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

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

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

Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon will need better boots − here’s why

Wearing the wrong shoe on Earth can lead to injury. Researchers still need to figure out the physical consequences of spending a long time walking around on the Moon.

Rebecca Rhoades, Researcher in Education, Health & Behavior, University of North Dakota • conversation
Jan. 20, 2025 • ~5 min

As the US and China race to the Moon, these loopholes in space law could cause conflict

Nations will need to tread carefully on the Moon in order to avoid conflict.

Gbenga Oduntan, Professor of Law, University of Bradford • conversation
Jan. 3, 2025 • ~8 min

NASA’s micro-mission Lunar Trailblazer will make macro-measurements of the lunar surface in 2025

Lunar Trailblazer is planned to launch on the first Commercial Lunar Payload Services mission of 2025.

César León Jr., Ph.D. Student of Planetary Geology, Washington University in St. Louis • conversation
Dec. 29, 2024 • ~8 min

From new commercial Moon landers to asteroid investigations, expect a slate of exciting space missions in 2025

From exploring the Moon to revealing mysteries of the solar system, space agencies around the world are gearing up for an exciting year of launches and flybys.

Zhenbo Wang, Associate Professor of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee • conversation
Dec. 26, 2024 • ~11 min

The Moon might be older than scientists previously thought − a new study shines light on its history

An extreme heating event may have interfered with scientists’ attempts to figure out the Moon’s age by dating lunar rock samples.

Francis Nimmo, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz • conversation
Dec. 18, 2024 • ~7 min

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