Another list worth highlighting at year-end covers all of the space missions from 2024. For example, this list from Freethink, “the top 10 space stories of 2024,” includes the launch of the Europa Clipper, China’s Chang’e 6 round-trip to the Moon, and a successful commercial launch to the Moon (Odysseus lunar lander).
Here are some other lists of missions from 2024:
Note: The Awesome-Universe list of top missions looking back in 2024 include:
- India’s launch of its X-ray Polarimeter Satellite in January 2024.
- Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigation Moon (SLIM) makes it to the lunar surface in January 2024.
- China’s launch of the Chang’e-6 lunar probe to retrieve a sample from the far side of the Moon in May 2024 and the successful retrieval of the sample in June 2024.
- The European Space Agency’s (ESA) successful launch of the new Ariane 6 rocket in July 2024.
- NASA’s launch of the Europa Clipper spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center in October 2024.
- ESA’s launch of the Hera asteroid mission in October 2024.
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