Starship debris is seen streaking through the sky after the January 16 explosion. Captured from video by Brian Henry By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 29 December 2025 2025 was a very busy year for spaceflight, for better and for worse. We saw quite a few milestones notched in the
AI generated image Published by Derimot.no, 27 December 2025 Russia plans to establish a power station on the Moon within the next decade. The space agency Roscosmos says it has signed a contract with NPO Lavochkin for work until 2036, and that both Rosatom and the Kurchatov Institute will contribute.
By Ian Sample, Published by The Guardian, 22 December 2025 As number of lunar satellites soars, sites will be marked out where defunct hardware can be crash-landed Patches of the moon are destined to become spacecraft graveyards where dead lunar satellites and other defunct hardware can be crashed into the
By Tim Newcomb, Pub;sihed by Popular Mechanics, 14 December 2025 Welcome to a new moon epoch, y’all. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers believe that a new epoch may have begun on the Moon back in 1959, when humans first affected the surface. Dubbed the “Lunar
By Bridget Erin Craig, Published by Space War, 4 December 2025 Washington DC (UPI) - The United States has entered a consequential new era of competition with China in space - one that lawmakers said will shape global power, economic security and military advantage for generations. House Science, Space and
Illustration of Northrop Grumman’s Geosynchronous Auxiliary Support Tanker (GAS-T) platform designed to fuel and extend the life of in-orbit assets. Credit: Northrop Grumman By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 4 December 2025 China’s lunar ambitions grab attention, but a quieter milestone that the country achieved earlier this year could
Projects involving lunar exploration will benefit from the new funding Published by the BBC, 3 December 2025 Scotland's space sector will receive a £4.6m funding boost to accelerate breakthrough technologies, the UK Space Agency has announced. The funding includes a £3.7m sum from the Agency's National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP),
A Long March 3B carrier rocket carrying an experimental satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on December 30, 2021 in Xichang, China. Liu Guoxing / VCG via Getty Images By Martin Belam, Published by The Guardian, 2 December 2025 In today’s newsletter: As suppliers get ready to
