Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) closed out 2025's trading with another month of huge gains. The company's share price surged 65.5% across the stretch. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 index was roughly flat, and the Nasdaq Composite index declined 0.5%.

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center removed two of its historic test stands, the Propulsion and Structural Test Facility and the Dynamic Test Facility, with carefully coordinated implosions on Saturday.

Rocket Lab won an $816M SDA contract, with space systems driving growth, validated tech, and a 79x EV/sales valuation. Read why RKLB stock is a buy.

The increasing number of commercial space launches and the upward trend in upmass serve as unmistakable signs of space industry growth. Space is a high-risk, high-reward industry, however. Space launches are expensive, and space companies often operate at a loss for years while developing their businesses.

CEO Elon Musk appeared to confirm plans for a listing in December. The company could seek to raise $30 billion.

For nearly three decades, the International Space Station has been the only destination in low Earth orbit, but that will change this year. Could it be the start of a thriving economy in space?

"We're going to do it in three years, and we're going to do it for a ridiculously low price," Pete Klupar, executive director of the Lazuli project, said during the conference.