In the second episode of 2024, we went hard and produced a list of the 24 things to look out for in Space this year. Is my voice sore from this recording? Yes. Am I still excited for what's to come? OF COURSE!
There are 8 groups of what to expect in 2024: Lunar, Space Station, Orbital Human Spaceflight, Deep Space, Payloads/Sats, Space Flyers, Astronomy, and Rocket Technology.
We even added updates to this list as we were editing, since NASA released their new Artemis plan and the Vulcan took flight with CERT-1 and the Peregrine Lander saga is underway.
We'd love to know what YOU are looking forward to in Space for 2024! Let us know in the comments or by emailing us at
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REVISION (01/13/24) We have corrected our original recording where we incorrectly mentioned that NASA's VIPER Rover would be on the same Astrobotics Peregrine Lander that won't make it to the moon. VIPER will take a Falcon Heavy and Astrobotic's Griffin Lander to the moon. While delays are still possible, they are two seperate landers from the same lunar lander technology company.
Lunar Missions:
Starship Development VIPER Rover for NASA Lunar Trailblazer for NASA PRIME-1 for NASA Peregrine Lander from Astrobotics Vulcan Rocket from ULA Intuitive Machines LM-1 Lunar Lander Orbital Human Spaceflight:
8. Artemis 2 (now delayed)
9. Polaris Dawn
Space Flyer Missions:
10. Virgin Galactic/Blue Origin New Shepard Karman Line Flights
11. NXTGEN Astronaut selection?!
Deep Space:
12. Europa Clipper
13. ESA's HERA mission to analyze DART impact
Mars:
14. JAXA's Martian Moon eXploration Mission (MMX) - now delayed
Space Station:
15. Sierra Space's Dreamchaser to take flight
16. Boeing Starliner to complete Commercial Crew Program Development
17. Axiom-3: 1st All-European Commercial Flight to ISS
Payloads/Sats:
18. Amazon's Project Kuiper Satellite Internet constellation ramps deployment
19. More National Security/Secret Launches to be expected
Rocket Technologies:
20. Blue Origin New Glenn Heavy Rocket
21. India's steady increase in Spaceflight in 2024
22. Terran-R | Reusable 3D printed rocket developmeny by Relativity Space
23. Rocket Lab to continue it's US/New Zealand launch cadence and develop Satellites
Astronomy:
24. The Great American Eclipse 2024: Total Solar Eclipse
Sources:
https://spacenews.com/ulas-next-rocket-to-be-named-vulcan/ https://www.space.com/spacex-2024-starship-starlink-launches https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/ https://europa.nasa.gov/ https://science.nasa.gov/mission/viper https://science.nasa.gov/mission/viper/in-depth https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/lunar-trailblazer https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-peregrine-lunar-lander-may-not-make-it-to-the-moon/ar-AA1mEXCN https://www.intuitivemachines.com/post/intuitive-machines-im-1-lunar-mission-launch-update https://www.nasa.gov/mission/polar-resources-ice-mining-experiment-1-prime-1/ https://www.mmx.jaxa.jp/en/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-peregrine-lunar-lander-may-not-make-it-to-the-moon/ar-AA1mEXCN https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/08/ula-vulcan-rocket-launch/72147150007/ https://www.blueorigin.com/new-glenn https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/ https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/three-launches-in-q1-isro-s-24-plan-101703183805729.html https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/?page=2&search= https://www.relativityspace.com/terran-r https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/what-is-amazon-project-kuiper https://latteluxurynews.com/2023/12/08/virgin-galactic-nxtgen-astronaut-program/ https://duckduckgo.com/?q=axiom+3&t=brave&ia=web https://www.cbsnews.com/news/total-solar-eclipse-2024-last-chance-see-us-20-years-nasa/ https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/lunar-trailblazer --------------------------
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