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Space.com • Andrew Jones

China’s 2025 space push: record launches, reusable‑rocket tests, lunar hardware trials and a crewed‑flight rescue

China’s 2025 space campaign combined a record launch cadence with reusable‑rocket flight tests and critical lunar hardware trials — and overcame a human‑spaceflight emergency with a successful crewed‑flight rescue. The sequence advances Beijing’s crewed‑lunar ambitions and validates higher‑frequency launch operations.

2025-12-24T09:10:37.842674-08:00
Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Space Exploration & Science Missions   Human Spaceflight & Space Stations  
Space.com • Roger Guillemette

NASA's Apollo 8 moonshot saved 1968. Could Artemis 2 do the same in 2026?

By Space.com: On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon. NASA will return in 2026.

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2025-12-24T07:07:43.666333-08:00
Satellite   LEO   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space   Space Policy & International Cooperation   Asia-Pacific (APAC)  
swarajyamag.com • Arun Dhital

ISRO’s LVM3 ‘Baahubali’ launches record 6,100‑kg BlueBird‑2 for AST SpaceMobile

By swarajyamag.com: News Brief Arun Dhital Dec 24, 2025, 10:53 AM GMT+5:30 | Updated 10:53 AM GMT+5:30 Save & read from anywhere! Bookmark stories for easy access on any device or the Swarajya app.

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2025-12-23T21:25:45.187790-08:00