2025 to Feature Landmark Space Missions Including Private Space Station and Lunar Exploration
NASA, SpaceX, and international agencies are preparing for a groundbreaking year in space exploration, with uncrewed lunar missions, asteroid studies, and the first commercial space station launch.
- SpaceX plans to significantly increase Starship test launches in 2025, aiming for 25 flights pending regulatory approval, as the rocket advances toward deep-space missions.
- NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) will deliver scientific instruments to the Moon through private companies like Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines, focusing on lunar geology and environment studies.
- The world's first commercial space station, Haven-1, developed by Vast, is scheduled to launch in August 2025, with a human mission to follow shortly after.
- NASA's SPHEREx telescope, launching in February 2025, aims to map over 450 million galaxies and investigate the origins of the universe using near-infrared light.
- China's Tianwen-2 mission will attempt to collect asteroid samples and study a comet, contributing to insights on the early solar system and planetary formation.
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