Humanity will once again visit the Moon! The mission is planned for 2024. In this crew, we’ll see the first women step on the Moon. The main goal is to establish a lunar base for continued research that will help NASA prepare for an upcoming mission to Mars. NASA has been planning a crewed flight to the Red Planet set for the 2030s.

Robotic rovers did a good job exploring the Martian surface. However, astronauts will have to dig deeper to find evidence of water and any fossils proving microscopic life was once possible on our planetary neighbor. But there are more space missions and astronomical events to get excited about in the near and distant future. So here's a new compilation of the most amazing facts about space!

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