Good News for Space Stocks: NASA Wants 30 Moon Landings

On Feb. 22, 2024, space company Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ: LUNR) conducted a mostly successful landing of an uncrewed spacecraft on the Moon -- for the first time in 50 years . (It was "mostly" successful because the lander made it onto the Moon safely but then toppled over on its side.) It wasn't long before other companies, including even Intuitive itself, tried to duplicate and improve the feat. On March 2, 2025, Firefly Aerospace (NASDAQ: FLY) successfully put its Blue Ghost-1 lander on the Moon. Fou ...