SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
NASA’s Perseverance rover is continuing active science on Mars, collecting and caching rock and regolith samples despite growing uncertainty about when — or whether — those samples will be returned to Earth under the Mars Sample Return effort. The rover remains operational and continuing planned investigations in Jezero Crater.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: Even most rocket scientists would rather avoid hard math when they don’t have to do it. So when it comes to figuring out orbits in complex three-body systems, like those in Cis-lunar space, which is between the Earth and the Moon, they’d rather someone else do the work for them.
Payload
• Payload Staff
By Payload: The year of 2025 was also the year of the super-heavy launcher.
Reuters
• Eduardo Baptista
By Reuters: Chinese companies developing reusable commercial rockets will have access to a fast lane for initial public offerings on the tech-heavy STAR market that exempts them from some financial requirements, the Shanghai Stock Exchange said on Friday.
Space.com
• Sharmila Kuthunur
By Space.com: New discoveries and fresh looks at familiar worlds show how far exoplanet science has come — and how much remains unknown.
Payload
• Payload Staff
By Payload: This year, Europe took major steps to break out on its own in space, including investing in sovereign tech, forging new relationships, and gaining an appreciation for dual-use hardware.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: The Taiwan Space Agency has tapped Avio to launch four FORMOSAT Earth observation satellites aboard Vega C rockets.
swarajyamag.com
• Arun Dhital
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.
