Space.com
• Kenna Hughes-Castleberry
Engineers report a satellite proximity‑operations test successfully validated multilayer golden insulation while preparing spacecraft for the complex task of safely approaching another object in orbit. The demonstration aimed to exercise thermal, structural and operational margins needed for rendezvous, inspection and potential on‑orbit servicing missions.
Space.com
• Leonard David
By Space.com: "The damage is real, but it doesn't have to be permanent.".
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: Researchers have been trying to look at interstellar object 3I/ATLAS from every conceivable angle. That includes very unconventional ones. Recently, while 3I/ATLAS passed out of view of the Earth, it moved into a great vantage point for one of our interplanetary probes.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ESA has downplayed the severity of a recent data breach, stating that it affected a limited number of external science servers.
New York Times
• Katrina Miller; Michael Roston
By New York Times: In 2026, there will be journeys to the moon and Mars, new visions of the cosmos and a solar eclipse that might be worth traveling for.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman suggested he would be open to transferring a spacecraft other than the space shuttle Discovery to Houston.
SpaceWatch Global
• Tamara Blagojevic
By SpaceWatch Global: Montenegro Space Research (MSR) has successfully launched 'Luča', Montenegro’s inaugural satellite, into low Earth orbit.
NASA Spaceflight
• Eleanor Day
By NASA Spaceflight: Rocket Lab had its most successful year to date in 2025, with its Electron rocket….
