NASA Spaceflight
• Eleanor Day
Rocket Lab posted its strongest year yet in 2025, setting a company record for Electron launches and mission success while advancing work on its reusable, medium‑lift Neutron — whose inaugural flight has been pushed into 2026 as the company completes further testing.
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
By Universe Today: A team led by the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) analyzed samples of C-type asteroids in a recent study. Their findings support the idea that these asteroids can serve as a crucial source of materials if and when asteroid mining is realized.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: A French launch startup that recently closed a funding round is seeking defense applications for its hybrid propulsion technology.
Space.com
• Jeff Spry
By Space.com: This historic 2026 'Infinite Flight' service will blast off via a Stoke Space Nova rocket.
CNBC
• Hugh Leask
By CNBC: This tech-focused investment trust took an early-stage "speculative" bet on SpaceX in 2018.
NASA
• Lauren E Low
By NASA: NASA astronauts will conduct a pair of spacewalks in January outside of the International Space Station to prepare for the installation of a roll-out solar.
Payload
• Payload Staff
By Payload: The year in space policy ended with a bang, with the confirmation of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: A proposal by the Trump administration to dismantle a leading atmospheric science center would also have implications for space science.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
