空间科学学报2026，Vol.46Issue(3)：567-574,8.DOI:10.11728/cjss2026.03.2026-yg01
NASA 2024-2025年度进展、成果与挑战
NASA 2024-2025 in Review:Progress,Accomplishments and Challenges
摘要
Abstract
In 2024-2025,National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA)achieved a series of significant milestones across deep-space exploration,human spaceflight,and aeronautics.Guided by its Moon to Mars exploration approach,NASA continued to advance the Artemis campaign through criti-cal system integration,mission preparation,and sustained development of key elements,including the Gateway lunar platform,the Commercial Lunar Payload Services(CLPS)initiative,and associated lu-nar surface exploration capabilities.As part of the agency's Golden Age of innovation and exploration,international collaboration further expanded during this period,NASA and its partners landed two robotic science missions on the Moon;garnered more signatories for the Artemis Accords with 59 na-tions.In Low Earth Orbit(LEO),the International Space Station(ISS)reached its 25th anniversary of continuous human presence while accelerating the transition toward commercial orbital platforms.NASA also led a variety of science discoveries and technological outcomes.In Earth science,a joint U.S.-India satellite mission enhanced global monitoring of terrestrial ecosystems and cryospheric dynamics.In deep-space communications,the successful demonstration of laser-based communications substantially in-creased data transmission capabilities.In planetary defense,the third interstellar object in our solar sys-tem was identified and tracked.In aeronautics,the first flight test of the X-59 low-boom supersonic air-craft and continued progress in hypersonic technologies and Urban Air Mobility(UAM)underscored NASA's role in next-generation aviation innovation.Despite these achievements,NASA faces mounting challenges.Budgetary constraints,program cost growth,and schedule delays—particularly in flagship ex-ploration programs—pose risks to long-term mission sustainability.As NASA transitions toward a hy-brid model integrating governmental leadership with commercial service provision,its future trajectory will depend on balancing fiscal discipline,technological ambition,and international collaboration.This paper reviews these major accomplishments and concludes with an addendum on NASA's current bud-get challenges,providing a strategic framework for understanding the agency's current state and future trajectory.关键词
NASA年度亮点/载人深空探索/空间科学/近地活动/技术创新Key words
Highlights of NASA/Human spaceflight/Space science/Low Earth orbit operations/Technology innovations分类
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范唯唯,韩淋,王海名,杨帆..NASA 2024-2025年度进展、成果与挑战[J].空间科学学报,2026,46(3):567-574,8.基金项目
中国科学院战略研究与决策支持系统建设专项项目资助(GHJ-ZLZX-2025-32) （GHJ-ZLZX-2025-32）
