From new commercial Moon landers to asteroid investigations, expect a slate of exciting space missions in 2025

Photo caption: A Falcon 9 GPS III rocket successfully launches from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., June 30, 2020. The launch was the third United States Space Force launch mission. Photo credit: US Space Force photo by Airman Thomas Sjoberg / Wikimedia. Public Domain. Article by Zhenbo Wang. The Conversation – December 26, 2024.

In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world. NASA’s Europa Clipper began its journey to study Jupiter’s moon Europa. SpaceX’s Starship achieved its first successful landing, a critical milestone for future deep space missions. China made headlines with the Chang’e 6 mission, which successfully returned samples from the far side of the Moon. […]

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