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

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...