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

NASA’s learned a lot about the Moon since Apollo. But a perfect landing still requires incredible planning and scientific precision.

Zhenbo Wang, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee • conversation
May 16, 2025 • ~10 min

Space law doesn’t protect historical sites, mining operations and bases on the Moon – a space lawyer describes a framework that could

More people will be going to the Moon in coming years, and the way current legal frameworks are written could lead to conflict.

Michelle L.D. Hanlon, Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi • conversation
May 12, 2025 • ~10 min

Right now, space law doesn’t protect historical sites, mining operations and bases on the Moon – a space lawyer describes a framework that could

More people will be going to the Moon in coming years, and the way current legal frameworks are written could lead to conflict.

Michelle L.D. Hanlon, Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi • conversation
May 12, 2025 • ~10 min

Samples from the moon reveal scary risks to astronauts

New lunar sample research could help protect astronauts and uncover the origins of water on the moon.

Georgia Tech • futurity
April 17, 2025 • ~8 min

Private Moon Missions Include Hits and Misses
VOA Learning English • voa
March 13, 2025 • ~5 min

3D printing will help space pioneers make homes, tools and other stuff they need to colonize the Moon and Mars

3D printing in outer space and on alien planets comes with otherworldly challenges.

Sven Bilén, Professor of Engineering Design, Electrical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, Penn State • conversation
March 13, 2025 • ~9 min

A Short History of Spacecraft Landings on the Moon
VOA Learning English • voa
March 9, 2025 • ~4 min

Private Lander Carrying NASA Experiments Lands on the Moon
VOA Learning English • voa
March 5, 2025 • ~4 min

Study: Asteroid Hit Created Two ‘Grand Canyons’ on Moon
VOA Learning English • voa
Feb. 9, 2025 • ~5 min

Will the US get to Mars quicker if it drops or delays plans to visit the Moon?

There’s been speculation that Donald Trump may cancel the Space Launch System rocket, which Nasa intended to use to get from the Moon to Mars.

Ian Whittaker, Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Jan. 29, 2025 • ~8 min

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