SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
Two NASA heliophysics missions launched together in September are moving through commissioning and toward operational status after nominal early spacecraft checks, while a third mission launched earlier this year is contending with technical problems that keep it in extended troubleshooting and may delay its planned science observations.
Space.com
• Sharmila Kuthunur
By Space.com: "It's really not a question of robotic exploration or human exploration," Ehlmann said. "It is an 'and' — it's 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.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
Wall Street Journal
• Micah Maidenberg; Brian McGill
NASA Spaceflight
• Haygen Warren