Payload
• Douglas Gorman
The orbital‑reentry sector surged in 2025: more than a dozen companies passed development milestones advancing vehicles designed to return payloads from orbit. The cluster of successes marks concentrated progress across commercial and institutional efforts to field near‑term orbital return capability.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: “It’s hard to describe how epic this comeback was after our first Falcon 9 launch failure.”….
By rocketlabcorp.com: Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched the STP-S30 mission for the U.S.
SpaceWatch Global
spaceflight-news.com
SpaceNews.com
• Col Pete Atkinson
By SpaceNews.com: The Army's contribution to joint space operations.
Washington Post
By Washington Post: U.S. and Chinese spacecraft are routinely dueling as far as 22,000 miles from Earth as militarization escalates in orbit.
SpaceWatch Global
• Guest Author
By SpaceWatch Global: Every object we launch must eventually return: burning, melting, vaporising into particulates that join the upper atmosphere.
By nasawatch.com: Jared Isaacman's confirmation has been approved by the Senate by a vote of 67 - 30.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: A long and winding road to reach NASA’s headquarters in Washington, DC.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Air & Space Forces Mag
• Courtney Albon
