Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
In November 2025 ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) targeted interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with five science instruments, collecting remote‑sensing data on the object’s activity, coma chemistry and dust to characterise its behaviour and composition during the visitor’s inner‑solar‑system passage.
The Hill
• Mark R. Whittington
By The Hill: The opening of space to human commercial activity is a prospect to be welcomed eagerly.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Rocket Lab successfully launched a Japanese radar imaging satellite Dec. 21 in the final flight of a record-setting year for the company.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: Engineers need good data to build lasting things. Even the designers of the Great Pyramids knew the limestone they used to build these massive structures would be steady when stacked on top of one another, even if they didn’t have tables of the compressive strength of those stones.
NASA
• John Uri; Kelli Mars
By NASA: An urban legend tells the story of how, dissatisfied with the micromanagement of their daily timelines, the Skylab-4 crew staged a strike, some called it a.
Wall Street Journal
• Andrew Tangel
By Wall Street Journal: FAA documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal show an explosion of SpaceX’s Starship on Jan. 16 posed a greater danger to planes in the air over the Caribbean than was publicly known.
CBS News
• William Harwood
By CBS News: German engineer Michaela Benthaus is the first person with a significant physical handicap to reach space.
SpaceNews.com
New York Times
ESA
• European Space Agency
By ESA: Europe’s next solid propellant rocket motor passes review In brief - The P160C solid propellant rocket motor passed its ground qualification review - The upgraded rocket motor will increase performance and competitiveness for the Ariane and Vega rockets - Teams are working on the first four flight units and on industrial ramp-up production to 35 or more motors a year In-depth After firing up on.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
