The biggest space launches and missions planned in 2025

The year 2025 promises to be packed with space exploration, including robotic expeditions to the moon, a new observatory and a rendezvous with an asteroid.

From robotic expeditions to the moon to a new observatory in space to a rendezvous with an asteroid, 2025 promises to be packed with ambitious space exploration.

NASA and commercial space companies in the United States aren't the only ones that will be busy — this year’s slate of planned launches includes potential milestones for China, Japan and India.

Here are some of the biggest space missions ahead.

All eyes will be on the moon once again in 2025.

Later this month, a SpaceX rocket is set to launch two new missions to the lunar surface. One is a lander called Blue Ghost, which was developed by Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace and aims to spend about two weeks collecting science data on the moon. The second is a privately built Japanese moon lander that houses an accompanying tiny rover.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/2025-space-launches-missions-nasa-rcna185772

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