Space.com
• Sharmila Kuthunur
Scientists are preparing robotic explorers to operate alongside humans on Mars, defining complementary roles and procedures to combine autonomous systems and crewed capabilities. As Ehlmann notes, 'It's not a question of robotic exploration or human exploration; it is an "and"—robotic and human exploration and how we do these best together.'
New York Times
• Eric Niiler
By New York Times: Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out.
GeekWire
• Alan Boyle
By GeekWire: The coming year's space highlights include a NASA mission that will send astronauts around the moon and a Blue Origin lunar lander mission.
Wall Street Journal
• Aylin Woodward
By Wall Street Journal: In a cosmic fireworks display, scientists have observed two objects colliding around a bright star 25 light-years from Earth.
Space.com
• Chris McMullen
By Space.com: Here's our review of the Lego Icons Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Is it up there with the best Lego space sets available? Read on to find out.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — Indra Group of Spain has closed its acquisition of Spanish commercial satellite….
Payload
• Payload Staff
By Payload: The space industry is growing and growing—and today we’re looking at some of the companies that threw their hat in the ring in 2025.
CNBC
• Samantha Subin
By CNBC: Satellite stocks have benefitted this year from renewed interest in space exploration and military reindustrialization efforts.
NASA Spaceflight
• Haygen Warren
Wall Street Journal
• Micah Maidenberg; Brian McGill
