Area was on the market in 2024 as non-public missions led by Elon Musk boomed

Personal corporations reached a number of milestones in area this 12 months, together with the primary non-public lunar lander landing and the primary civilian spacewalk, and Elon Musk’s SpaceX performed a key function in lots of of those missions.

The primary large occasion for the sector this 12 months got here on 22 February, when Texas-based Intuitive Machines landed its Odysseus spacecraft on the moon, making it the primary non-public firm to attain a feat beforehand solely completed by nationwide area businesses. Regardless of the lander tilting unexpectedly, the mission was a hit and one other…