TOKYO — After another year of U.S. aeronautics company SpaceX dominating headlines about the industry, 2024 promises to bring an uptick in public and private space activity from countries such as China, India and Japan.
Chinese launch startup LandSpace Technology plans to launch reusable rockets in 2025 in an approach that closely mirrors SpaceX, while India aims to begin a series of flight tests for an eventual crewed spaceflight in 2025. On Dec. 4, India laid out a vision of building a space station by 2035 and sending the first Indian to the moon by 2040.
