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10 exciting spaceflight missions to watch in 2024
Next year will be full of exciting spaceflight missions, from long-awaited rocket launches to incredible lunar missions – including some that will tackle moon landings and crewed flights – a new Jupiter probe that goes beyond and even a demonstration flight. new international space station Resupply the spacecraft. With that in mind, here are a… Read More »
NASA outlines plan to place ‘cryobots’ on icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter
NASA is creating a roadmap for robots that could visit ocean worlds through future space missions and break through Earth’s thick, icy crusts to explore underground seas in search of life. The space agency recently announced the results of a NASA-sponsored workshop in February 2023, where scientists and engineers gathered to discuss possible “cryobot” mission… Read More »
Japan is very close to becoming the 3rd country to set foot on the moon in the 21st century. The USA is not one of them.
An illustration of JAXA’s SLIM spacecraft on the moon.JAXA We are weeks away from Japan’s attempt to land the SLIM spacecraft on the moon. If SLIM is successful, it will be the first Japanese spacecraft to land on the moon. And Japan will be the third country to set foot on the moon this century,… Read More »
From the Moon’s south pole to the icy ocean world, many exciting space missions are planned to launch in 2024
2023 has been a big year for space missions, with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returning a sample from an asteroid and India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission exploring the moon’s south pole, and 2024 is shaping up to be another exciting year for space exploration. Many new missions under NASA’s Artemis plan and Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative will… Read More »
From the Moon’s south pole to the icy ocean world, many exciting space missions are planned to launch in 2024
Artemis II astronauts on the launch pad during ground systems testing at Kennedy Space Center in September 2023. NASA The Artemis program, named after Apollo’s twin brother in Greek mythology, is NASA’s plan to return to the Moon. For the first time since 1972, people will be sent to the Moon, including the first woman… Read More »
Two US companies will send spacecraft to the Moon a few weeks apart
A pair of companies plan to send uncrewed spacecraft to the moon within weeks of each other early next year as part of a NASA-funded effort; This could mark the first US soft landing on the lunar surface since the last of the Apollo missions. 1972. But in a sign of how the commercial space… Read More »
30 years ago astronauts saved the Hubble Space Telescope
It’s been nearly 30 years since NASA astronauts saved the world. Hubble space telescope on an extremely brave mission. At the time, this was perhaps the most daring mission that scientists could think of. In short, Hubble was launched in 1990 with faulty optics that produced blurry images. Fortunately, the orbiting space telescope SoilIt was… Read More »
Two US companies will send spacecraft to the Moon a few weeks apart
A pair of companies plan to send uncrewed spacecraft to the moon within weeks of each other early next year as part of a NASA-funded effort; This could mark the first US soft landing on the lunar surface since the last of the Apollo missions. 1972. But in a sign of how the commercial space… Read More »
Artemis 2 moon crew invited to visit SpaceX to talk Starship (exclusive)
The commander of humanity’s first lunar mission in half a century has a special invitation from SpaceX in his pocket. Reid Wiseman, NASA astronaut leading four Artemis 2 crew members told Space.com in a Dec. 18 exclusive. SpaceX He wants to talk to his crew about this. starship. This is no coincidence, considering SpaceX is… Read More »