Trump's latest executive order on space policy

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday tackling a range of civil and national security space topics

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Here are today's stories in SpaceNews First Up for December 19, 2025.

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday tackling a range of civil and national security space topics.
The order came hours after Jared Isaacman was sworn in as NASA administrator.
A joint venture between Germany’s Rheinmetall and Finnish synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite maker Iceye has secured a $1.9 billion contract from the German military.
HawkEye 360 raised $150 million in a new funding round, using some of the proceeds to acquire a defense contractor.
Blue Origin scrubbed a New Shepard launch Thursday because of a last-minute technical issue.
Astrobotic announced $17.5 million in government contracts Friday to support work on three suborbital vehicles.
Astronomers have observed the collision of two asteroids in another solar system.
A NASA astronaut is retiring from the agency more than 20 years after his only space flight.

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