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science-and-technology2 years ago•5 min saved

"2024's Stellar Lineup: Key Space Missions and Celestial Events to Anticipate"

The year 2024 is set to be a landmark year for space exploration with several significant missions lined up. NASA's Europa Clipper will investigate Jupiter's moon Europa for signs of extraterrestrial life, while Artemis II will mark the return of humans to lunar orbit. The VIPER rover will search for water on the Moon's south pole, and Lunar Trailblazer aims to map lunar water from orbit. JAXA's Martian Moon eXploration mission will study the origins of Mars' moons, and ESA's Hera mission will examine the Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system post-DART impact for planetary defense insights.

via PBS NewsHour|

##artemisprogram #europaclipper

science-and-technology2 years ago•6 min saved

"2024's Most Exciting Space Missions: Moon, Mars, and Jupiter Awaits"

The year 2024 is set to be a landmark year for space exploration with numerous missions to the moon, Mars, Jupiter, and asteroids. Highlights include the Peregrine and Nova-C landers aiming for the moon, Japan's SLIM "moon sniper," China's Chang'e 6 sample-return mission from the moon's far side, the debut of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket, the Hera mission to study the asteroid Dimorphos, Japan's Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) to Phobos, NASA's Europa Clipper to investigate Jupiter's moon, the EscaPADE mission to study Mars' atmosphere, Artemis II preparing to send astronauts near the moon, and Rocket Lab's first private mission to Venus to search for signs of life.

via Livescience.com|

##asteroidstudy #europaclipper

science-and-space2 years ago•12 min saved

"Lunar Renaissance: 2024 Poised for Breakthroughs in Moon Exploration"

NASA is set to undertake its most ambitious mission in decades with Artemis II, aiming to send astronauts on a lunar fly-by in November 2024. SpaceX continues to develop its Starship rocket, with further test flights planned for 2024 despite previous explosions. The Europa Clipper mission is scheduled to launch in October to investigate Jupiter's moon Europa for signs of life. Other notable missions include Japan's precision lunar landing, ESA's Hera mission to study the aftermath of the DART asteroid collision, and the advancement of space tourism with Polaris Dawn's planned spacewalk and continued suborbital flights by Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin. Additionally, new Earth-monitoring missions like PACE and NISAR are set to launch to track environmental changes and aid in climate crisis research.

via AOL|

##artemisii #europaclipper

science-and-technology2 years ago•3 min saved

"2024: The Pivotal Year for Space Missions Shaping Humanity's Future"

The year 2024 is poised to be a landmark year for space exploration with significant missions like NASA's Artemis 2, which will conduct a lunar flyby as a precursor to a moon landing in 2025. NASA will also deploy robotic landers to the moon's south pole for scientific research, while China's Chang'e 6 mission will collect samples from the far side of the moon. Japan's MMX mission will target Phobos, a moon of Mars, and NASA's Europa Clipper will investigate Jupiter's moon Europa. ESA's Hera mission will study the Didymos asteroid system for planetary defense, and commercial space flights will advance with the launch of Sierra Space's Dream Chaser space plane and the New Glenn reusable launch vehicle.

via DW (English)|

##artemis2 #commercialspaceflights

space2 years ago•1 min saved

"Deadline Approaching: Submit Your Name for NASA's Europa Clipper Mission to Jupiter's Moon"

NASA is closing its "Message in a Bottle" campaign after this weekend, offering the public a final opportunity to send their names to Jupiter's moon Europa aboard the Europa Clipper mission. The names will be etched onto microchips in extremely small text and will accompany a poem by US Poet Laureate Ada Limón on the spacecraft. The Europa Clipper is set to launch in October 2024 to explore the moon's potential to support microbial life, with over 2.4 million names submitted so far.

via Engadget|

##europaclipper #jupitermoons