This Week in Space: Reusable Rockets, Interstellar Visitors, and the Future of Earth Observation / Updated: 2025, July 6th, 23:59 CET
Themis, Europe’s first full-scale reusable rocket stage demonstrator, arrived at Esrange Space Center in Sweden for hop-tests in late 2025. MethaneSAT, launched in March to map methane emissions, suffered a power failure and is likely lost. The James Webb Space Telescope produced the most detailed dark matter map of the Bullet Cluster. Congress approved a $10 billion boost for NASA’s Artemis lunar program.