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