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Landing on the Moon is an incredibly difficult feat − 2025 has brought successes and shortfalls for companies and space agencies

  • Written by Zhenbo Wang, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee
imageSeveral missions have already attempted to land on the lunar surface in 2025, with more to come. AP Photo

Half a century after the Apollo astronauts left the last bootprints in lunar dust, the Moon has once again become a destination of fierce ambition and delicate engineering.

This time, it’s not just superpowers racing to plant flags, but...

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