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

  • Written by Zhenbo Wang, Associate Professor of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee
imageA host of space missions are planned to launch in 2025. AP Photo/John Raoux

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...

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