The next leg of the new moon race is about to kick off — and it could be the most exciting yet
The past few years have marked the advent of a new lunar space race, with a fleet of robotic spacecraft from various countries trying — and mostly failing — to reach the moon and carry out their intended missions.
But 2025 may offer a second chance for the companies and countries behind those missions that crashed and burned, as well as introduce some new players to the field.
January will kick off with the launch of two lunar landers in one fell swoop: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will carry spacecraft developed by Cedar Park, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace and Tokyo-based Ispace.
Firefly is making its first attempt to put a vehicle on the moon, but this mission marks a second try for kraken darknet Ispace, after its first lander crashed and blasted a divot in the lunar surface in 2023.
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