2024 was another busy year for space science, with many new missions, successes, and discoveries across the solar system and beyond. Three new missions were launched to the Moon, while one mission was canceled, and Curiosity and Perseverance continued to explore and make discoveries in their respective regions on Mars.
Beyond the Earth-Moon system and Mars, NASA’s historic Europa Clipper mission finally launched to Jupiter, Hera launched to investigate the damage dealt by DART in 2022, Parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the Sun, and Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 continued to send data from beyond the solar system while experiencing issues.