FROM NEW COMMERCIAL MOON LANDERS TO ASTEROID INVESTIGATIONS, EXPECT A SLATE OF EXCITING SPACE MISSIONS IN 2025

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Space exploration dazzled the world in 2024 - NASA's Europa Clipper began its journey to study Jupiter's moon Europa, SpaceX's Starship achieved its first successful landing, China's Chang'e 6 mission successfully returned samples from the far side of the Moon, and the International Space Station continued to host international crews and private missions. Space agencies are gearing up for even more ambitious goals in 2025. This article looks at the most exciting missions planned for the coming year. These include CLPS, an initiative from NASA to deliver science and technology payloads to the Moon using commercial landers; SPHEREx, a mission that will survey the sky in near-infrared light to create a comprehensive map of the universe; Space Rider, and uncrewed spaceplane from the European Space Agency; and Japan's M2/Resilience mission, which will launch a lander and micro-rover to the lunar surface.