January 2, 2025

Upcoming space missions in 2025

2025 is all set to witness multiple space missions by ISRO, NASA, ESA, and other agencies. Let’s look at some we can expect in 2025. 

The Gaganyaan mission will demonstrate India's ability to send a crewed mission into a low-Earth orbit for up to three days and bring them back safely.

Gaganyaan, ISRO

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission will launch a satellite that will monitor Earth's land and ice surfaces using advanced radar technology.

NISAR, ISRO-NASA

China will launch the Tianwen-2 mission to conduct close-range observations, sampling near-Earth asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3).

Tianwen-2, China

The Artemis II mission will send four astronauts around the Moon in the Orion spacecraft using NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The mission will aim to establish a sustainable human presence on the Moon.

Artemis II, NASA 

BepiColombo, a collaboration between ESA and JAXA, will conduct close flybys and detailed studies of Mercury’s surface and magnetic field.

BepiColombo, ESA-JAXA

Japan’s M3 Resilience mission will test lunar technology for disaster response while advancing Japan’s expertise in lunar exploration.

M3 Resilience, Japan

TRACERS will study how the Sun transfers energy, mass, and momentum to near-Earth space. The mission will also study how the solar wind interacts with Earth's regions where its magnetic field is strongest.

TRACERS, NASA

The SPHEREx mission will map the entire sky in infrared, searching for cosmic origins, galaxy evolution, and potentially habitable exoplanets.

SPHEREx, NASA

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