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The year 2024 is drawing to a close. Here follows a list of some of the most significant space events of the year that was. Japan and Intuitive Machines land on the moon — sort of 2024 saw a ...
The year 2024 had major space events including a total solar eclipse and historic moon landing. There were moments, though, that reminded us how challenging space exploration can be.
The Space Variable Objects Monitor is a small X-ray telescope satellite for studying the explosions of massive stars by analysing the resulting gamma-ray bursts, developed by China National Space Administration (CNSA), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the French Space Agency , [5] launched on 22 June 2024 (07:00:00 UTC).
Vast, a space company based in Long Beach, California, announced in 2023 plans to launch its space station, called Haven-1. The mission will be quickly followed by Vast-1, the first human ...
Space exploration also gives scientists the ability to perform experiments in other settings and expand humanity's knowledge. [67] Another claim is that space exploration is a necessity to humankind and that staying on Earth will eventually lead to extinction. Some of the reasons are lack of natural resources, comets, nuclear war, and worldwide ...
Event Remarks 11 April 2030 Europa Clipper: Jupiter orbit insertion 26 December 2030 Lucy: Third gravity assist at Earth Target altitude 660 km July 2031 Hayabusa2: Arrival at asteroid 1998 KY26 [51] July 2031 JUICE: Flyby of Ganymede: July 2031 JUICE Jupiter orbit insertion July 2032 JUICE Flyby of Europa: 2 March 2033 Lucy
In the chilly hours of Wednesday morning, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took its record-breaking 24th flight, delivering 24 of the company's Starlink satellites to orbit. The Falcon 9 rocket launched ...
In terms of national-level scientific space missions, this year is a focal year on lunar exploration. 2022 saw the launch of NASA's CAPSTONE orbiter, KARI's Danuri orbiter and NASA's Artemis 1, the first mission of the Artemis program.