2026.02.18 | 76th International Astronautical Congress 2025 - Part 3

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 18 February 2026:

Space Show News:

AtSpace conducts successful launch of Australian-made A01 rocket at the Southern Launch Koonibba Test Range.

On 27 November 2025, AtSpace, a Brisbane-based rocket manufacturer, entered the rocketry record books by successfully launching their Australian-made A01 rocket higher than any other Australian commercial rocket has gone before.

Private spacecraft will give NASA's Swift space telescope an orbital boost

Arizona-based Katalyst Space Technologies has scored a contract to raise the altitude of NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which has been losing altitude due to atmospheric drag.

IAC 2025 Opening Ceremony — Part 3

Historical memories from Paul Scully-Powers, Katherine Bennell-Pegg and Roger Franzen, and the presentation of the IAF World Space Award to the Chang'e 6 Team. (Inserts courtesy IAC & CGTN)

Space Show News:

Landslides on the Moon

Turn Back Time: Arrokoth

New Horizons team members Alan Stern, Cathy Olkin, Carly Howett and Jeff Moore respond to reporters' questions on the day after the 2019 January 1 flyby of the Kuiper Belt asteroid Arrokoth. (Courtesy JHU)