Tory Bruno, the longtime chief executive of United Launch Alliance, is leaving the joint venture for another opportunity. The post United Launch Alliance chief Tory Bruno resigns appeared first on SpaceNews.

21 December 2025, Čakovec — Genesis Space Flight Laboratories launches its Microgravity Research Rideshare Program, making it easier and more affordable to conduct retrievable experiments in space. From now on, […] The post Microgravity Research Rideshare Program Launched by Genesis, Experiments from €6K to and from SSO appeared first on SpaceNews.

The time is ripe to end the “Wolf Amendment,” a congressional bar inhibiting civil collaboration between the United States and China in space. The impetus for the law was noble — an attempt to challenge human rights conditions in China and prevent leaks of space-related technology — but in practice the ban harms our security

New Mexico — December 22, 2025 — Desert Works Propulsion (DWP) today announced the expansion of its domestic electric propulsion development and testing capabilities to address growing demand for advanced […] The post Desert Works Propulsion expands U.S. ion propulsion capability through domestic manufacturing partnership and test capacity growth appeared first on SpaceNews.

Japan’s flagship H3 rocket suffered an issue with its second stage late Sunday resulting in the loss of the Michibiki 5 (QZS-5) navigation satellite. The post Japan’s H3 suffers second-stage anomaly, QZS-5 satellite lost appeared first on SpaceNews.

New NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said he wants NASA to move faster on programs such as Artemis but acknowledged he needs time to get up to speed on NASA’s activities. The post Isaacman emphasizes accelerating NASA programs as he takes agency’s reins appeared first on SpaceNews.

Rocket Lab successfully launched a Japanese radar imaging satellite Dec. 21 in the final flight of a record-setting year for the company. The post Rocket Lab wraps up record launch year appeared first on SpaceNews.

Blue Origin flew its final New Shepard suborbital mission of the year Dec. 20, carrying six people, including the first person who uses a wheelchair to travel to space. The post Blue Origin flies first wheelchair user to space appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA’s safety advisers are recommending that the agency reconsider its Artemis lunar landing architecture as well as how it handles incidents such as the flawed Starliner test flight. The post NASA safety panel recommends review of Artemis plans appeared first on SpaceNews.

L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, Rocket Lab and Northrop Grumman won contracts to build 72 satellites The post Space Development Agency awards $3.5 billion in contracts for missile-tracking satellites appeared first on SpaceNews.