5 Space Missions to Watch in April 2025: Polar Orbits, Space Weather and NASA’s Lucy

From lunar landings to mid-air explosions and the long-awaited return of two NASA astronauts, March was a busy month for the space industry. On March 2, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace become the first company to land on the Moon without toppling over. A few days later, another Texas space company, Intuitive Machines, attempted a lunar landing but saw its mission cut short when its spacecraft tipped and ran out of power.

Later in the month, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore—who...