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 [email protected].

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:

1. Starship Development
2. VIPER Rover for NASA
3. Lunar Trailblazer for NASA
4. PRIME-1 for NASA
5. Peregrine Lander from Astrobotics
6. Vulcan Rocket from ULA
7. 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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