphere, and Magnetosphere
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/actively-steerable-femtosat-constellations-for-in-situ-exploration-of-saturns-rings-atmosphere-and-magnetosphere/
👉 All 2026 NIAC Selections
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/niac-2026-selections/
Saturns rings are dense. Sending one flagship probe through them makes no sense. Itll most probably be lost. But sending a swarm of small cheap probes does. Even if a lot of them wont survive, youre still getting lots of data. This is exactly what this NIAC project is proposing.
00:00 Intro
01:22 Observing Saturns rings
05:21 A swarm of satellites
21:56 Current obsessions
23:36 Final thoughts
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